The document discusses the art of editing and how scenes are built in the editing process. It provides examples from films such as Raging Bull, Easy Rider, and Bonnie and Clyde to illustrate how editors constructed scenes through improvisation, multiple cameras, and jump cuts. The second part introduces actor and guest Jason Tobin, providing a list of his acting credits in films directed by Justin Lin, Stephen Fung, and Benny Chan. It outlines some of Tobin's directing advice for actors, such as understanding the story, obstacle, and ultimate objective of a scene.

1. The Art of
Editing
SHOOTING FOR THE EDIT

2. Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editor: Themla Schoonmaker
• Improvisation
• One Camera
• Scenes built in the edit

3. Raging Bull
Themla Schoonmaker & Editing improv
“Cutting yourself out of a corner”
• Improvisation
• Two Cameras
• One camera in “Raging Bull”
• Scenes built in the edit
http://youtu.be/6enMrxbpI-w (5 min)

4. Easy Rider (1980)
Director: Dennis Hopper
Editor: Donn Cambern
“Easy Rider’s style — the jump cuts, time shifts, flash forwards,
flashbacks, jerky hand-held cameras, fractured narrative and improvised
acting — can be seen as a cinematic translation of the psychedelic
experience.”

5. Bonny & Clyde (1968)
Director: Arthur Penn
Editor: Dede Allen
“You have to cut with your gut.” -Dede Allen
Shootout scene: birds, slow motion, long shots, all give feeling of intensity

6. Sex, Lies and Videotape (1968)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Editor: Steven Soderbergh

7. Guest: JASON TOBIN
Acting & Editing

8. JASON TOBIN
O Yellow (1998) directed by Chris Chan Lee
O Better Luck Tomorrow (2002) directed by Justin Lin
O House of Fury (2005) directed by Stephen Fung
O Rob-B-Hood (2006) starring Jackie Chan, directed by Benny Chan
O The Heavenly Kings (2006) directed by Daniel Wu
O The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) directed by Justin Lin
O Chink (2012) directed by Stanley Yung (Winner of Best Actor Award at
the 2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)
O Jasmine (2015) directed by Dax Phelan (Winner of Best Actor -
Dramatic Award at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival)

9. DIRECTING ACTORS
• What is the story happening in the scene?
• What is the obstacle?
• What is the ultimate objective?
• What happened right before the scene started?
• Where is the scene happening?
• What is the C.R.O.W.?
• Characters
• Relationships
• Objective
• Where
• STORY = HERO  OBSTACLE  GOAL