Dialogue was something that I was excited about trying out, part of the reason I added so much of it to the script. I think that this was definitely the greatest challenge about the edit. Choosing the best takes that fit with each other took a long time because there were so many takes. I knew when filming that I should take a lot of takes because the opening dialogue scene is very important for setting up the whole film. I could have probably worked a bit quicker on deciding takes as I spent so much time just watching over and over for the tiniest of differences that really didn't make much of a difference.
There was an interview with the lead editor of Amazon Prime's Counterpart where he would just do his first edit using the last (or second to last) take, then if something isn't working, he runs back down the line of takes until something works. This lets him move a lot quicker and get a first edit quicker because the later takes are usually the best and most refined, it then becomes much easier to tweak from there once there is a rough version to watch.
This would have been a good way for me to work quicker to get my first rough cut. Instead it took a bit longer than I expected however I am still on schedule. The first rough cut is longer than the animatic was, coming in at around 11 minutes verses the animatic's 7 minute run. This is due to more pauses and ebbs and flows that make everything feel more natural, I didn't account for this in the animatic. I will trim this a little more to make everything a little more concise.
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