TV's engine room

摘要

'Editing is the heart of television. If you want to understand how television or film is made, then blag your way into a cutting room," claimed wall to Wall chief Alex Graham. He was chairing the RTS Craft Skills Masterclass featuring two award-winning editors -Sean Mackenzie and Luke Dunkley. "Editors are essentially storytellers. If you can't write, then editing is the next best thing - I think it's the most creative part of the process," said Dunkley, who won an RTS award for 2007's Channel 4 child-abuse drama, Forgiven . "Editing is a fantastic job," added Mackenzie. "I am constantly surprised at the window on the world [you see] every time you start a film." Although both editors need similar skills, the different genres they work in - Dunkley, drama, and Mackenzie, documentary - mean they work in different ways.