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I help editors level up into feature films, TV, and documentaries by cutting the kind of scenes that get them hired: skool.com/the-go-to-editor/about How does Wong Kar-wai use storytelling for the act 1 catalyst?
In The Mood For Love (2000) Full Scene: youtu.be/09sYnsT2ENU
Check out the entire audio podcast here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-guy-edits-podcast/id1428277484?mt=2
Thank you again to podcast listener Dennis who took time to put this bonus video together.
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In the Mood for Love is a 2000 romantic Hong Kong film written, produced, and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It tells the story of a man (played by Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other.
In the Mood for Love premiered on 20 May 2000, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Tony Leung was awarded Best Actor (first Hong Kong actor to win this award at Cannes). It is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of the 2000s and one of the major works of Asian cinema, and in 2016 was voted as the second best film of the 21st century by 177 film critics from around the world.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will analyze the editing of one iconic movie scene like this one and you can follow along. So turn on the podcast, bring up the youtube clip (when we tell you) and let's get into it.
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We also chat about the upcoming exclusive video on This Guy Edits about "WHAT IT TAKES To Edit A Thriller", where the editors of the current theatrical release "Searching" open up their editing software. Sven filmed with them last week and reports back.
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Sven, an A.C.E. Award nominee, cut for James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and James Franco.
Tyler has been teaching Film Editing for the past 10 plus years and is currently lecturing at the UCLA Extension Film Program.
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My absolute favorite Film Editing Book is...
"In the Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch: amzn.to/20ujg6B
Find out about Walter Murch's theory on the relationship of eye blinking and editing: youtu.be/0_rHsWleVmw
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I help editors level up into feature films, TV, and documentaries by cutting the kind of scenes that get them hired: skool.com/the-go-to-editor/about How does Wong Kar-wai use storytelling for the act 1 catalyst?
In The Mood For Love (2000) Full Scene: youtu.be/09sYnsT2ENU
Check out the entire audio podcast here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-guy-edits-podcast/id1428277484?mt=2
Thank you again to podcast listener Dennis who took time to put this bonus video together.
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In the Mood for Love is a 2000 romantic Hong Kong film written, produced, and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It tells the story of a man (played by Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other.
In the Mood for Love premiered on 20 May 2000, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and Tony Leung was awarded Best Actor (first Hong Kong actor to win this award at Cannes). It is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of the 2000s and one of the major works of Asian cinema, and in 2016 was voted as the second best film of the 21st century by 177 film critics from around the world.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will analyze the editing of one iconic movie scene like this one and you can follow along. So turn on the podcast, bring up the youtube clip (when we tell you) and let's get into it.
------
We also chat about the upcoming exclusive video on This Guy Edits about "WHAT IT TAKES To Edit A Thriller", where the editors of the current theatrical release "Searching" open up their editing software. Sven filmed with them last week and reports back.
-----------------------------------
Sven, an A.C.E. Award nominee, cut for James Cameron, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and James Franco.
Tyler has been teaching Film Editing for the past 10 plus years and is currently lecturing at the UCLA Extension Film Program.
-----------------------------------
My absolute favorite Film Editing Book is...
"In the Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch: amzn.to/20ujg6B
Find out about Walter Murch's theory on the relationship of eye blinking and editing: youtu.be/0_rHsWleVmw
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Check out my editing setup at kit.com/thisguyedits
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![Apocalypse Now (1979)
In this episode:
How to control your algorithm, how to enhance the cut by not making the obvious choice and how to keep one small, exciting and impactful scene from affecting the overall story arc.
SCENE: https://youtu.be/Nf8RY88NGkE
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film) war film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film) about the Vietnam War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War) , directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola) . It stars Marlon Brando (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando) , Robert Duvall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Duvall) , Martin Sheen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen) , Frederic Forrest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Forrest) , Albert Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hall_(actor)) , Sam Bottoms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bottoms) , Laurence Fishburne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne) and Dennis Hopper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper) . Harrison Ford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford) also makes an appearance in a small role. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola and John Milius (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milius) and narration written by Michael Herr (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Herr) , was loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness) by Joseph Conrad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad) . The setting was changed from late 19th-century Congo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State) to the Vietnam War (1969–70). The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam) into Cambodia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia) undertaken by Captain Benjamin L. Willard (a character based on Conrads Marlow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marlow) and played by Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Brando, with the character being based on Conrads Mr. Kurtz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtz_(Heart_of_Darkness)) ), a renegade Army Special Forces (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces) officer accused of murder and who is presumed insane.
Milius became interested in developing Heart of Darkness into a Vietnam War film. Coppola expressed interest and eventually decided to take on the project, with the filmmaker taking influence from Werner Herzog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog) s Aguirre, the Wrath of God (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God) (1972).[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now#cite_note-4) Initially set to be a five-month shoot, the film became noted for the problems encountered while making it for over a year, as chronicled in the documentary Apocalypse Now (1979)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_HNNH4iSpU0/mqdefault.jpg)





