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There's a book on the topic that I've been meaning to read: https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Their-Own-Invented-Hollywood/dp/0385265573/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=empire+of+their+own&qid=1568575461&s=gateway&sr=8-1
The short answer is that the entertainment industry has historically been open to people who are marginalized from other career paths. So disproportionate representation of minorities in the performing arts is something that you often see across cultures and throughout history.
This one and Rogue One need a "making of" book like these.
If access was given on that level, we might find out the truth.
If you want the honest answer: Lucas planned for there to be a sequel trilogy focusing on Luke searching the galaxy for his long-lost sister. However, when they got around to writing/filming ROTJ, Lucas was going through a messy divorce and wanted to take a break from Star Wars to raise his kids.
So, instead of fleshing out the storyline in any meaningful way, they decided to just wrap it up and make Leia Luke's sister. There was no overarching plot laid out ahead of ROTJ for Leia and Luke to be related, it just kinda... happened so that they could wrap up loose ends.
The look on Rick McCallum's face is priceless.
Also, I LOVE the Plinkett reviews.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!" I couldn't stop laughing. I spit out this line every now and then as a reaction to something minor, and it still gives me a good giggle.
BTW, I would heartily recommend "The Secret History of Star Wars" by Michael Kaminsky:
It's a superbly researched and annotated book that focuses specifically on just the writing and production of the first six films. Kaminsky's prose is concise and dispassionate, and really just lets the facts stand by themselves.
I read it in less than a week and it's one of my favorite books of its kind.
Respectfully, I think you're missing the key element in why Easy Rider (1969) was so impactful. It wasn't about the technical filmmaking, but rather how the film was made as well as the social context that the film was coming out in.
It was made for very little money with almost no studio influence. The film itself is practically a giant middle finger to the establishment and the studio system of the day. Like you, I'm actually not much of a fan of the film but I can still appreciate the context and historical importance of it.
If you're interested in film history around this era of Hollywood (Scorsese, George Lucas, Francis Coppola, etc.), I highly recommend Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders & Raging Bulls.
No. Star Wars was meant to be a single movie that Lucas made when he couldn’t get the Flash Gordon rights. After it blew up, they made plans for a trilogy, and put “Episode V” in front of ESB. Around that time, Lucas started talking about how he has always planned it as a grand trilogy of trilogies, but that’s not true, they made it up as they went along for the first trilogy.
There are quite a few sources for this but here’s a good starter:
Bruce Campbell at a book signing, Henry Rollins and Anthony Keidis.
I also lived in DC and met a LOT of politicians. The only two that were random were John Boehner (I was drunk outside smoking, saw him walking by, yelled BOEHNER! and he turned and waved) and Mitch McConnell (I saw him in a little corner bodega. I said hi, he looked scared and scurried away).
In the Blink of an Eye (Walter Murch): https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622
Basically if you need a book on editing, this is it (also read about Walter, he's amazing).
Plenty. They just don't dig deeper enough, even with a billion dollar excavator.
The other thing the current existing writers for local dramas could have done is to, gasp, read a book on screenwriting by the likes of Robert McKee, instead of attending some dubious seminar by certain persons who can't stop posing in front of their Mercedes.
Read the 12 principles of animation (ideally get a copy of The Illusion of Life, DO NOT SKIP THE BASICS!, animate bouncing balls until you’re dreaming about them, watch and study various types of animation- frame by frame if possible, and, above all else, practice, practice, practice.
Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut are the most widely used editing programs.
DaVinci resolve is free for your purposes and is a good editor as well as a world-class color grading program. It will take some effort to pick it up but it's well worth it.
Video editing is very resource intensive for both CPU and GPU with modern editing programs. Pay attention to minimum and recommended specs for your edit machine. There are lots of blogs about building and optimizing computers for editing.
You might also want to check out some general editing theory books like in the blink of an eye by Walter Murch
The Making of Star Wars is a fantastic read. Even if you think you know the majority of the story behind the making of the first film, there's a ton of stuff there I guarantee will be new to you.
Okay, well I guess this entire book about Jews creating Hollywood is just bullshit, and all the scholarly articles about immigrant Jews creating and maintaining (aka running) Hollywood through the early years through the Golden age are nonsensical, in part because Walt Disney was also there, being not Jewish
What bastards! I wonder where they learned such despicable behavior: https://www.amazon.com/CIA-Hollywood-Agency-Shapes-Television/dp/0292754361
So out of all of the "circumstances" you've considered, the only outcome you can conclude is that Kanye must 100% be bipolar. Good detective work Sherlock, I think you've cracked it. 🤦
Now, seeing as Kanye West is certainly not the only person in the public spotlight to claim that Jews run Hollywood. In your opinion, are all the others who made this claim bipolar too?
Maybe the author of this book from '89 was bipolar too... What do you think? 🤷
https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Their-Own-Invented-Hollywood/dp/0385265573#
Why are you even here in this sub if you don't believe in conspiracy theories? What is your motive?
Maybe because Anti-Semites from a hero hurts.
But anyway read An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood if you actually care how Hollywood started.
> Until I decide to write a book after finding inspiration in the A Song of Ice and Fire and The Witcher series.
So, this gives me a bit of pause. Most of us who pick up our pens are pretty heavy readers before we get started.
That said, I would rather encourage than discourage, so I'm going to recommend a book to help get you started: Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, by Robert McKee. I only purchased this book a few weeks ago, and I have been kicking myself ever since for not getting it years ago (I've been writing on a professional level since 1999, and this book has raised my game). It's not just for screenwriting - it will give you a very good idea of how stories work on a structural and mechanical level, from plotting to character development.
