24 April 2008
My NAB highlights: Editor Stephen Mirrione
Posted by nl under: Editing; Filmmakers .
It’s been over a week since, Las Vegas. In that time, I had some major deadlines to meet but now that’s over with.
Here’s some of my highlights, starting with editor Stephen Mirrione’s talk on Saturday, April 12.
Stephen talked about his relationships with directors and his take on editing. One of his best collaborations has been working with “Babel” director Alejandro González Iñárritu. It has pushed him creatively and structurally to look at editing and his job differently. One of the key points working with Inarritu has been using Jumpcuts to push / move the story and get to the points faster.
He called this “Pre-Lapping,” where you cut to the dialog from the next shot before you cut to the video. So that the viewer isn’t jolted too much. See still below:
He uses something similar in a two set up shot where two actors are talking. He would focus on one character as they speak on camera, then have the other’s person’s dialog start before cutting to them. This makes you control the viewer’s perception, because in real world when somebody is talking we have a tendency to turn to see the person who is doing the talking.
Coming soon, some of the tips and tricks on using Apple’s Color.
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2 Comments so far...
Mike Says:
24 April 2008 at 7:31 pm.
Cutting to the sound before the picture is commonly known as an “L cut” — the reverse (cutting to picture before sound) is known as a “J cut”. It’s a staple editing technique that’s been used for a very long time, so I’m not sure why something like this would be covered in a NAB presentation (where I would expect more advanced topics to be covered).
Looking forward to the Color info!
nl Says:
25 April 2008 at 6:11 am.
Mike thanks for the comment.. it’s not really an L cut because this is the same clip.. I thought the L cut only applied to different clips.
