Editing Process
It’s safe to say that Film Editing is one of the most important aspects of film production. While a good Cinematographer is needed to take beautiful shots, and a good Director is needed to craft a unifying vision for the story, all the efforts of each crew member cannot come together without an editor. Thankfully, we can say The Sacred Wolves obviously will not end up on the cutting room floor, as the film has been put in great hands. At the time of writing this blogpost, Sacred Wolves is currently in the rough cutting phase of the edit, which means a great amount of experimenting, discussing, and revising. In terms of software, we are using Adobe Premiere, which can be used along with everything else in the Adobe Creative Suite, to edit content across a variety of platforms. Adobe has also been an excellent resource to help us continue to edit and work remotely despite the challenges presented by Covid-19.
So what have we been doing in the edit exactly?
Our Assistant Editor, Stella Yrigoyen, primarily works in preparation; which includes subclipping breath-taking B-Roll, cutting down interviews, proxying footage, and organizing files with the help of members of the camera department. Every crew member has been helping with editing to some degree, whether it be through subclipping or editing teaser trailers.
That work gets sent to Stella, who then organizes it and sends it off to our Lead Editor, Keric Warton. As a Lead Editor typically does, he primarily works on cutting the film, crafting scenes, and presenting edits to the rest of the team for feedback. Keric also worked with our DP, Chris Riggs, to create a very specific folder structure for all of our hard drives at the beginning of the editing process to ensure that editing a film of this magnitude, and with massive 4K footage, would flow seamlessly across a team of eleven people’s drives.
Although our production feels as if we’ve come to a halt due to our inability to go out and shoot, we feel lucky to be editors right now where we have the opportunity to spend more time on the film in our roles. With all the negative in the world right now, we are trying to stay positive and focus all of our energy into one of the few things that we can do safely from our homes: edit. In the end, we believe that this extra time given to post-production will end up helping our film rather than hurt it. However, we’re still looking forward to when we can eventually start shooting this exciting production and be with our crew again.
Keric Warton and Stella Yrigoyen