ABSTRACT
Most of the operations described in this chapter are the editor’s responsibility, but a director must know postproduction procedures to get the best film from the editing stage. Editing is not just assembly, as the Hitchcock mythology suggests, but more like coaxing a successful performance from an imperfect and incomplete composer’s score. This operation requires you to see, listen, adapt, think, and imagine as you try to fulfill something to the best of its emerging potential.
