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I started editing last week. I’ve been working with Yves Langlois. At first, I was intimidated to be working with him as this is one of my first films and Yves is a veteran editor.

He liked the script so we watched the rushes and he wanted to cut the film. I was thrilled to say the least. We’ve been averaging 11 hours a day and I’m in the editing room the entire time. It’s a little unconventional but I’m learning a great deal.

There were a lot of shots that I didn’t get while filming because we didn’t have time to shoot them. I was constantly asking myself if I had the shots I needed to tell the story. I thought I had them all, but sitting in the editing room I realized that I was missing some essential moments.

There are ways of cheating while editing a film. Taking moments from one scene and placing them in front of a completely separate scene to create an association or allude to something that was never originally intended. This is great because you can create moments that were never expected. We started doing this where I was missing some shots and already the film is working much better.

The most difficult part of editing and watching the film come together, is trying to look at the film objectively and trying to see it the way an audience member would watch it for the first time, not knowing anything about the film.