Chapter 11The Editor
Abstract
Whether editing your own project or working as a hired editor facilitating a filmmaker’s vision, your creative skills, personal instincts, professional behavior, and moral compass will be called into action on a daily basis. This chapter will explore the various ethical dilemmas editors encounter as we take a story through its unpredictable evolution in the editing room. This includes the importance of an editor’s point of view during production, defining and redesigning the visual narrative, the politics of collaboration, boundaries of accuracy, and navigating the ratings board.
In this chapter, editors working in fiction, documentaries, and reality television will share ...
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