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Almost none of this video is about how it was edited... mostly just about storytelling. Very interesting tho

Can't help but remember Adam Neely's comment that Whiplash is a terrific sports movie but a horrible jazz movie.

Not to be rude by any means,but isn't this more about the story rather than editing?

I imagine a scene when Fletcher goes "rushing or dragging?!" and neiman (or lets say another student in the future) goes "I was on my fucking TIME!!" and fletcher takes a step back and smiles

I've just realized how scary editing is, in that it can make a film a masterpiece or a trash. Whew! This lesson is a gem. 👏👏👏👏👏💯

Whiplash is an editing masterclass from start to finish. The Oscar was well deserved.

4 ads and in video sponsored content!? Editing really doesn’t pay

Is this a breakdown of the editing or the writing? I feel like we're discussing the layout of these scenes from a writer's perspective. No disrespect, I know it won an Oscar for editing and this is an editing channel, so I'm wondering why we're going through the choices the screenwriter made and not the specific cuts and why they are placed. Great movie and I'm genuinely interested.

Watching how movies are edited helps me edit my own youtube videos.

More please

The cuts between this film and RB to demonstrate what Damien and Tom were after were extremely effective. Excellent work

This episode was AWESOME!!! I'm currently in the works of making my first doc, and episodes like this that dissect good editing in detail, and especially in a more casual, vlog format, makes it super diggestable. More of this, please!!

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks! I found your channel last night because I've been on a struggle to find any sort of work (over a year) and I was just looking for ways to improve my mindset on editing and how to approach it. I originally saw the video "WHAT IT TAKES To Edit Big TV Shows" and that video got me to start BINGING ALL your videos lol. It's always interesting to hear people's story in this industry because it's almost always unique. Hearing how Josh was doing weddings, then became an AE, and made a breakthrough from being nice to a PA was just amazing. Your channel has given me some sort of hope hearing stories like Josh and the one you mention of Tom in this video. Thanks again for the content and keep doing your thing!

thank you so much for explaining the tension structure!!! more of this please:)

Love how you jumped the line in your own video when talking about about jumping the line ;) Kidding aside, your channel has become my favorite on moviemaking - well, my favorite with the late "Every Frame A Picture" channel. I've been a "videomaker" for 10 years now, and your podcast and videos gave me insights like no other on my work as an editor. It just make me want to edit stuff :) I'm glad you're finally tackling "Whiplash", which is the only movie I ever went to see three times in theatre, and is probably among my favorite of the last 20 years.

Another great video Sven. Loving the ‘coffee with editors’ concept. Would love to see more of these collaborations.

I love it! Whiplash has had a great impact on me when I saw it. I dived into the short as well and really thought about that movie for weeks. Now I feel like I want to rewatch it :) Thanks, Sven! BTW, podcast episode was great as well.

It's a bit weird that I know what my feeling was when watching that movie only after I watch this breakdown. Great analysis!

When I first watched this film when I heard it was nominated for the oscar I was BLOWN away by the editing honestly- Simply amazing!