The Essentials to EDITING

    The first thing that needs to be established is that making a movie is not something you can do alone. You may be holding the best script ever in your hands but, unless you find someone willing to direct it, you won't get your movie made. But finding the director is just the beginning. Directors need producers and editors. The editors are really the backbone of filmmaking. The editor is the  one who puts the movie together so it flows in
a way that makes sense. Always remember to thank your editors! If you're wondering why I put so much emphasis on the editing, it's for good reason.  There's a little know secret about shooting a movie that makes the job of editing critical to the film's outcome. Filming is never done in the order of the script because the filming needs to happen when actors are availibale. Getting a group of actors together, who may all be working on other projects simultaneously, is no easy feat. As a matter of fact, it is not at all unusual for actors in the same film to never cross paths during the filming.