importance of directing in cinematography

[Patryk_Rebisz]

Sometimes editing can have a dramatic effect on how the direction and cinematography feels to the audience. I'd say that you can't discount the ability of proper editing to make or break an otherwise perfectly OK movie.

Fair enough but wouldn't that fall under directing? Namely, a good director being capable to spot bad edits or bad editor or understand that multiple angles of the scene are not necessary because it all plays out beautifully in one continuous take.

 

[Svart]

Sure. Everything is a factor really. I just didn't want editing to fall to the wayside in a discussion where it can make a big difference.

It's ultimately the director who needs to OK the editing but I've seen plenty of (mainly student) works where the raw scenes looked fine but the editing just wasn't quite right(mainly timing) and the scenes just didn't feel right for their content. For whatever reason the directors didn't notice, or didn't see the problems. I've been asked to look at and offer opinions on a few things that people I know have done and have spotted a few things that didn't seem right. Simple timing changes in the edits made all the difference. I guess that's what test audiences are for.

 

[awbacon]

" conventional framing, conventional coverage, conventional lighting" and is "pretty good" really something to inspire to?

The story should dictate the visual stylings. In my opinion, Eat Pray Love is conventional from start to finish. Big name actor, sappy feel good story, ect ect...so the story dictated the image.

Kill Bill LOOKED like Kill Bill because the script called for such a unique and visually experimental approach. Eat, Pray, Love did not