when i was young would sneak into the basement and watch movies that played at 1am. One night a modern version of great expectations with Ethan Hawke played and beginning to end it touched my soul. The artwork used by Clement is some of my favorite to this day and it was the first movie to make me cry. there's a scene where he finally makes it and he goes out and pours his soul out in the rain saying. I did it! I did it! I am a wild success! I sold 'em all, all my paintings. You don't have to be embarrassed by me anymore. I'm rich! Isn't that what you wanted? Aren't we happy now? Don't you understand that everything I do, I do it for you? Anything that might be special in me, is you. it's so corny but I was in love with my best friend who always dated any guy she liked and then I had to always help her with emo stuff but I'd never be someone she viewed as attractive. I connected with the characters the art and the music. Love it all. also wicker park I feel the same way about the last scene. kills me everytime. I cut videos every day for 4 main channels my favorite are the ones I do with my daughter but this is probably one of my best cuts recently. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-se4wsc_CGEg.html loving this channel! every episode has been excellent! self taught myself as my hair salon got shut down thanks to covid.
One cut I enjoyed this year on RU-vid (hope I dont owe Jordan $100 for using the word) has to go to Danny Gonzalez in his latest video at the Scariest Hotel in America, when he turns into the Cowboy, and the awkard silence there after! It's build up in the story and the shock of it actually happening was golden, such a great comedic cut! This year in Cinema goes to the batman, not any particular cut that stood out, but the way the scenes were built out and each cut just had purpose! And though the movie was 3hrs long, the cuts throughout kept be engaged!
My mind is always overwhelmed so i can never thinkg back on what id say is my favourite cut of all time/ year because i see so much, but my best cut i did , i helped a friend with a shortfilm, there was a scene where a girl watches her brother get killed, and ofcourse the girl is sobbing, the scene is very slow and dragged out , it then cuts 3 rapid fast paced cuts with frames of her training , then cuts back to another slow scene of her older yet still in that sad state, it drags out again, then cuts to the rapid 3 frames again, ,it continues this pattern twice more and each time she is older after the fast paced training cuts, until but the pattern brakes on the fast pace and the film cuts to her finally ready to face her demons...Basically i was trying to portray that the bad times and the struggles always seems way longer than and times seems to slow down during our tough times but and but when we're actually progressing and bettering ourselves time seems to fly by which is why she always progresses in age during the training sequences ... it also links to memories and how we can remember the bad times so vividly and clearly which is why i gave the audience allot of time to witness the bad times, but the good times we tend to forget but the little we do remember we tend to remember them in bursts and pieces, which is why the training sequences are short frame for frame cuts for ...kind of a jab at telling to people to pay more attention to the good times
My favorite sequence is the start of "The End of all things", which is part of the appendices of the LotR extended edition. All of the appendices are great and made those DVDs sit in the documentary part of my DVD collection, when I still had one. But this particular one starts with a shot from an interview with Rick Porras (co-producer) "Normally in post-production you basically, you edit the film, lock your picture and you do the visual effects, and the. you score the film, then you start your final mix", there are 4 inserts from the editing, VFX, music and sound mixing docs to go with that. Then we cut to an interview with Annie Collins saying "But we're not talking normal here", which cuts to Peter Jackson giggling and then a title card. If I had to point to one specific cut it'd probably be Collins to Jackson. But the whole of the appendices deserves a shout out for making a lot out of very little, as the team responsible only got on board after principal photography had finished for the trilogy and on-set footage was generated by another team that basically was on a mission to make your typical 45 minutes behind the scenes video and these roughly 16 hours of mini-documentaries then had to make use of every little scrap of footage available and there is a lot of heavy lifting done in the edit.
