Something about this part of the story (perhaps it’s obvious because the themes are so powerful and universal) just worked, and we actually used it as a kind of bench-mark when assessing the tone and feeling of other sequences that we had cut. This is followed by the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of how she completes her mission to reproduce, but gives up her life in the process.
There is something so poignant about the bitter-sweet moment when Craig observes the octopus playing with the fish and then she climbs on top of him for the last time. We were always aiming to cut 3 minutes per day, but this scene was so powerful I think I charged through about 10 minutes in an afternoon, and when I showed it to Craig and his wife Swati, they were both brought to tears. If I go back to the edit though, I have to say that the scene that really stood out while I was cutting it was the sequence that covers the final phases of The Octopus Teacher’s life. This is the part of the story where Craig is getting his purpose back and really starting to discover the sea forest again - a feeling he had felt cut off from since childhood. In the early part of the film I love the sequence that James Reed (my co-director) refers to as the “ Avatar scene”. In my edit suite at home, I try to have almost nothing on my desk, because it gets distracting, but I do rely on post-its a lot! Tell us about a favorite scene or moment from this project and why it stands out to you. Most of the edit happened from Craig’s attic, so we didn’t have a lot of room to work with. On this project, we had a lot of hard drives to juggle which got frustrating and so at a certain point we had to package the project and relink files later. I have been using Premiere Pro for so long that I generally just stick to the standard editing workspace set up and make sure that the Program monitor is full screen.
How do you begin a project/set up your workspace?
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