8 Tips For Editing Success From Eddie Hamilton A.C.E.

• January 20, 2017

• Zsófi Szemerédy

Wayne Imms interviewing Eddie on December 6, 2016

This week we’ll be sharing 8 pieces of advice from a professional editor covering various topics from your career to your craft to your work-life balance.

Our contributing author, Zsofia Szemeredy, recently had the opportunity to attend an exclusive event arranged by Soundstage in London, UK featuring guest speaker Eddie Hamilton.

Eddie is a world-famous editor who’s worked on over 50 films including blockbusters such as Kingsman: The Secret Service, X-Men: First Class and Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation . He shared a series of tips for the audience based on his years of experience and insight into the world of Hollywood film making.

Tip 1: The Most Important Elements to Success

According to Eddie, there are two major elements he’s found crucial to the process for a successful project.

• Be brutally honest with the director and always give constructive feedback

• Avoid the “bad marriage triangle”. Sometimes you will find that a producer and director have different types of films in mind. The editor can get caught in the middle and it’s best to spot this early in order to avoid hard feelings or difficult future working relationships.

Tip 2: Workflow

A piece of Eddie’s timeline from Kingsman: The Secret Service. Found at www.eddiehamilton.com

As an editor on a Hollywood movie, one of the most important early tasks is to watch the dailies. Directors are busy shooting all day (and often all night) and often don’t have the time to review and find if there’s a shot missing or an actor needs to repeat a line. It’s frequently the job of the editor to watch the dailies and spot those things he believes he will need in post-production to effectively tell the story.

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