Martin Scorsese Editing Techniques

[leroibonois]

what you named "BAD CONTINUITY" is not a Editing Technique its more a director's skill

[zambot3]

the Departed was not so good.Bringing out the dead not so good,Shutter Island?wtf? but those movies are Scorsese somehow. You know which ones are the classics when you watch them..

[RedBellaOnline]

I am the artist for the Graphic novel Red Bella and the way Scorsese edits his shots had a major influence on how I place panels in relation to the action/ script. Best director in my opinion.

[Grymmorgan]

Another technique Scorsese often uses is the time-lapse dissolve. A locked-off camera takes a very long shot, and he cuts it up and cross-fades it into "steps." E.g., Eddie Felson practicing pool for hours in "The Color of Money." I've gotten some mileage out of that tool in my own work.

Thanks for everything, Marty! You're a great teacher!

[TheAdrianConway]

There is no 10:52?!?!?!

[directorlog]

best director in my opinion.

[thenowcorporation]

BTW The editor's name is Thelma Schoonmaker, Scorcese is the director…

[humbucker08]

Cool thanks for posting. I learned a lot from your video.

[futurestoryteller]

This all seemed pretty obvious to me, but I guess nobody said it wasn't.

[Anton1987RU]

Thanks for Video!!

[skylardejohn]

Thank you for posting this! I'm an editor an found this inspirational.

[FlowBeatzPercussion]

I think its cool and interesting how in Scorseses gangster films there is always a scene at a bar thats like a turning point or Accented part of the movie. "Mean Streets" where "Johnny Boy" pulls out his gun on the guy that he owes money too. "GoodFellas" where "Tommy" kills "Bats". "Casino" where "Nicky" kills the guy with the pen. "The Departed" where "Billy" hits the guy over the head with the glass of cranberry juice.

[mdfilmmakingvideos]

the bad continuity is referring to henry's hands...they are all over the place

[skinnyvin]

i believe the bad continuity is referring to how the scene starts in the middle of joe pesci's story, so we the viewer have no idea what the heck he's talking about. this technique is used again almost exactly the same way later in the movie too, again with joe pesci's character in the middle of telling a story

[MrFTW733]

the nice thing about Scorsese's movies is that they tend to be 'a man's story'. I don't remember him making a chick-flick, family friendly movie or anything else

[mdfilmmakingvideos]

@adamcoop1...thelma didn't edit taxi driver

[NeoTRP]

interesting inclusion of the 'bad continuity' segment; I guess those were the best takes they had?

[mdfilmmakingvideos]

its a teaching resource...certain things won't make sense without the lesson.

the bad continuity is to show how scorsese is more interested in the emotion and intensity of the scene rather than the hands of the actors remaining in the same place

[HabAnagarek]

@mdfilmmakingvideos I've read a lot about Scorsese's "bad" continuity - I see it as "lower on the list of priorities" - but this has never bothered me...

[SrQueque]

@mdfilmmakingvideos You'd call it an underachievement, though, right? I mean, I agree that if one is to pick between emotion/intensity of the scene and very good continuity, one should pick emotion/intensity. But to have both would be better.

[moviebuff995]

pretty good video but i dont know what the bad continuity was and you left out the video montage at the beginning of mean streets but overall that was very interesting thanks for posting

[nakedvolleyball]

So Martin Scorsese is responsible for most of the cheesey crap out there it looks like.

[adamcoop1]

Amazing Stuff..Can you re-name this to Thelma Schoonmaker editing Techniques...Her and Walter Murch best of all time for me..Thanks for uploading

[nakedvolleyball]

@adamcoop1 "she and walter...." is correct. Study some English

[adamcoop1]

@nakedvolleyball cheers spelling police..GTYFFAS

[MrCrgl]

Great video, thanks !

[dowder04]

great vid. 

[proceedapathy]

Nice, good stuff here!

[phxsns1]

Cool video!