PRELIMINARY TASK: LEARNING OUTCOME

There’s nothing worse than taking an actor out of a beautiful moment. If the performance is amazing and there’s a little tech issue, like the lights a little too bright in the background, you gotta be wise. It’s about priority. When you’re in the edit bay and you’re chopping the video together, there are few things worse than seeing the actor completely in the zone, and you’re in the zone as well, and then you cut the scene for something that at the time seemed major, but is so minute to the overall story of the film. The best rule of thumb is to shoot for the edit.