Favorite Cut of all time: The Ending to 8 Mile. The protagonist has just won this huge battle. He's the star of the show. Everyone is cheering for him. He is on this insane high and just moments later it cuts to a wide shot of him alone in this empty street walking back to work. I love this because it shows the reality of life and that even the highest of highs will eventually fade and reality will kick back in. Favorite Cut this year: at the End of Casey Neistats moving back to NYC Video There is this drone shot pointed down at the streets of Broadway and then panning up and you hear the (as a die hard fan of casey) so familier sound of his boosted board and he drives through the shot just before revealing the skyline of NYC That was just so beautiful. It's what we all just wished would happen. It has been so long and also knowing he actually moved back. That one just touched my heart. I remember even crying the day he uploaded the video of him moving out of nyc My favorite I've ever done: I had a weekly bowling series a few years ago on my channel where I would find creative ways to play bowling, like only doing it backwards or bowling blindfolded etc. and of course again its about the ending of that series: I filmed this talking head video in the empty bowling alley (I had access to it because i also worked there as part of my day job) where i explain why the series will end. and I had a few b roll shots in between each segments wich all represented bowling and ending. For example, a close up shot of the lights that light up the pins switching off and at the very end of that video there is a montage of me putting "the last bowling ball" back on the shelf and then me, step by step switching off every light source in that bowling alley. Now the very last shot is this super wide shot of me in this completely empty and almost entirely dark bowling alley with just one light over me still on and I let the beforehand established moderately fast pace of cutting the lights pause for a few secounds to break the pattern and then the last light turns off it fades to black and the outro music (the same one i used in every video of that series) starts playing and roll credits. I'm getting goosebumps writing this. I love that cut because it's so irrationally dramatic and i just love to be overdramatic with things like this love this podcast keep it up ❤️
Y’all should create a list of “MUST” watch movies that filmmakers/editors need to see. Would love to get some recommendations from more folks! One of my favorite podcasts y’all are crushing it
IN A WORLD where everyone thinks they can be an editor, THIS is what separates the one-off editors and the REAL editors.... STORY. Knowing what you should leave on the floor as an editor. Don't fall in love with your edits... fall in love with your story. If your cut/edit makes the story engaging, impactful, inspiring, THAT is a proper cut/edit. Great show! .... My favorite cut... End of SEVEN. You know the cut.
Really appreciate all your time and effort to help us editors improve 🙏 Amazing stuff you guys! Always looking forward to this every single week! Huge thank you!
Motivated cuts are one of my favorites to see, i love those moments when someone asks a question, then you see the answer to that in action out of motivation. It will forever be one of my favorites!
Great episode. I particularly liked when Hayden gave us the context, problem, and editor’s solution for a particular sequence. It really showed both how one can think about editing, but also how creative one can be!
I hear some Colin Stetson! I've got a fantastic cut I have yet to see discussed. There's a moment in Taxi Driver when Travis, the protagonist, has completed setting up his kit. He's donning his kit and standing in front of his mirror with his arms crossed. The voice-over is Travis narrating words from his journal as he stands with his arms crossed seemingly rotating on a platform like he's on display. He stumbles over his words, "here is a man who would not take it anymore. Who would not.. let..." Then he restarts the same sentence like a redo in a rehearsal. When he restarts his sentence, the cut jumps back to replay the same shot of him with his arms crossed and rotating. It's like getting to see something on the cutting room floor and apropos contextually since Travis is essentially editing his presentation as a man. I remember when I saw this cut for the first time, I felt the intense feeling of, "finally."
immediately knew exactly which scene Jordan had in mind the second he said "12 Years a Slave" man that scene has been ingrained in my mind for years. love this podcast!
You guys are so GOAT... My favorite would be cutting the Inception movie RIGHT BEFORE we find out whether the protagonist found his children in a dream, or in reality. The transformation is complete, he just DOESN'T CARE ANYMORE.
'The Graduate' has to be one of the all time best edited films in cinema. I'm not saying it has "the best cut of all time", but just that it overall a master work of editing in general. Sam O'Steen is a true master of the craft.
