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A film professor told me my edit had "too many cuts" and I finally got what they meant after 3 months

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Changed my mind on this too. Always thought more cuts meant more energy and pace. But now I get it, sometimes you need to let a shot breathe so the audience can actually take in what's happening.

kai_webb911mo ago

Oh man, @sean854 absolutely nailed it. I had the same wake-up call when I over-cut a music video and it just felt frantic, like the audience couldn't breathe. Letting a shot sit for an extra second or two made everything land way harder.

max_hernandez277d ago

@sean854 nailed it. Letting shots breathe changes everything.

ward.kim1mo ago

Oh wow, @kai_webb91 that's exactly what I went through with my first video project. I had a clip of a sunset that should have been 10 seconds but I cut it down to 3 and it lost all the feeling. Letting it breathe made the whole thing work. Sometimes less is more, plain and simple.