BLUE COUP D’ETAT

1) the point - learn footage, break the whole into pieces, make things shorter, search for character and rhythm
2) types of scenes
–VERITE/SITUATIONAL (a free flowing, improvising scene in which actors are put into a situation and asked to respond to it) - edit with care on first pass, leave lots and lots, cut out camera glitches or make cuts on action, compress things into phrases and character moments, compress time or show passage of time
these scenes are character building
–SCRIPTED - keep whole takes, compare them, look to let it feel like one camera, one performance
–INTERVIEWS - the first pass is only about cutting out questions and looking for silent in-between moments; always look for the physical character, vocal rhythm
–BROLL - cut long shots down to short shots (snap shots), find smooth moments, rough moments, highlight camera moves (zooms, pans, tilts, dolly, whip pans, etc.), make it short because you can always stretch out again, rhythm rhythm rhythm search for rhythm

** there are more variations but these are some basic categories to consider