When I first heard of the title of
this movie, all I thought it was about some new piece of technology that was so
cutting edge it could help the film industry. Soon after I began watching the
movie, I quickly found out that it was more than that. It’s about the editors
behind the movie that make the story of the movie come together. Cutting and trimming the film that was
directed and shot is what made movies what they are today.
What I liked about this movie is
that it shows how important editors are to movies. I will never look at another
movie the same way. Why won’t I you ask?
Because now when I watch a scene of a movie I will think about how many different
views the scene was shot at and how it could have looked different if the editor
wanted it to be changed. Not only does the editor trim and cut films, they
create how the story is seen. This is very important because for example, in
the movie terminator 2 the editor wanted everyone to see that not only was the
kid on the dirt bike being chased by someone that wanted to kill him, you saw
how violent he was to try and catch up to him. The editor showed different views
of the truck taking so much damage so that the bad guy could catch up to him. If
the editor just showed the kid getting chased it wouldn't be as exciting as
seeing the truck getting destroyed along the way.
Imagine a world without editors,
how would movies be watched without all the correct angles of the film pieced
together? Would the story still be as effective if it wasn't trimmed and cut
the correct way? We would never know because there will always be editors
around to make a story understandable and exciting to watch.
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