Film Language
In the blink of an eye, this revered editor of the Godfather films also made his mark on the literary world.
Who is Walter Murch?
This 1998 Pixar film was the first to envision the animation pipeline as a wheel with editorial at the center.
What is A Bug's Life?
Where live-action films use scripts in the writing phase, animations rely on these to write visually.
What are storyboards?
For 3D animation, layout is where this development begins.
What is CGI?
This type of editing is helpful in the animation phase of the pipeline.
What is intraframe?
What is Bohemian Rhapsody.
With few resources available for complex dialogue and sound effects in animation in the early 20th century, this creative form was the driving force behind animations such as Steamboat Willie (1928).
What is music?
Pixar story artists jokingly refer to editors as comedy this because of their deflating story notes.
Who are killers?
Who is Director of Photography?
Similar to live-action, animation productions meet to discuss these, which the editor can join to give input as well.
What are dailies?
In the hierarchy of needs when determining how to execute an edit, this one pillar of storytelling far outweighs the rest.
What is Emotion?
Before editors were given creative license in the animation space, they were referred to as this.
Who is a cutter?
Film editors believe that this is what tells them what the film wants be, a creative luxury that animation editors do not have.
What is footage?
The layout phase of the production pipeline becomes important to flesh out this - something that 2D animations grapple less with.
What is cinematophraphy?
Editors will advise on this during the animation phase, ensuring story and character continuity.
What is acting?
When you cross this when filming a scene, it can confuse your audience. Although exceptions do exist.
What is the line?
Without an editor as we know them today, it was this creative that determined when film was cut.
Who is the director?
The production timeline for Pixar's Up (2009) took a total of 4 years, with the development of this taking 3 years to complete.
What is story?
During layout, editors will typically advise artists on providing additional footage or adjusting this, which can help with continuity.
What is coverage?
In 3D animation, small adjustments to character animation can cause the characters to do this, since characters are not designed like a marionette.
What is break?
According to editor and author Roger Nygard, editors also take on the role of this in the filmmaking process.
Who is a writer?
This 1985 film was the first to place emphasis on the editor as someone who can and should make creative decisions in animation.
What is the Black Cauldron?
In addition to story artists, these creatives are also hired during pre-production but not long-term.
Who are script-writers?
Prior to the 90s, the purpose of the layout stage used to be make sure the scenes were in-line with the storyboards and ensuring that these were correct before moving into animation.
What are shot lengths?
Something specific that is an editor's responsibility during the animation phase is keeping track of eye this.
What is trace?