Film Editing Personal Statement
I started putting in a lot of thought about my future career ever since I got into high school. The choices were computer engineering, a music producer, and a fashion designer. However, as time progressed, I realized that they were rather hobbies which I would eventually lose interest in rather than something that I truly wanted to pursue. During my junior year, I was assigned as a film editor for a project. At first, it took me an extensive amount of time to figure out all the editing software because I was not familiar with the key commands and effects, but as I played around with it, I quickly overcame most of the obstacles and achieved what others desired in each project. As a result, I discovered a new talent I enjoyed, film editing.
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However, during the research, I have discovered many essential facts about film editors in the process, as well as colleges that got me interested. At first, I began my search by going on the internet and visiting websites that were relevant to my career. Then, I interviewed a film teacher that I am currently having, Mr. Ochoa. Lastly, my search ended with me reading books that were related to filmmaking.
For my research, I used a few websites, which provided me quite a great amount of knowledge for the career. For example, the “Bureau of Labor Statistics”, an agency of the US government, was crucial for my search as it provided useful and accurate information for my occupation. The first thing I looked at was the population of employment in the field; consequently, I was surprised that there are not many film editors in the nation: “21,920” (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). A position in film editing requires a bachelor degree and qualities such as communication skills, computer skills, creativity, and detail oriented (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). The salary of a film editor has the “mean annual wage of $69,490” (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). A film editor is also required work for long hours every day, which “can make even the most positive-minded film editor question the career choice” (“The Princeton …show more content…
Initially, I read “The Art of Watching Films”. This book expanded my perception of a film editor. It pointed out something that I have never thought about before as a film editor: “Editing is invisible. Seeing the finished product cannot tell you the value of editing because nobody knows whether if it was created by the editor or whether they were part of the director’s original conception” (“The Art of Watching Films”). From this quote, I learned that no matter how good an editor I can be, my work will not be appreciated by the viewers. Afterwards, I continued with the second book, “The Filmmaker’s Handbook”. This book explained about the process of film editing. Like editing an essay, “trimming is a fundamental part of film editing – fine-tuning how one shot moves into the next” (“The Filmmaker’s Handbook”). Even though I already knew most of the information from these books; but, I was still able to learn materials that are new to
However, during the research, I have discovered many essential facts about film editors in the process, as well as colleges that got me interested. At first, I began my search by going on the internet and visiting websites that were relevant to my career. Then, I interviewed a film teacher that I am currently having, Mr. Ochoa. Lastly, my search ended with me reading books that were related to filmmaking.
For my research, I used a few websites, which provided me quite a great amount of knowledge for the career. For example, the “Bureau of Labor Statistics”, an agency of the US government, was crucial for my search as it provided useful and accurate information for my occupation. The first thing I looked at was the population of employment in the field; consequently, I was surprised that there are not many film editors in the nation: “21,920” (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). A position in film editing requires a bachelor degree and qualities such as communication skills, computer skills, creativity, and detail oriented (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). The salary of a film editor has the “mean annual wage of $69,490” (“Bureau of Labor Statistics”). A film editor is also required work for long hours every day, which “can make even the most positive-minded film editor question the career choice” (“The Princeton …show more content…
Initially, I read “The Art of Watching Films”. This book expanded my perception of a film editor. It pointed out something that I have never thought about before as a film editor: “Editing is invisible. Seeing the finished product cannot tell you the value of editing because nobody knows whether if it was created by the editor or whether they were part of the director’s original conception” (“The Art of Watching Films”). From this quote, I learned that no matter how good an editor I can be, my work will not be appreciated by the viewers. Afterwards, I continued with the second book, “The Filmmaker’s Handbook”. This book explained about the process of film editing. Like editing an essay, “trimming is a fundamental part of film editing – fine-tuning how one shot moves into the next” (“The Filmmaker’s Handbook”). Even though I already knew most of the information from these books; but, I was still able to learn materials that are new to