Last week we gave you some book suggestions to further improve your editing skills. But we know you are mostly visual learners so this week we'll give you some suggestions for movies that you should study, analyze and learn from.
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Music track used in this episode: The West Lands, Matt Wigton
Unique Storytelling:
- Memento
- Pulp Fiction
Fast-Paced Sequences:
- Whiplash
- Snatch
- Fury Road
- Saving Private Ryan
- City of God
Poor Examples of Fast-Paced Cutting:
- Underworld: Blood Wars
- Taken 3
Slow-Paced Sequences (the Slow Burn effect):
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- The Godfather Part II
Strange/Traumatic Sequences:
- A Clockwork Orange
- Requiem for a Dream
- Pi
How to Edit Conversations/Dialogue:
- Jaws
- The Social Network
Our listeners suggested:
- Paterson - Denis Velinsky
- Side-by-Side - Patrick Boyd and Mark Kipling
- Requiem for a Dream - Justin Richardson
- Raging Bull, Lawrence of Arabia, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Liam Cairns
- JFK - Rhonda Thain
- Fight Club, The Innkeepers, Silent Hill - Vandrei Jaques
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