What Can Tribeca Doc Editors Teach Us About Tools, Tone and Working Remote?

How do you figure out your film’s story in the edit, when your story has no script at all? The skill of editing is absolutely critical to the filmmaking and storytelling process. In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and editors, Kelly Kendrick and Jamie Boyle discuss: Their experiences at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival The similarities between the documentaries How to tell a story with multiple characters Balancing the dark moments and joyous moments by toggling between the characters The challenges in portraying well-intentioned, yet flawed characters What the collaborative process looked like during editing Receiving feedback and taking in the essence of the notes being given Integrating text and print into the documentaries Favorite editing tools and hacks Memorable Quotes “We didn’t want to try to tell people how to feel about the stories.” [19:18] “You kind of become a middle man and you don’t even know what’s been communicated to everybody.” [40:18] “I don’t think there really is an unhelpful note, it’s more so just getting to the seed of what they’re needing.” [43:27] “It’s so satisfying to make a scene shine before you’re sending it out to festivals or directors.” [52:19] Resources: Tribeca Film Festival Every Body Breaking the News Find No Film School everywhere: On the Web https://nofilmschool.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool Twitter https://twitter.com/nofilmschool YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool Send us an email with questions or feedback: [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices