In the below video essay, Channel Criswell explores the art of editing and how it is often the crux of storytelling in cinema.
"If there were one technique that distinguishes cinema, it's the craft of editing," says Criswell. "Beyond the basic function of putting a film together, the craftsmanship of editing can be dealt with such subtlety that it can be the foundation of a film's pace, its atmosphere, it can even be the enriching ingredient to strengthen all the film's themes and you may not even notice. The best editing is often one that buries details of a movie into our sub-conscious only for them to be realized later."
Watch below.
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