Filmmaking as an process and art is enduringly innovative and endlessly fascinating. What often gets lost in the discourse, though, is the craft of editing: the process of deciding how to cut and arrange the footage.
Much like design, film editing comes down to a series of strategic decisions that ultimately makes or breaks the experience of the end user (the audience). So what does good editing look like, and how do good editors know when to cut? This excellent analysis explores this question by looking at examples from films new and old.
Video: How Does an Editor Think and Feel?, by Every Frame a Painting (Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos), ~9m