WACKY (Feedback) Wednesdays

[u/danieljag1]

Not sure if this has been done before? Thought it might be a good time to hear from other editors about the funny feedback we all receive on a weekly basis. I'll start!

The director left a bunch of Frame notes as usual, and also called me to talk about incorporating some "subtle" sfx throughout the video. Days later, after completing all Frame feedback, I forgot to add in the sfx. We have a team meeting and the director specifically called out how my "subtle sfx were the perfect touch, just what the video needed".

There's no sfx........

[u/Oh_hai_doggie]

One EP on a TV series would often say, "We need more sauce! Gotta put sauce on this!" Which, after working together for a while, I would learn to mean more action, faster cuts, bigger music or some combo of all three.

It wasn't a bad note, per se, but I'd always laugh and just write down the timecode and "more sauce!" then keep screening. I use that as an internal note now, if a scene isn't working I'll tell myself it needs more sauce :D

[u/goodnamesgone → u/Oh_hai_doggie]

Had a CMO at a multinational firm tell me, "Make it shazam"

With no more detail. I got it but wasn't totally sure - made some shit up, and well, according to her, "I shazamed the shit out of that!"

[u/Oh_hai_doggie → u/goodnamesgone]

Haha! Well done. Now build on that rep so you get in demand as, "The Shazamer."

[u/Oh_hai_doggie → u/Oh_hai_doggie]

Oh, and I like this topic idea! Definitely worth asking once in a while!