Stanislavski for the Steenbeck

Reblogged from Tales from the Cutting Room Floor:

Acting for the edit ☛ One of the things I love about editing is the sense of being a craftsman. You may not physically handle the material, but the set of rushes for each film feels like it has its own texture. It might be pliant, allowing you to cut it in any way you like; it might be coarse, only fitting together well if you work with the grain; if you’re really unlucky it might be tangled and almost impossible to get your scissors into. I used to think that this texture was down to the director. It’s …

This is a good piece about acting for the editing of the film. Useful for directors and actors alike to think about this. It is not just about “coverage” there are other things that make an editor’s life easy and adds alot of emotional depth to the film.