Comments on: In Camera Editing – A Cinematic Perspective http://www.theshootoutboulder.com/blog/incamera-editing/in-camera-editing-history/ Named one of the world’s top 24 events for 2010 by a Frommer's Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:37:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Roger O http://www.theshootoutboulder.com/blog/incamera-editing/in-camera-editing-history/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Roger O Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:37:10 +0000 http://www.theshootoutboulder.com/blog/?p=78#comment-189 "Every year I get asked the same question about in-camera editing and why do we do it." It's nice to talk about Hitchcock and Ford in your explanation for in-camera editing. The truth, though, is that it gets boring. It might be fun once, but I don't want to do it year after year. Perhaps that's what people are suggesting when they ask why you do it. It may be of interest to note that the "In-Camera Editing" assignment for film students at CU Boulder (10 years ago, anyway) is given during the first part of their first semester in Film 101. I liked it in Film 101, but I don't want to do it again. To me, and to presumably many others, it feels like a beginner activity, and I want to feel like I am advancing in my skills as a filmmaker. “Every year I get asked the same question about in-camera editing and why do we do it.” It’s nice to talk about Hitchcock and Ford in your explanation for in-camera editing. The truth, though, is that it gets boring. It might be fun once, but I don’t want to do it year after year. Perhaps that’s what people are suggesting when they ask why you do it.

It may be of interest to note that the “In-Camera Editing” assignment for film students at CU Boulder (10 years ago, anyway) is given during the first part of their first semester in Film 101. I liked it in Film 101, but I don’t want to do it again.

To me, and to presumably many others, it feels like a beginner activity, and I want to feel like I am advancing in my skills as a filmmaker.

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