Film Editing: Should You Edit Scenes to Music?

Music can elevate the emotion of a film scene. As film editor should she first cut to music or focus on dialog and visuals alone? This Guy Edits shares his point of view by example of a rough cut with some temp music by Max Elto. —————- Subscribe for new weekly videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/svenpape Watch my Playlist with In-depth Film Editing Tutorials: https://youtu.be/r8AvJz4In2M?list=PLN… THIS GUY EDITS (TGE) is a youtube channel by film editor Sven Pape, an A.C.E. award nominee, whose credits include work for directors James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and James Franco. You get to see the timeline and the film editor’s play-by-play-commentary as he cuts scenes. It shows work in progress. TGE is not about how to run a piece of software, but rather how to tell stories creatively. Sven cuts his latest film for Sundance filmmaker Mark Webber. “Flesh & Blood” is their third collaboration. ————— Film Editing Book Recommendations: – „In the Blink of an Eye“ by Walter Murch: http://amzn.to/20ujg6B ★- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ★ Want More THIS GUY EDITS? ☆Connect With Me On My:☆ ➜ CHANNEL- https://www.youtube.com/user/svenpape ➜ INSTAGRAM- http://instagram.com/thisguyedits# ➜ TWITTER- https://twitter.com/thisguyedits ➜ FACEBOOK GROUP- https://www.facebook.com/groups/51273… ★- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ★ All Rights Reserved © Copyright 2016 This Guy Edits™ For example TGE puts Walter Murch’s theory of “The Blink of an Eye” to the test. Another segment reveals editing tips on how to dramatically get into and out of scene. A future episode includes David Mamet’s philosophy on scene writing as it applies to editing. To get regular updates on the project subscribe to the channel here: http://www.youtube.com/svenpape Editing Software: Final Cut Pro X Music by: Max Elto – Shadow of the Sun: https://youtu.be/EhcMCYEX1O8 Fair Use Over Under Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…