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7 editing tips for videojournalists

By peter • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Articles

And then: “When is the edit finished?”
The traditional answer: It’s never finished, but after a while they take it away.
Walter Murch responds: It’s finished when I can no longer see myself in it.
The VJ answer: It’s finished 60 minutes from when it’s started.



Spielberg: Bourne Ultimatum and old-fashioned movies

By admin • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Cinematography

Variety think “Paul Greengrass’s Bourne Ultimatum advances the art of action filmmaking and will change it forever”.
Others think that the movie debases the art of film, and makes them feel queasy.
Steven Spielberg:
“Quick-cutting is very effective in some movies, like the Bourne pictures, but you sacrifice geography when you go for quick-cutting. Which is fine, [...]