“A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.” FilmProcessSolitudeDirectorsEditingCrazinessFilm Set Author:Alan Parker
“People come up to me and say "Steve, what is film editing?" And I say "How should I know? You're the director.” PeopleKnowsShouldFilmDirectorsCome UpShould IEditing Author:Steve Martin
“To be a film director is not a democracy, it's really a tyranny. You're the head of the project, for better rather than worse. I write the film and I direct the film, I decide who's going to be in it, I decide on the editing, I put in the music from my own record collection.” WritingFilmMy OwnDemocracyRecordsDirectorsProjectsDirectTyrannyCollectionsEditingFilm Directors Author:Woody Allen
“My metaphor for acting in movies - not on stage because it's completely different on stage - is to put colors on an easel for the director to paint his own painting with in the editing room, long after I've left. You buy me for red and black, so I better give you really great red and black, but if I can give you purple, pink, green and brown too, I will.” IfsGivingLongI CanDifferentLeftBlackRoomsActingStageColorPaintingDirectorsRedGreenPaintMetaphorBrownEditingReally GreatPurpleActing In MoviesRed And Black Author:Scott Glenn
“In live-action, writing, production and editing happen in discrete stages. In animation, they overlap - happening simultaneously. This allows a real dialogue to occur between the writer, the director, the actors and the editor, and it makes the writing process a lot more collaborative and a lot less lonely.” WritingRealHappensActionActorsProcessStageDirectorsHappeningsLonelyProductionsDialogueEditorsEditingWriting ProcessAnimationDiscrete Author:Michael Arndt
“I used to get so worried that if a scene didn't go a certain way, then it was horrible. But then I realized that it was better to give the director options in the editing room than just being locked into how it's supposed to be.” IfsWayGivingUsedCertainRoomsSceneDirectorsI RealizedHorribleSupposed To BeWorriedLockedJust BeingEditing Author:Katie Holmes
“When I do a still picture, I'm doing it all by myself with no help. I'm designing everything. I am my own art director. I'm doing everything. I'm directing, editing, whatever.” ArtStillsHelpingMy OwnDesignDirectorsEditingArt Director Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Even if I loved the script, the director has to be right because it's all about the filmmaker. It's their vision. They're the ones that go back into the editing room and reassemble the film.” IfsFilmRoomsVisionDirectorsScriptsFilmmakerEditing Author:Cameron Diaz
“[on editing of the films] There is always a question of time, and the director. I've worked with a lot of directors who don't mind my involvement. They appreciated it.” MindFilmDirectorsEditingAppreciatedInvolvement Author:Richard Gere
“It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.” WantGivingGuyStuffWaitingDirectorsShootingEditingEdits Author:Joe Dante
“A lot of the music editing job is communication and working out what a director really wants the music to be.” WantJobsCommunicationDirectorsWork OutEditing Author:Steven Price
“The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little in the way of the creative collaboration - no cameras, lighting or even locations. Then, once we record, the post process is very similar to the post flow in filmmaking - editing, sound design, mixing, etc. At the end of the day, it's all about storytelling and honing in on a tone by developing a rhythm and structure that suits the storytelling.” WayLittlesEndsActorsProcessSoundCreativeRecordsDesignDirectorsFlowTheaterCamerasStructureDialogueStorytellingSuitsRhythmDevelopingPostsToneThe End Of The DayEtcCollaborationFilmmakingEditingLocationLightingMixingHoningSound DesignCreative Collaboration Author:Glenn McQuaid
“When you're in the editing room, as a director, you get the opportunity to look at your work. As a writer, you can rewrite. But as an actor, unless you're watching playback, you really rely on the director to help you.” LooksHelpingActorsOpportunityRoomsDirectorsRelyEditing Author:Zoe Kazan
“I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.” RoomsDirectorsI RealizedAdmireShootingEditingBergman Author:Marc Forster
“One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and use underscoring of original music that I was planning on composing. The decision was mostly predicated on knowing how time consuming the editing of dialogue can be and given the various locations we shot in, I didn't want to worry about having to mix room tones in such a short amount of time.” WantFirstsMadeUseWould BeFilmGivenDecisionRoomsWorryKnowingAmountDirectorsShotsOriginalsSilentVariousPlanningDialogueToneEditingLocationConsumingComposingTime ConsumingHide And SeekOriginal Music Author:Garth Kravits
“John [Cassavetes] had shot a great deal of Shadows and I had to go fulfill my contract in California, so he and all the rest of the Shadows cast came out to California and they finished it off and he cut it. He turned the garage into an editing room and he was by then a director of Shadows. That's the only thing he'd directed. But, he loved it.” RoomsDealsCuttingDirectorsShotsShadowCastsFinishedCaliforniaContractsEditingGarage Author:Gena Rowlands
“With film, so much is in the director's hands. Once something is cut together - unless you're in the editing room - you don't really remember what the alternatives are.” HandsTogetherRememberFilmRoomsCuttingDirectorsAlternativesEditing Author:Julia Stiles