Because shooting isn't scheduled now to commence again until Monday, I have decided to spend my time in the Study Zone to see if any of the books have any good advice on cinematography, editing and filming in general.
The book that caught my eye was "Editing & Post Production Screencraft" by Declan McGrath, which contains interviews with many film editors as they talk about their own personal experiences. They gave away really useful techniques such as how nowadays a mass audience accepts their POV being constantly shifted around the place. Other interesting facts included how close-ups of faces are fine for TV but not feature film, primarily due to screen sizes. Action scenes need to be made dramatic through the conflict and performance of the actors, and it's a lot better to let the audience make their own mind up on how to view the characters without the need for close-ups. Stories have infinite possibilities and it is the editor who controls these possibilities.
A good warning I came across in this book is that the danger of most films nowadays is that they represent their objects a bit too literally, leading to no ambiguity and no incompleteness. The audience needs to contribute to it being complete, otherwise they won't be drawn in as easily.
Source:
McGrath, Declan (2001) Editing & Post-Production Screencraft, Switzerland: RotoVision
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