How To Get Nominated for Best Editing

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I take a look at what we can learn about editing from the 2021 Academy Award nominees for Best Editing, and which film deserves to win.

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00:00 - The four types of shot relationships
02:01 - How to create a seamless jump in time
04:31 - How to use graphically similar shots throughout a film
07:45 PART 2 - Which Film Deserves to Win? - Sound of Metal
10:00 - The Trial of The Chicago 7
12:22 - The Father
14:34 - Promising Young Woman
16:31 - Nomadland
19:27 - The Verdict
20:40 The challenge of editing for YouTube

[AtriumComplex]

I'm going to save some people having to look it up because this confused me:
Yorgos Lamprinos: Edited The Father
Yorgos Lanthimos: Directed The Favourite

[bobunitone]

When will a documentary ever be nominated (if it's even eligible)? Docs should 100% deserve recognition for its editing. Nomadland is close to a docustyle.

[theheadshotstudio]

Bohemian Rhapsody's best editing oscar shows us that the acadamy doesn't have a scooby doo about editing.

[dollarsaurus]

The Father had some of the most unique editing I’ve seen in years. I know it isn’t the most popular nominee but it honestly deserves to win

[SnailHatan]

You’re one of like 3 dudes I’ve seem who can pull off a mustache successfully. Very nice

[davidperez]

So you’re telling me, editing is just a giant temporal pincer movement?

[mthree]

GREAT video, so detailed and informative. My personal pick would be The Father - that whole scene you discussed was so emotional when watching the movie and the editing does a great job of conveying the confusion Anthony is suffering.

[oskari]

I would pick The Father, but all of these would be good winners imo.

Sound of Metal is actually the frontrunner as of today, it won the BAFTA.

[fteussh]

Thanks for presenting us with a continuous conversation about this huge role of editing while constantly changing your shots angle and shirts, this plays good.
Especially when explaining the Father’s loop at 4:38 ;)

[MariaVosa]

What a treat! I hope you will make an extended spoiler version for your two favourites at some time.
Question: Was there a movie this year that you think should have received a nomination for Best Editing that didn't?

[eliana]

i really hope the father wins. that scene that you talked about really left me speechless.

[abelszalontay]

I am not an editor so my oppinion might be amateristic but I loved the editing of The Trial of the Chicago 7 just by the fact that its a heavily dialogue based movie and I think a movie like that would easily bore an audience if it didnt have fantastic editing. Thanks to the reaction shots and jump cuts mentioned in the video the movie never bored me neither emotionaly nor storywise. Thats why I would love to see The Trial of The Chicago 7 win an oscar for best editing.

[jakeryanbaker]

I cannot believe I'm Thinking of Ending Things didn't get a nom, it's actually ridiculous.

[JagIsOnline]

Of all of these nominees, the Father is where I felt the editing being most alive and part of how consistently shaken I was by the story. But it will probably go to Nomadland or the Sound of Metal.

[dearname]

Sound of metal and The father are the best in editing in my opinion

[the_black_douglas]

33 year veteran editor here. Thank you so much for celebrating the invisible craft of the editor. I’m a big fan of yours and I think this video is great. All I’d add is that quite a lot of the time, for a range of reasons, editors spend a lot of time solving problems and working to represent a creatively democratic vision of the project. Also, editors are paid to be at fault.

[jammin]

Thanks for making such a comprehensive analysis *and* keeping it spoiler-free!

[likopinina]

these films feel like they're from some other timeline... it's wild how hard i fell out of the loop as a moviegoer because of the pandemic

[reisman]

Thomas, your videos are just so dang good. You really are one of the best video essayists out there. Thanks for sharing your passion for and insights into filmmaking.

[jasonfrade]

Thanks for this breakdown of each of the nominees for editing it was fantastic! I’d love in the future if you did this for all categories so we can get more of a sense of what to look for when we watch oscar nominated films.