The Lives Of Film Editors In The Streaming Age | Nitin Baid & Antara Lahiri | Suchin Mehrotra

How Streaming Changed The Editing Game
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Is 2024 an exciting time to be a film editor? Going by the sheer volume of theatrical streaming releases, you'd think so. To break it down, I spoke to two of the busiest editors in town. In 2023 alone, prolific editor Nitin Baid had Sam Bahadur, Rocky Rani Ki Prem Kahaani, The Archies, and Kho Gaye Hum Kahaan. Not to mention shows like Dahaad and Made In Heaven Season 2.
Antara Lahiri is known for projects like Tooth Pari, Delhi Crime Season 2, Shakuntala Devi, Four More Shots Please, and one of my favorites. Modern Love Mumbai. Aside from being an accomplished editor, Antara also runs an excellent KZbin channel called The Finest Cut With Antara Lahiri where she hosts insightful conversations with some of the finest editors in the business. It's highly recommended for viewing.
Together, the two spoke to me about whether editors get their due, the most insane feedback they've got from platforms, the issues with how editors are paid, and how much of their time goes into salvaging shoddy storytelling
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[@shrivatsajammihal7653]

43:14 & 44:02 WTH!🤣🤣 Just as they are expressing how transitions and cuts are used wrongly, you gave an example of it to the viewer😂 Great job Rahul Krishnan bhai! Your work is appreciated🤌

[@bijoy4503]

Suchin, thanks for bringing these voices out for everyone to learn and appreciate the effort and craft that goes into their work. For the less fortunate, channels like yours are our film school.

[@suchinmehrotra]

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[@RekhaNigam-s5z]

Great episode...

[@A0A4ful]

As Anurag Kashyap said recently that the film stars' Agents/Mangers were responsible for their astronomical salaries, and everybody down the line were getting underpaid and exploited! And the fact that editors/Asst editors who format and compose the scenes into one whole, are also in the slaves galley, is ridiculous!

[@maybepranav]

What a fantastic episode! Thanks for this Suchin!

[@princem77]

Great episode! Thank you Suchin

[@Bhawsheel]

Such a great episode. Thankyou :)))

[@digvijayandhorikar936]

44:02 😂😂😂 !!! Hilarious 😂Love to the editor❤️❤️. BTW, really great episode. Please don't stop!! Love this podcast

[@DrSharkPsychology]

You are doing great (Descent) work , respectful conversation with industry experts , subscribed to your channel , have a great day

[@namakishqka]

I don’t understand what’s the problem if a driver gets paid more than the actor?? Please check with the cab driver who drops you at home after your shift ends, there is a high chance he gets paid much more than you do … A movie story / script is possibly the most important asset in making a movie- how much does a writer get paid?? What facilitated the agent ecosystem in our film industry?? Kalki is made with a budget of 450 crores, the Chandrayaan was carried out in a budget of 600 crores! In a country people get what they deserve to get!! We promote cheap entertainment, discard intelligence.

[@isanskari]

20:24 Seems like editors need to have something like a Jira Board to monitor the work they have done like software engineers

[@TheDramaNotes]

Excellent episode!

[@suchinmehrotra]

:)

[@neilsadwelkar]

Isn't there some way the mikes can be placed from above, or attached to the interviewees? Placed in front of them makes them seem so confined and trapped.

[@raja-jl9os]

mainstream hindi movies & television channels reinforce the ideal woman as one with fair skin, light eyes, longer hair and a slim body bollywood obsessed with aspirational look While the regional cinema are not obsessed with aspirational look

[@TheFAILBLOG100]

Haha I see what you guys did with the dissolve

[@vinaynagia3570]

Hahaha i thought ki budget issue sirf tv main hai editors ke liye but yeh bimari toh web series & films main bhi hai....you can pay more to those assistant editor as you only hire them... they work for you only... increse your budget na why to worry as u ppl are big name now....one more thing how to get webseries or projects as this industry only works on contacts...& new genration have very less chance if you don't have contacts...thanks for bringing behind camera's hero's in front...

[@JaydevRaol]

Yes, more of this, please. Please bring in more editors, cinematographers and technical artists. Because, unlike other industries, people don't give them enough respect nor cover them as much as they should. There is obviously a lot of insights and knowledge that we can get them. So, thank you for doing this. 🫡❤️

[@markfigo5539]

These guys think people like Jhanvi is an actor .... SLOW CLAPS for these medicore editors who are just blabbering anything and trust me its all wrong !!! In a Poor Country like INDIA , there is no concept of an editor coz we don't even an apt edit culture, its the director who takes all the call's while editing , these guys are just operators who knows the software thats it ... Film Editor is itself a different narrator and that is not practised in INDIA ...

[@placebonikhil9642]

"4 more shots to comedy nights" 😅😅😅😂😂😂🥲