Ever Wonder How A Genre Show Is Edited? You Must Read This!

 
This is a major, major, treat for those of you production and technical junkies out there like me.  This is a detailed article about the editing process written by one of the editors of “The Vampire Diaries,” Nancy Forner.  Now, before any of you go, “That’s The Vampire Diaries, not Supernatural” read what she has to say.  Many of the techniques she describes are the same ones “Supernatural” uses.  

Ever wonder how a piece of music is edited into a show?  She explains how and it’s fascinating.  Ever wonder how they cut down 40 hours worth of dailies into 42 minutes?  All there.  For the record (and this was question I asked Guy Norman Bee during one of his panels at Chicago Con), “Supernatural” uses two to three Arriflex cameras as well.  According to him, the third is usually used for the overhead shots when needed.  

The only difference in “Supernatural’s” process from what I can tell is “Supernatural” uses the traditional teaser plus four act structure.  Only “The Vampire Diaries” uses the sixth act to setup next week, although I believe “Supernatural” has done this before on some episodes.  There are probably also differences in style choices, but this gives an excellent idea what happens in the editing room.  

I highly recommend you read this if you even want to remotely grasp why editing choices are made.  

magazine.creativecow.net/article/style-emotion-vamping-on-the-vampire-diaries

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