Award-winning editor Won Novalis shows you the massive creative and financial benefits of working with your editor early, that he's learned working with big-name clients including GE, United Way, Microsoft Bing, and more. 

Your film's editor is one of the few positions making key creative decisions on your project. 

However, many productions don’t hire or bring in editors until after the footage is shot. Including an editor early and understanding what they offer gives you new insights, saves you time and money, and ultimately results in a superior product, giving you the competitive edge.

Large-scale studio projects understand the critical value of consulting with their post-production teams as early as the storyboarding process. Doing so strengthens the narrative and saves time as the editors get to work during principal photography.

Whether you’re a producer, director, or editor, this exclusive Stage 32 webinar will show you what editors do and the fantastic benefits of working with your editor early on, including:

• The link between the editing and cinematography
• The editorial onboarding process
• What directors can do to empower their editor
• How editors read scripts to eliminate common redundancies
• Finding opportunities to better utilize visuals or audio to engage the senses
• Creating a pre-visualization
• The benefits of editing during principal photography
• And so much more

Walking you through understanding this impactful role is award-winning editor Won Novalis. He is the co-owner and founder of the production company Cry, where he works with clients all over the US. Won brings incredible versatility to his work as an editor and storyteller, and has worked for commercial clients GE, Microsoft Bing, Johannes Leonardo, Razor Fish, the United Way, Goodwill, and Delta, among others.

By the end of this webinar, you’ll understand how lower-budget and independent projects can benefit from an editor’s fresh perspective and great skills, ultimately creating a better project overall.

TESTIMONIALS FROM PREVIOUS EDUCATION FROM WON:

"I've cried so many times over long editing days. Nova is so smart and passionate, and gives the best feedback on edits that I know I'll never have those same issues again!" - Jack K.

What Exactly Does an Editor Do?

• Exploring the unique role of the editor
• What science tells us about what an editor literally does
• What LEGO can teach us about the pivotal link between editing and cinematography
• What editors need and look for when hired
• An overview of THE editorial onboarding process
• What directors can do to empower their editor to edit the film of their dreams

How Editors Read Your Script

• Considerations as your script transitions to a shooting script
• Eliminating common script redundancies that occur when adding the visual and auditory dimensions
• Finding opportunities to better utilize visuals or audio to engage the senses and tell more immersive stories

Editing the Movie Before It’s Made

• Creating an editorial pre-visualization
• What lower-budget films can learn from studio films
• How to do pre-visualization on a budget
• What an editorial pre-visualization can teach you about your unmade film

Benefits of Editing During Principal Photography

• Basic overview of how on-set editing works during principal production
• The power of having an assembly cut right after principal wraps
• How daily scene cuts can reduce time, save money, and benefit the story
• Getting a head start on EPK and promotional deliverables

Approaching the Main Editorial Phase

• Seamless transition from principal to post-production editorial
• The benefits of knowing what you have in the can
• Editing as the “final rewrite”
• Having an edge by identifying the film you wanted vs. the one you shot earlier on in the process

Visual and audio materials including real-world examples will be referenced and used by the instructor.

Q&A with Won

All levels of directors (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn about what editors do and the fantastic benefits of working with your editor early on.

All levels of writers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn about what editors do and the fantastic benefits of working with your editor early on.

Producers looking to learn about what editors do and the fantastic benefits of working with your editor early on.

Actors looking to learn about what editors do and the fantastic benefits of working with your editor early on.