I love hearing about the way the word editing means to both of you. I've been completely hooked and obsessed with learning more about film, sound design and editing these last few months and I'm really glad to have stumbled on this channel because it definitely gives me another way of looking at, interpreting, and appreciating these cuts that a lot of thought went into. Cheers guys
Would love to see some 1:1 examples where you show similar cuts used between both a film and youtube. Specifically, the first cut you mention from No Country For Old Men and if you've come across that style of cut in a youtube video, it would be cool to compare how the cut is used across mediums. Thanks for the content guys keep it up :)
I just found myself a new reading list! To anybody interested here are a list of the books on the table :) 1.) The Art of the Cut: Editing Concepts Every Filmmaker Should Know by Greg Keast 2.) In the blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing 2nd Edition by Walter Murch etc. 3.) A long time ago in a cutting room far, far away: my fifty years editing Hollywood hits... by Paul Hirsch 4.) Making the Cut at Pixar: The Art of Editing Animation by Bill Kinder $ Bobbie O' Steen 5.) Writing for the Cut: Shaping Your Script for Cinema by Greg Loftin 6.) Art of the Cut: Conversations with Film and TV Editors by Steve Hullfish 7.) The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice by Todd Henry 8.) Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder I'm gonna be busy lol
My two favourite cuts that come to my mind are 1. In 'Burn out' theres a scene where the main character is getting burnt out and the way they cut it displays it soo well. 2. In 'Nobody' theres a scene that shows how Bob Odenkirks character is replaying the same day over and over again and his getting over it, I really liked the way that was cut.
1917, how it feels like a complete lack of cut the whole time and you get time to become completely immersed in the long journey they are on, one step at a time
One of the cuts that stuck with me that I have resently seen was in House of the dragon. It's this beautiful match cut (you might call it) from knights bashing their heads in what was supposed to be a peaceful tournament to the queen fighting here own battle of bearing a child. This scene as a whole was so well edited and so emotionally charged that by the end of it I was in tears.
Even when you were explaining, and showing, the earth cut it didn't have an effect........until the moment you showed that last tidbit......Pow!!!! How well it worked. No time stamp, I don't want to spoil it. This video was worth it! tHanks.
One of my favorite cuts was in the babysitter, killer queen. specifically when the main character and the love interest are about to do the doink doink, but instead of showing it we get a montage of things representing it, them dancing together dressed as pop culture characters (sloane from ferris bueller), a train going into a tunnel, flower growing, so without telling the audience whats going on exactly, we all know.
I just found you guys and I love it. So much growth in just 6 weeks! You're killing it. I just finished up my first 17 - video editing project with a RU-vidr, and I'm hungry for more! Possibly freelance. Y'all give great info.
I would love to have Jordan speak about the 'the blaze-territory' music video at some point. Because when I think about getting emotional about a music video, I think about this one. I cant really put a finger on it, but man this one hits deep. The long parallax shot in the end is just something out of another world. So incredibly good.
I love that edit in Monty python because it was a beautiful edit where they didn’t shoot enough shot of him running and so they just used what they had for the film and it’s one of the funniest shots most of the funniest things in that film came out of them just not being able to afford them like the coconut as the horse running was because they couldn’t afford horses for the film 😂
For the “everything everywhere all at once” joke, my dad literally just said to me, “your never picking the movie again” lmfao,, MY LAUGH WHEN IT CUT AWAY
Gone girl (Dir. David Fincher, Edit. Kirk Baxter) has an incredible cut about 15 minutes into the film. We see the main two characters kiss, Nick just proposed to Amy, the frame is tungsten and in a pretty posh environment, and the next cut is Nick getting an evidence swab from a police officer in a blue room the looks slightly run down. The emotional hit is tense, and it makes an audience member feel like Nick killed Amy.
i truly love this channel and i cant wait to see what the future has in hand for you guys currently i am on my way to 100k subscribers and i am addicted on learning how to improve my videos and i do not know to many content creators on the same journey as me so having you guys really helps much love
Good to see you again, Rossy! We switched our upload schedule from Saturdays to Tuesdays so I hope you weren't waiting too long. Thanks for watching and being geeky about editing with us! :)
@@EditingPodcast ohhh yes heard it in the last episode... Ofcourse tuning in every week Tuesday now.. i wish I can meet y'all some day... Y'all coming to India anytime soon,m
I would love to see you two talking about Joji's Music videos. In my opinion he's making one of the best music videos with such deep meaning and you really feel something after watching them. His videos have been stuck with me for a long time now. Please don't ever stop these podcasts, they are super helpful and it's really nice to see people talking about a cut for 15mins 😂😂😂 Thanks for making these videos. Love you both ❤️
As a filmmaker and editor, I would say study the Cornetto trilogy by Edgar Wright. Going from the sound transitions to the quick cuts. And my favourite long shot of all time in the opening of Shaun Of The Dead
Thanks for the respectful content warning. Really makes a difference for many people's mental health to get a fair chance to choose what to expose themselves to. .
