{"id":18546,"date":"2016-10-08T19:21:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T19:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.academieduello.com\/?p=18546"},"modified":"2016-10-09T20:28:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T20:28:59","slug":"emotion-action-film-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/stage-combat-2\/emotion-action-film-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotion in Action Film Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As combat performers, we often get obsessed with the improvement of our physical performance. We often assume that the emotional aspect will happen by itself. But, it&#8217;s important for both choreographers and performers to incorporate the anger and fear and pain and exhaustion of battle into your rehearsal and practice. I&#8217;ve expounded on this before.<\/p>\n<p>However much you have worked on your emotional connection to your stage combat, it could still be edited out if the director or editor doesn&#8217;t also prioritize the emotional story.<\/p>\n<p>The following video discusses action film editing, and contrasts Kurosawa&#8217;s editing in <em>The Seven Samurai<\/em> with modern action movies, especially the Marvel franchise:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seven Samurai - Drama Through Action\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZSRxp-dJ-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The emotion of your scene is not only conveyed with editing that points to the impact of death and injury, but a number of other sequences. It also includes your performance and any of the music that may accompany your fight scene. Since we\u2019re beating up on the Marvel movies, let\u2019s take a close listen to their score, and see if there&#8217;s ways we can make better choices in our films:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Marvel Symphonic Universe\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7vfqkvwW2fs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an actor in live theatre, then film editing is not relevant to your performance. However, editing is merely the choice of where to put the audience&#8217;s attention. In a live performance, directing the audience&#8217;s attention is the actor&#8217;s job, in collaboration with the other performers on stage. You can incorporate many of the ideas of film editing to your performance.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, our art is storytelling. Always remember that storytelling is an emotional journey, and doesn&#8217;t depend on your perfected acrobatic motion, but more crucially on how that motion inspires a reaction in your audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As combat performers, we often get obsessed with the improvement of our physical performance. We often assume that the emotional aspect will happen by itself. But, it&#8217;s important for both choreographers and performers to incorporate the anger and fear and pain and exhaustion of battle into your rehearsal and practice. I&#8217;ve expounded on this before. 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