Best quotes by Thelma Schoonmaker on Editing

Checkout quotes by Thelma Schoonmaker on Editing

• ‟ It's hard for people to understand editing, I think. It's absolutely like sculpture. You get a big lump of clay, and you have to form it - this raw, unedited, very long footage.

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• ‟ There's a great deal of mystery in film editing, and that's because you're not supposed to see a lot of it. You're supposed to feel that a film has pace and rhythm and drama, but you're not necessarily supposed to be worried about how that was accomplished.

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• ‟ With digital editing, I now can make many, many versions of a scene.

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• ‟ To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing.

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• ‟ If I hadn't met Scorsese, I would never have become a filmmaker. He has taught me everything I know about editing and has given me the best job in the world.

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• ‟ I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

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• ‟ I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing.

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• ‟ One day, I read an extremely vague ad looking for someone interested in working in film. Seeing as I loved watching films, I replied, and I found myself working for this guy who did his own personal editing of scenes from Antonioni and Fellini films.

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• ‟ I knew nothing about editing when I met Mr. Scorsese... Through a series of weird events, I ended up at New York University, and there was Martin Scorsese, and he had some troubles with a film I was able to fix. That's the only reason I became a filmmaker.

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