Film Outtakes
It is quite common to see camera crews in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver making movies. Some of them are American production companies because it’s cheaper to shoot in Canada.
The next step is editing. It’s faster and much simpler now because making movies is all digital. It’s not like years ago when films like Gone with the Wind, To Sir With Love or Saworoide were cut with a splicer and joined with transparent film tape.
Editing is a director’s prerogative although some producers want to have a say on how the final movie is sewn together, because they invested heavily in it.
Scenes that the director felt were useless, were literally cut out, sliced out on the editing bench. That is why they are called out-takes. The director sat next to the film editor, who did the actual work. Out-takes fell on the floor like hair in a barber shop.
Digital editing studios must be clean because out-takes don’t end up on the floor. They are stored in the computer. You can also become a film editor because your phone and laptop show you how to edit the video you took at the cousin’s graduation, baby naming ceremony or 21st birthday party.
Your android phone and laptop have easy to follow steps to making a short video from the many scenes you shot at the event, but do not want to use. You can also watch YouTube how-to videos.
They’ll always be out-takes because we shoot different angles of scenes.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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