I'm an award-winning screenwriter looking to make my material more friendly to the creatives involved in filmmaking. I'm reading the Walter Murch book on editing and would like any advice the editors can give to screenwriters.
Anything?
Post-Production : Editing, editing... by Anthony McBride
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Hi Anthony - at WB I worked with a very successful editor who was on staff in feature development. Yes, his office was right next to other creative execs. I sat with him one afternoon and asked him what his function was in features. He said he would read the scripts, and look for "show me, don't tell me." If they did "show me" then he wanted to ensure they weren't "tell me" the same info in the story, ie. duplicating info. He would also check for continuity in the script and provide notes about missing scenes, or scenes that would need to be rewritten to fill holes in the story. During production he would watch the dailies and communicate to the set which shots were missing, and what scenes needed to have additional coverage.
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Well, that makes sense. I work by the same rules when I'm writing a script.