Here's the buy link from Amazon Smile (which donates money from each purchase to a charity of your choice): https://smile.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060391685/ref=rvi_sccl_6/131-2124249-3477910?pd_rd_w=9Fqr9&content-id=amzn1.sym.f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee4124...
(I would also strongly recommend On Writing, by Stephen King.)
Lucas is a petty, jealous, bitter person, but Marcia must have the best PR team of all time for this myth of her “saving Star Wars” to have spread so far and wide.
She did do a small amount of editing work on the initial cut of Star Wars, but left the project altogether after a disastrous test screening. It was GL who then personally put thousands of hours in the editing room—all uncredited because he didn’t officially belong to the professional editors guild—and saved his film.
The academy awarded Oscars to the editing team, but left out GL—again, not a member of the guild—which I believe Lucas took as a huge slap in the face after putting in more work cutting and splicing celluloid than virtually the entire editing staff combined.
Should mention that despite GL’s resentment of her work and recognition, some of her influence on Star Wars persists. Most notably, Leia kissing Luke “for luck” as they make a daring escape from the Death Star was 100% Marcia’s suggestion and exists in all cuts of the film today.
source: film historian J.W. Rinzler’s excellent The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
Check out "In the Blink of an Eye". It's a quick read and well worth your time.
Of course some of scifi has come true but we’re not talking about that, we’re talking about CERN i.e. god particles/parallel universes.
“SciFi” BY DESIGN conditions us to believe in science, to have faith in Man’s ability to dominate nature , really that’s the end of story.
As an aside, GPS was first launched in 1978. Governments created the internet - hardly a stretch that Ghost in the Shell movie from 1995 featured GPS navigation on a map. LOL
Black Mirror is produced by the CIA. It isn’t as though the show is “hitting the nail on the head of upcoming reality,” it’s literally scripted from the government… I mean, come on. https://www.amazon.com/CIA-Hollywood-Agency-Shapes-Television/dp/0292754361/ref=nodl_?dplnkId=a541c0c1-f18d-47f9-abad-d388c25aa10e
>I wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes reality
Nor would I, but that doesn’t mean I don’t see it for what it is - which is, it doesn’t matter if it becomes reality or if it doesn’t, as long as WE think that it CAN become reality. That’s how magic works.
Do you mean editing or using editing software? They are two different, but overlapping, skills.
YouTube has everything you need and more - the issue is cutting through the noise.
This community is great for answering questions. Add some more details: what do you want to do, where are you at, what are you stuck on? No one ever reaches perfection and editing is never finished, you just hit the deadline.
It's ages since I read it, but In the blink of an eye was a good read on editing.
Don’t believe anything Lucas has ever said about having all the movies mapped out. Read The Secret History of Star Wars and you’ll see the parent poster is correct
https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Star-Wars/dp/0978465237
It’s a print from a book called “Star Wars -Propaganda”
According to his book Walter Murch averaged 1 cut per day on Apocalypse Now. Editing is a shapeless process of solving problems.
Lots of good advice here about keyboard shortcuts- but I want to add that in my experience, producing fast professional work has more to do with templated projects, and that really begins with how the show is written and directed. Best of luck to you:)
i would note that she was the "saviour" of the trench run mainly becuse that was her part of the movie, and the edits to the trench run was made during a time post the first cut (not to be confused with the john jympson rough draft) which the three editors and george was working together.
>EDITING, THE SPIRIT OF ’76
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>Following the first cut, there was a new temp cut every couple of weeks, which only the same small group would review. After the first major structural changes, other adjustments were made to the successive cuts...
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>The end battle was also running too long, so Luke’s two trench runs were combined into one. This created tighter storytelling, but also several editorial challenges. Within one trench run, the following would now have to be conveyed either visually or verbally: Luke’s initial intention to use the computer, Ben’s dialogue, Vader’s actions, R2-D2’s drama, Han’s arrival, the fate of the other pilots, Leia’s feelings—all within the believable length of physical space along the trench. To draw out the suspense, Lucas had decided to shoot second-unit footage at ILM of the Death Star preparing to fire, some of which would be added to this sequence, along with coverage taken of Peter Cushing, stolen from an earlier scene that had been shortened. “It was all editorially manufactured,” says Marcia Lucas, who, just after Thanksgiving, left the picture to help Martin Scorsese on New York, New York.
source: The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
Read the book, Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind. It's a great read about New Hollywood cinema.
"When the low-budget biker movie Easy Rider shocked Hollywood with its success in 1969, a new Hollywood era was born. This was an age when talented young filmmakers such as Scorsese, Coppola, and Spielberg, along with a new breed of actors, including De Niro, Pacino, and Nicholson, became the powerful figures who would make such modern classics as The Godfather, Chinatown, Taxi Driver, and Jaws. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the '70s -- an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll (both onscreen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme. Based on hundreds of interviews with the directors themselves, producers, stars, agents, writers, studio executives, spouses, and ex-spouses, this is the full, candid story of Hollywood's last golden age. "
MARTIN SCORSESE ON DRUGS: "I did a lot of drugs because I wanted to do a lot, I wanted to push all the way to the very very end, and see if I could die."
DENNIS HOPPER ON EASY RIDER: "The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. There was no cocaine before Easy Rider on the street. After Easy Rider, it was everywhere."
GEORGE LUCAS ON STAR WARS: "Popcorn pictures have always ruled. Why do people go see them? Why is the public so stupid? That's not my fault."
I think you should maybe check out this book. In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/1879505622/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_24V577YSG5AX31WRRF46?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I am going to say something that might sound condescending but I’m not trying to be. I’m not sure you know exactly what you are editing for. You might need a better fundamental understanding of the the concepts behind editing.