ABSTRACT
Even for experienced editors, one of the most difficult aspects of the edit is simply starting a new scene. The process has to start by watching dailies, but many editors even have different approaches for doing that. Experienced editors approach something that seems so simple and basic with a number of techniques that are designed for maximizing the harvest of good moments. Clearly, there are a lot of ways editors approach a scene. Many of these approaches have similarities to each other. And many editors vary their approach to a scene depending on the type of scene it is, the style of the movie, and even just to mix things up or as inspiration strikes. Methods for these editors also evolved as they interacted with other editors or experimented with new methods.
