Up till now you've been learning by doing.
We've only really touched on editing theory and editing history and not in any great depth.
Will it make a difference to the quality of your editing to look back at the major movements and developments in the craft - the answer is a definite yes.
In the following bits of blog we can read, watch and learn about the major changes in editing and in by doing so you can pick up a whole bunch of tricks from the past masters.
Most of the modern films you watch today are being edited with constant reference to what has come before.
It might seem new to have 37 edits in just one minute of film (the first of the Bourne films had this mind bending number of cuts, and it is a lot) but the style of cutting owes itself to Cinema Verite, or the Russian Sergi Eisenstein and his Theory of Editing, albeit cranked up in a new way.
The Bourne Films (I could only watch one, the others gave me a sore head the editing was so quick) isn't a bad place to finish this first blog.
This style of film making, hand held, provoking and aggressive, hallmarks of Verite, has become very popular and I dare say in a few of your films you'll be using a similar technique.
Here's the Bourne fight scene from the first movie. Check out the number of cuts.
Go to around 1:10 which is where the fight begins.
Here's John Wayne fighting in Oklahoma. Count those cuts. 1943 vs 2004.
Here's an interview with Christopher Rousse who edited the later Bourne films and United 93.
http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/currentissue/8546.html
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