What do I do if I lost my editor?

[PumaTalk]

Hello Folks,

This is my first post

Ok, so I have a great short which I been working on for 6-7 months now and I start production next month - it's a 3 day shoot in Montreal, Canada...10minutes short, everything is in order except I just found out I lost my editor in post.

Now I have no idea what to do for post. Where do I begin? Should I look for one online on sites like Mandy.com ? And since Im a film student I don't have money really to pay for editors - would editors except to do it for "free for all" ?

We're shooting with a Panasonic HVX 200, ganna have some crane shots, dolly - also in post no crazy graphic effects, except TWIXTOR

I'd really appreciate all your feedback please - Here's a snapshop of my characters in the film

many thanks,
Joey Dee

 

[Goose]

If your a film student why not ask your fellow classmates, and see if they will do it? I'm sure they will be willing to do it for free? You might find that one of them is quite the editorial genius.

I personally edit my own films, becuase the film is made 3 times.
When is it WRITTEN. When it is SHOT. And when it is CUT TOGETHER

Thats just my 2 cents

 

[MarkG]

The risk of editing your own movies is that you get too caught up in it and want to keep your favorite shots no matter whether or not they fit. I do it, but I'm pretty ruthless in editing no matter who shot it... and I've taken to cutting together my storyboard pictures into a video before shooting now, which makes major problems fairly obvious.

But yeah, as a film student you'd normally find another student to edit for you. If you're using an HVX200 I'm surprised you don't have post organised already, it's not just a matter of sticking tapes in a box until you find someone, you have to keep all those gigabytes of digital files somewhere in the right format.