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03
Film editing with Albert Brooks
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a lesson in film editing with Albert Brooks, Bruno Kirby. from the film MODERN ROMANCE I clam Fair Use in posting this clip. I encourge everybody to rent or buy this movie.
Duration : 0:6:44
a lesson in film editing with Albert Brooks, Bruno Kirby. from the film MODERN ROMANCE I clam Fair Use in posting this clip. I encourge everybody to rent or buy this movie.
Duration : 0:6:44
thank god for the …
thank god for the new technology.
Where is this from?
Where is this from?
man im an avid …
man im an avid editor…i cant imagine editing on actual film…blows my mind, Spielberg is still editing this way.
@purpleninja1724 …
@purpleninja1724 Because sometimes it’s about “I LOVE that line!” and not about the pith. And sometimes it’s like, “maybe you’re right, but let’s do it the other way.”
@iancorey why? …
@iancorey why? what’s wrong with editing??
This guy represent …
This guy represent some sort of intellectual jewish comedy philosphy..very much like star treks..
Wow, that’ s funny, …
Wow, that’ s funny, I haven’t seen this in a while. I just realized the clueless director is his real life brother James L. Brooks. His other brother, Super Dave Osborne, steals the movie with what I think is the funniest scene in the whole film as the persuasive salesman in the sporting good store. Great flick.
Wow, that’ s funny, …
Wow, that’ s funny, I haven’t seen this in a while. I just realized the clueless director is his real life brother James L. Brooks. His other brother, Super Dave Osborne, steals the movie with what I think is the funniest scene in the whole film as the persuasive salesman in the sporting good store. Great flick.
As an editor i …
As an editor i freaking love this & i live this. LOL
Gerkinstock — Like …
Gerkinstock — Like an actor handed a script, the editor’s gotta do as much as he/she can with what they get. We have to invest! Find the merit in the moment, the arc, the performance, whatever. If we can invest enough, we can make crap palatable, palatable stuff watchable, watchable stuff enjoyable and enjoyable stuff great! Tho it seems like silly minutia, every decision in post can make a huge difference…as this scene so brilliantly illustrates. LOL.
@MellowYellow6… …
@MellowYellow6… The best editing for this film would probably have been to cut the entire movie and dump it in the trash. It’s funny to see editors and filmmakers so excited over something so awful, though.
I want to punch you …
I want to punch you in the face too.
This is one of my …
This is one of my favorite scenes in comedy movies, for some bizaare reason…Albert Brooks is hilarious!
I can’t. Different …
I can’t. Different methods to get the same results.
I also think this …
I also think this whole space movie plot that Brooks stuck into the movie was a little swipe at the whole Star Wars explosion that had just occurred which changed movies from character driven to action driven. Brooks is making a statement about that by showing how silly this whole space scene really is, and they are nitpicking over small lines and pounding footsteps. Again, subtle, but why include it? He’s taking a shot at what he sees the movie industry becoming.
Albert Brooks is …
Albert Brooks is the most underappreciated and underrated comedy film director of the last 40 years. Real Life, Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life all classic. Real Life singlehandedly predicted the reality TV explosion over 30 years before it happened.
He’s a good film …
He’s a good film editor.
The other editor …
The other editor was the kid in ‘A Thousand Clowns’.
hahahaha i’ve had …
hahahaha i’ve had this talk so many times… this scene is incredibly accurate. hilarious.
@kinomontage I know …
@kinomontage I know how you feel. I’ve done some computer editing but recently acquired a 6-plate 35mm KEM. I plan to edit on film again as I love the smell and sense of an old cutting room. Feels like you’re really hand-crafting something as opposed to the digital realms.
It’s the same as …
It’s the same as modern home recording techniques allow any musician to put music out if they want, what with myspace, youtube and various other platforms.. and didgital photography has taken a lot of the skill out of photography, so now anyone can take great pictures etc etc.. i don’t think mongobobo was being harsh, he was simply letting you know what the industry was like
@mamakunem – i …
@mamakunem – i think all that mongobobo meant was this: editing used to be a very specific craft that paid highly because it was hard to do, and now, pretty much anyone can learn to edit so long as they have a computer and some spare time. It’s made editors much less in demand, because the industry is overflowing with them.
As an editor do you …
As an editor do you feel like you can tell the differnece between movies edited the old fashioned way and ones edited using software?
Brilliant! I miss …
Brilliant! I miss cutting on film. Been on an Avid for over a decade. There’s something I miss about the tactile quality of making film splices, and the thought that went into something before you made a cut. Also, the way the scene plays out is so true to the reality of what happens in the biz.
amazeing how they …
amazeing how they edited back then, if they acidentaly cut the wrong scene, that must have been a pain