My Artist Statment

The long-term goal for my future career is to become a film editor. Editing is a very essential aspect of film production. It can potentially make or break a movie or television show no matter how well actors perform or sets are decorated. I found this out in at All Hallows High School in the Bronx. The media class in my sophomore year opened the creativity in mind and helped me to learn many fundamental aspects of the editing process such as sound mixing, gathering and sorting through raw footage, continuity, etc. It takes great skill and patience splicing scenes together and turning them into a fluid narrative. That is why this part of post-production is so interesting to me as a film major.

As of last the Spring semester in at Hunter College, Paul Thomas Anderson, while not being an editor, is such a huge inspiration to me thanks to a film analysis class. The opening scene in Boogie Nights is one of my favorite scenes in any movie due to the sound mixing and great camera work blocked by Anderson. Although not much editing was done in that scene due to it being a single take, it however exemplified how sound could help establish the era in which the narrative is taking place in compared to just using text stating the year. Anderson's Magnolia actually emphasizes editing to a greater degree due to the fact that the film to tells the story of multiple characters throughout a 3-hour time limit.

Although I took a break from editing due to not having the proper software and hardware available to me, I do try to analyze film from both a entertainment and technical perspective and it helps greatly. I would hopefully like to work on documentaries due to the fact that it is a rewarding experience after countless hours of sorting through b-roll footage and interviews. I don't currently know what type of message I would want to get across to my audience, but I would like that message to stick to them for the rest of their lives.