OT: An Editor's Lament

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arty spanking eh, a cut above the rest job's a job init!

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I would think there wouldn't be much *Editing* in Porn

WOMAN AT BAR: So, what do you do?

ME: I'm a filmmaker.

WOMAN AT BAR: Oh, cool! So what specifically?

ME: Longform.

WOMAN AT BAR: Is that like porn?


- Loren

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Tons of Editing goes into our stuff and i'm happy to say that what we do here is about 1000% better and more interesting than your usual porn. Because it's made by people who like filming and editing and not in porn for more ahem *personal* reasons!

Magic bullet looks diffusion comes in handy with Models skin and Full HD.....

And would you also agree that your job as an editor "is to make it possible for the audience to participate actively in the drama that is unfolding." and to "make this possible by structuring the emotional interactions that are happening on screen, all the while keeping in mind the emotional needs of the audience"?

Hmmm ... this is probably exactly the kind of question that keeps you opting for staying at home after work!

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I just moved to Santa Monica from Boston. In Boston when you tell people you edit feature films they're immediately impressed and fascinated. Out here I feel a bit cliche just admitting I'm in the film biz. Hey at least we get our own card in the opening credits, a slot on the poster, and a "best" category in the Academy. Good colorists bring A LOT to the table, get lumped in with post-production in the end roll and stuck in Editorial Department on IMDB, while "Cinematographers" take ALL the credit for the look. Let's face it, in the end the Director gets the glory no matter what.

Here's my version:

WOMAN AT BAR: So, what do you do?
ME: I work in FILM.
WOMAN AT BAR: Oh, cool! So what specifically?
ME: I'm an editor.
(a beat)
WOMAN AT BAR: Oh. So you, like, take stuff out?
ME: You know I'd love to talk, but I have to cut this short...so if we could just keep this conversation down to about 90 seconds...it'll work.

Paul Buhl
Feature Film Editor
774-521-9000
www.paulbuhl.com
Staff Editorial
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yeah at the end of the day as a porn editor people w@nk over your work, that's it. although what i would say is that it's very commendable to have so much passion and investment in your day-job which you (obviously do from the sound if it!)

but like i say jobs a job init and if that also encompasses your creative attention and personal passion then all power to you, very brave, especially showreel-wise!

good luck with it

>ME: You know I'd love to talk, but I have to cut this short...so if we could just keep this
>conversation down to about 90 seconds...it'll work.

24:20. That's the specs. Any longer and you'll have to talk to my producer.



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Paul B. writes-

[Let's face it, in the end the Director gets the glory no matter what.]

That's why we become directeditors ;-)

- Loren

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This thread is getting creepy. Please lock it. or just delete. My eyes are burning.

Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Television Editor
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Has gone a bit astray I must admit. Too bad. It started off well and could of been special. Oh well.

Michael Horton
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I should not have introduced porn into it. Totally my bad. Some folks just take it and run. Pity...was a great thread.

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Yeah Apologies to all if I have started a bit of a cheapening of the topic, was just trying to relate a viewpoint that isn't often heard of or expected from my area of work and i'm getting used to people casting aspersions without having seen a specific example of your work. We had the CEO of the music library that we use (the biggest in the UK that many big broadcasters also use) contact us a little while ago complimenting us hugely on producing beautiful film and making good use of some beautiful music. It just so happens that 99% of the rest of the industry we are in produce some truly terrible, cheap, nasty films that people mostly commonly associate with porn. As for thinking about what people do while watching my stuff? meh! who cares. Some people do the same watching dramas and clothing catalogues.

But trying to get the topic back on track I was working on a mainstream production as an on set assistant and being involved in the post side, helped set up workflows, did some stills on set. transcoded footage, made the backstage feature and at the end of it all I didn't even get a credit on the main film! The only the one i had put in on the making of.............
I just kind of assumed us editors and other back room folk were unsung heroes of sorts......