Peter Burns writes:
Between Screenwriting with Fred Ritzenberg (“Gospel”) and Editorial (various instructors) I am learning how to tell a story on screen. That includes movie screen, TV screen and computer screens. Cinematic storytelling methods or tools a coming into clearer focus and I see the whole job of making a movie from concept to distribution as holistic. We learned from David Bergad (Sound Production) last week that ADR for distribution to the world market should be a consideration way up front in preproduction. Dan Olmsted (ProTools) mentioned this as well last semester. I’m blessed to be surrounded by working industry professionals and not the usual professors who teach theory only and not production. We broke down an episode of a reality TV show recently and learned how to work with a Story Department to develop the spine of a show episode. Through cutting together group footage, establishing footage, talking heads and a bit more, an editor can intro A and Runner stories, develop themes and plots as well as character arcs that all lead up to climaxes. From writing to editing, there is a definite process to producing properly. I am thrilled to be learning here at BDFI!!!