Pulling Back Just a Smidge

As writers or creators, we can sometimes go a bit too far, and one of the best things we can do is recognize when that's happening in our work. For the below video, I looked at the final lightsaber fight in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. There are a couple of places…

Phantom Editing

You know how much I love talking about Star Wars, so I’m actually excited to begin a series of videos covering the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, the first of which will show how moving one scene within the opening of the film can help to make the opening a bit stronger. I hope you enjoy.…

Removing an Unnecessary Character Element

In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one element of Kylo Ren's character is his penchant for throwing tantrums. He actually does it twice in the movie, which actually affects the movie negatively. The first time, his tantrum just gets in the way of an emergency that occurs on the Millennium Falcon. The second time, Kylo's…

Taking the Clown Out of Finn

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post concerning what I referred to as The Tragedy of FN-2187. In that post, I talk about the poor execution of the character Finn in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. In the first of my Taking the Mary Sue Out of Rey videos, I touched on…

Discover the Force

When they are born, a new generation will be nurtured in the fruits of the struggles and battles won before their time. When they are growing, a new generation will look to the skies and dream and hope and wish on never-ending fires above. When they are open, a new generation will absorb the rays…

The Importance of a Good Music Score

So, before I re-visit the character of Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I figured I’d do a quick Music Choice video to show the importance of a solid piece of music during a passionate speech. You have to admit, Hux gets kind of emotional here, and the music only helps to push that…

Rogue One and Editing Part 2 – More on Showing and Telling

May the 4th Be with You!!!! 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LzQr-uihWU

Finding the Options in Editing

What I enjoy about editing is that I get to keep going back and re-visiting a work, and figuring out what can be done better. In short, I like to look at the options in front of me and discover new options that I didn't think of before (on a side note, this is why…

Rogue One and Editing Part 1 – Showing and Telling

I cringe every time I hear someone say, "Show, don't tell," as if it's an unbreakable rule. As with any of the rules of writing, it just depends on what's best for the flow and pacing of the story. When is it best to show? When is it best to tell? Well, I decided to…

My First Video Trilogy Is Complete

I finally found the time to finish my third video, which is the last in the series about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I hope you enjoy it, and I welcome any and all feedback. Also, I hope you like this idea I have to offer writing and editing tips through a study and criticism…