My most favorite cut would be a video I made called “The Crazy Life and Death of Arturo ‘Thunder’ Gatti”. It’s more like two cuts but I cut from Gatti finishing announcing his retirement to blackness and then bring the scene back to reporters informing the public of Gatti’s death. It’s not the most impressive video but I think I captured that moment... Maybe 🤷♂
Favorite cut: The Departed when I forget who is going up to knock on the old ladies door and drop kick murphies are playing. The music gets cut, not when the door opens, but when the old lady takes her cig out and is like "huh"
In my video about parallel timelines, I was talking about the infinite possibilities of what life could be as I was finishing the sentence I did a strobe cut between the scene of me talking & Evelyn (from everything everywhere all at once) first time realizing that multiple timelines exist where she asks "what's happening?" It's hard to explain but like I'm really proud of it okay.
Went over to your channel and found the video you're referring to. Love the cut you're talking about and really like the whole video. The editing is spot on and it's all really well done. New subscriber. Keep up the great work.
I edit gaming montages, which wouldnt usually require such deep thinking ,but adding this level of thinking to something like gaming is what i think will take my editing to the next level, love you your inspiration, keep it up
The Monty python's Lancelot joke is hilarious. It seems to me like they were also playing on the joke that they didn't have footage of him getting closer. They also just pretend to have horses and bang coconuts together to make the sound of hooves. That joke came about because the budget didn't stretch to real horses 🤣
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. The scene when Blondie & Tuco are walking in the absolute middle of freaking nowhere. You feel how desolate the area is that they are in. Out of nowhere some soldiers step out of the brush & capture them. As the soldiers start escorting the two to see the captain, the cameras pulls back to reveal they've stumbled upon a full on U.S. Civil War battlefield.
@14:50 That's so funny. We had an assignment in my intro to editing class and we had to bring in a scene that we thought was one of the best edtis. And bought in the same Monty Python scene.
Also, one of my favorite or rather special music videos in the last years has been The Blaze - Territory. It just hits you with feeling and it's not what one would expect from this kind of EDM track to make you feel. We follow this guys rather sad Farwell/return story and it totally changes the vibe for the song. Just my thoughts on it, if you wanna check it out.
Definitely a music video of MARUV & BOOSIN - Drunk Groove Watching this you truly feel like every cut is just perfectly placed and the pacing is amazing (like from 1:08 to 1:25 fast cuts weren't jarring at all, even though everything before that part was way slower)
The end of the silence of the lambs where Buffalo Bill is yelling at the girl in the hole and the SWAT team is converging on the house and the doorbells are linked up but when he opens the door it's Clarice by herself. 🙀
2 scenes come to mind for me: 1- from Kill Bill Volume1 (my favorite movie of all time) very simple cut, when the bride is about to fight the crazy 88, we have a close-up to her eyes, she blinks and the films becomes black and white for the entirety of what could probably be the bloodiest sequence ever. it makes the violence and gore more tolerable. 2-it´s from the Point blank movie with Lee Marvin. there's a seen where the main character walks down a hallway with his steps echoing, we jump to casual scenes of a woman getting dressed up but the rhythm of the steps keeps on going in the audio track, even when the main character is shown NOT walking anymore, and they only end till he arrives at this woman's apartment. chefs kiss ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jwiKbrt5TPY.html
That '12 years a Slave' (not)cut is a brilliant example. And as you guys said, it's the director's choice NOT to cut in that moment and stay there on the character and make us audiences feel as trapped as him in the situation. Whenever I think or talk or watch this '12 years a slave' moment I think about Martin Scorsese and his 'Taxi Driver'. In Taxi Driver, he moves away from the main character in that famous phone call scene if you remember. He said, "This is an Emotionally motivated camera move. Us the audience can't handle the pain, we don't want to see him miserable like this. So I decided to move away from him." That's really interesting when you think about how two different directors approach the similar kind of emotions in different ways. One stays on the character with a locked tripod wide shot. And the other moves away from the character with a tracking shot. Your thoughts on this please?