Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sven Pape, ACE, helps editors level up into feature films, television, and documentaries by cutting the kind of scenes that get them hired. Join him in the new Studio: skool.com/the-go-to-editor
The film and television industry is changing, but that does not mean the opportunity for editors is disappearing.
In this live kickoff session, Sven Pape, ACE, breaks down where new editing opportunities are appearing, how creators are becoming filmmakers and showrunners, and what editors need to do to build careers cutting feature films, documentaries, television, and story-driven content.
You’ll also learn more about The Studio, a new editing community designed to help editors build clarity, consistency, storytelling skills, stronger portfolios, professional relationships, and career momentum.
Sven draws from seven years of teaching more than 1,500 editors, shares real student success stories, and explores the common patterns that help some editors move forward while others remain stuck.
The session also covers:
• The changing film and media landscape
• New pathways into narrative editing
• Why creators are building their own audiences and studios
• How editors can find better projects and collaborators
• Common career bottlenecks for film and video editors
• The importance of storytelling, networking, and consistency
• Editing career goals and the idea of “Editing Bliss”
• How The Studio differs from a traditional editing course
• Live editing training, professional footage, feedback, accountability, and access to experienced editors
The Studio is for editors who want to move beyond tutorials and begin building the skills, portfolio, relationships, and focused plan needed to pursue professional narrative editing work.
Learn more about The Studio:
[STUDIO LINK]
Get your Editing Bliss Blueprint:
[BLUEPRINT LINK]
Subscribe to This Guy Edits for professional film editing breakdowns, storytelling lessons, career advice, and behind-the-scenes insights into the editing industry.
#FilmEditing #VideoEditing #FilmEditor #EditingCareer #PostProduction #Storytelling #TheStudio #ThisGuyEdits
Sven Pape, ACE, helps editors level up into feature films, television, and documentaries by cutting the kind of scenes that get them hired. Join him in the new Studio: skool.com/the-go-to-editor
The film and television industry is changing, but that does not mean the opportunity for editors is disappearing.
In this live kickoff session, Sven Pape, ACE, breaks down where new editing opportunities are appearing, how creators are becoming filmmakers and showrunners, and what editors need to do to build careers cutting feature films, documentaries, television, and story-driven content.
You’ll also learn more about The Studio, a new editing community designed to help editors build clarity, consistency, storytelling skills, stronger portfolios, professional relationships, and career momentum.
Sven draws from seven years of teaching more than 1,500 editors, shares real student success stories, and explores the common patterns that help some editors move forward while others remain stuck.
The session also covers:
• The changing film and media landscape
• New pathways into narrative editing
• Why creators are building their own audiences and studios
• How editors can find better projects and collaborators
• Common career bottlenecks for film and video editors
• The importance of storytelling, networking, and consistency
• Editing career goals and the idea of “Editing Bliss”
• How The Studio differs from a traditional editing course
• Live editing training, professional footage, feedback, accountability, and access to experienced editors
The Studio is for editors who want to move beyond tutorials and begin building the skills, portfolio, relationships, and focused plan needed to pursue professional narrative editing work.
Learn more about The Studio:
[STUDIO LINK]
Get your Editing Bliss Blueprint:
[BLUEPRINT LINK]
Subscribe to This Guy Edits for professional film editing breakdowns, storytelling lessons, career advice, and behind-the-scenes insights into the editing industry.
#FilmEditing #VideoEditing #FilmEditor #EditingCareer #PostProduction #Storytelling #TheStudio #ThisGuyEdits
![Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
We discuss how visual and emotional subtext can transcend dialogue and the beauty allowing breath in the pace of your edits. Edited by Joe Walker.
Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American neo-noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-noir) science fiction film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film) directed by Denis Villeneuve (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Villeneuve) and written by Hampton Fancher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Fancher) and Michael Green (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Green_(writer)) . A sequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(franchise)) to the 1982 film Blade Runner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner) , the film stars Ryan Gosling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Gosling) and Harrison Ford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ford) , with Ana de Armas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_de_Armas) , Sylvia Hoeks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Hoeks) , Robin Wright (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wright) , Mackenzie Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie_Davis) , Carla Juri (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Juri) , Lennie James (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennie_James) , Dave Bautista (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista) , and Jared Leto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Leto) in supporting roles. Ford and Edward James Olmos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_Olmos) reprise their roles from the original. Set thirty years after the first film, Gosling plays K, a Nexus-9 replicant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant) blade runner who uncovers a secret that threatens to destabilize society and the course of civilization. Original director Ridley Scott (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott) served as an executive producer on the film.
SCENE: https://youtu.be/T_sOFj3sUeA
Principal photography (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography) took place between July and November 2016, mainly in Budapest, Hungary. Blade Runner 2049 premiered in Los Angeles on October 3, 2017, and was released in the United States in 2D, 3D, and IMAX (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX) on October 6, 2017. The film was praised by critics for its performances, direction, cinematography, musical score, production design, visual effects, and faithfulness to the original film, and was considered by many critics to be among the best films of 2017. Despite positive reviews, the film was a box office disappointment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_office_disappointment) , grossing $259 million worldwide against a production budget between $150–185 million.[10] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049#cite_note-10) [11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049#cite_note-11) [9] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049#cite_note-BOM-9)
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![Office Space (1999)
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) written and directed by Mike Judge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge) .[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-4) It satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_company) , focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Livingston) , Jennifer Aniston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Aniston) , Gary Cole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole) , Stephen Root (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Root) , David Herman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Herman) , Ajay Naidu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay_Naidu) , and Diedrich Bader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Bader) .[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-5)
SCENE: Did You Get The Memo? (https://youtu.be/jsLUidiYm0w)
Office Space was shot in Dallas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas) and Austin, Texas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas) . It is based on Judges Milton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_(cartoon)) cartoon series and was his first foray into live-action filmmaking and his second full-length motion picture release, following Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-Head_Do_America) . His 2009 film Extract (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_(film)) is also set in an office and was meant to be a companion piece to Office Space.
The films sympathetic depiction of ordinary information technology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) workers garnered a cult following within that field, but it also addresses themes familiar to white-collar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_worker) employees and the workforce in general. It was a box office disappointment, making $12.2 million against a $10 million production budget. But after repeated airings on Comedy Central (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central) , it sold well on home video, and has become a cult film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film) .[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space#cite_note-Doty-6)
Several aspects of the film have become popular Internet memes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme) . A scene where the three main characters systematically destroy a dysfunctional printer after being laid off has been widely parodied, by Family Guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy) , Ted Cruz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz) s presidential campaign, and many amateurs. Swingline (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingline) introduced a red stapler to its product line after the Milton character used one painted that color in the f Office Space (1999)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tMJpPOCSUrM/mqdefault.jpg)
