Attention film buffs! Polish filmmaker and editor Rafal Listopad just dropped a game-changing insight: a movie isn't ready just after shooting—it's 'born three times.' 🎬✂️
In a chat with CGTN's Zhang Meng at the 12th Silk Road International Film Festival, Listopad, who's serving as a juror in the documentary section, walked us through his three-stage vision:
- Script birth: Where characters and ideas come to life on the page.
- Set birth: When actors, cameras, and lighting turn the script into real moments.
- Edit birth: The magic touch. In the editing room, story beats are fine-tuned, pacing is set, and the film finds its soul.
'Editing can redefine everything,' he said, explaining how you can reshape a scene's emotion or change the entire narrative by cutting and rearranging footage. ✨
Listopad also shared how he discovered the work of Wong Kar-wai, a renowned director from the Hong Kong region, in his youth—it was 'like discovering a new world,' he recalls. That blend of visual poetry and rhythm taught him that cinema is as much about feelings as it is about images.
For young creators dreaming of telling their stories on screen, Listopad's advice is clear: embrace each 'birth' stage. Treat editing not as a final chore but as the heart of your film. Who knows? Your masterpiece might be waiting in the cutting room. 🔥
Got your own editing secrets? Share them below and keep the movie magic alive! 🌟
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Polish filmmaker Rafał Listopad: A film is 'born three times'
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