Film Editing with Katie Bryer

Published: July 4, 2020, 9:03 a.m.

b"Katie Bryer is a freelance film editor whose brilliant work on Bruce Lee and the Outlaw, Maiden, and Virunga demonstrates the diverse possibilities of documentary storytelling. In this episode, Katie discusses the development of her craft, working through student shorts, children's television, and for the BBC on Holby City. The gaining of confidence and building of skills and experience in a role, clearly underpins the idea that doing the work, having a complete commitment to one's passion, is the key to 'getting good'. Katie discusses with Dario some of the key elements of editing as fundamental to the filmmaking process: cutting between different types of footage, focusing on character, how to define time and space, and whether one truly finds the film in the edit. Dario and Neil discuss editing in a broader sense, including highlights of some of their favourite films from an editing perspective.\\xa0\\nThe episode also features chat about recently viewed films both new and old including The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot), The Vast of Night\\xa0(Andrew Patterson),\\xa0Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan),\\xa0The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher), A Foreign Affair (Billy Wilder), Mr Vampire\\xa0(Ricky Lau), Criss Cross (Robert Siodmak), Little Joe (Jessica Hauser), Fanny Lye Deliver'd (Thomas Clay).\\nShow Notes\\nKatie Bryer's Website\\nBruce Lee and the Outlaw\\nMaiden\\nMark Kermode's Review of The Vast of Night\\nYou can also subscribe to The Cinematologists on:\\nApple Podcasts:\\xa0https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-cinematologists-podcast/id981479854\\nSpotify:\\xa0https://open.spotify.com/show/0RjNz8XDkLdbKZuj9Pktyh\\nPodchaser:\\xa0https://www.podchaser.com/users/thecinematologists\\nWe also produce an extensive monthly newsletter and bonus/entended content that is available on our Patreon page:\\xa0https://www.patreon.com/cinematologists. You can become a member for only $2.50.\\nWe also really appreciate any reviews you might write about the show (please send us what you have written and we'll mention it) and sharing on Social Media is the lifeblood of the podcast so please do that if you enjoy the show."