During week 6 we investigate ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and the works of the films editor Paul Rogers and how the cuts through this film overwhelm our senses and emotions. Reading through Steve Hullfish’s interview with Rogers, we gain insight into his editing choices. Rogers states in the interview the importance of not losing story arcs by only focusing on one character (Hullfish 2022). This is to ensure that everything is emotionally due and adding shots became significant to display character connections especially in a complex narrative that involves the multiverse (Hullfish 2022). Rogers also touched on the importance of editing when it comes to transitioning from one location to another, in this instance the multiverse. It is challenging to experiment with how viewers can make sense of transitions, so they had to add effects and sounds to ensure that audiences could follow along to new locations without it being too obvious (Hullfish 2022). Learning about Rogers approach is understandable for such a complicated and thoughtful film. Editing ensures that narratives can be replicated visually but also comprehensibly to viewers. It’s a crucial role for audiences to enjoy films as editing allows for the film to be told correctly and include crucial sections and remove the irrelevant features. When it comes to my practice, I investigate what I find emotionally appealing with my film sequences and try to embark them into my videos effectively by providing unique perspective shifts and by understanding the length of my shots to carry the narrative.

Hullfish, S. (2022). Everything Everywhere All at Once – Editing a Movie Made of Movies. [online] Frame.io Insider. Available at: https://blog.frame.io/2022/04/13/art-of-the-cut-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/.