Robert Rodriguez

You have to practice till your fingers bleed. Well, the same with movies. You got to keep telling stories and cutting them together. And you just can't afford that on film. Nobody can with a two minute roll costing as much as a two hour tape. So I was moving all these, doing all these movies. First, I would cut in camera.

You have to practice till your fingers bleed. Well, the same with movies. You got to keep telling stories and cutting them together. And you just can't afford that on film. Nobody can with a two minute roll costing as much as a two hour tape. So I was moving all these, doing all these movies. First, I would cut in camera.

And that VCR, that old VCR had a really great pause button that they stopped making. That when you hit pause, it stopped right there and it stopped with a clean cut. It didn't have all this color bars like the later ones had. So I, that was my, and it had an audio dub feature where you could add another second soundtrack to it.

And that VCR, that old VCR had a really great pause button that they stopped making. That when you hit pause, it stopped right there and it stopped with a clean cut. It didn't have all this color bars like the later ones had. So I, that was my, and it had an audio dub feature where you could add another second soundtrack to it.

And that VCR, that old VCR had a really great pause button that they stopped making. That when you hit pause, it stopped right there and it stopped with a clean cut. It didn't have all this color bars like the later ones had. So I, that was my, and it had an audio dub feature where you could add another second soundtrack to it.

So if I have people talking, I could hit audio dub and add sound effects. So I could have two tracks on the same one. So I, that was my filmmaking kit for a while. until I needed to start doing real editing. And my dad bought a second VCR for his business because I stole his other one. And I found that if I hooked them together, I could play on one and use that pause button on the second.

So if I have people talking, I could hit audio dub and add sound effects. So I could have two tracks on the same one. So I, that was my filmmaking kit for a while. until I needed to start doing real editing. And my dad bought a second VCR for his business because I stole his other one. And I found that if I hooked them together, I could play on one and use that pause button on the second.

So if I have people talking, I could hit audio dub and add sound effects. So I could have two tracks on the same one. So I, that was my filmmaking kit for a while. until I needed to start doing real editing. And my dad bought a second VCR for his business because I stole his other one. And I found that if I hooked them together, I could play on one and use that pause button on the second.

and this was the limitation, this is what taught me how to edit in my head, is that if I shot a bunch of footage, I needed to shoot very little footage so I could find it. Sometimes you shoot out of order. So when I cut it, I have to cut in linear order because if you push pause, it's a nice clean cut, but it only holds for five minutes. You have five minutes before the machine shuts off.

and this was the limitation, this is what taught me how to edit in my head, is that if I shot a bunch of footage, I needed to shoot very little footage so I could find it. Sometimes you shoot out of order. So when I cut it, I have to cut in linear order because if you push pause, it's a nice clean cut, but it only holds for five minutes. You have five minutes before the machine shuts off.

and this was the limitation, this is what taught me how to edit in my head, is that if I shot a bunch of footage, I needed to shoot very little footage so I could find it. Sometimes you shoot out of order. So when I cut it, I have to cut in linear order because if you push pause, it's a nice clean cut, but it only holds for five minutes. You have five minutes before the machine shuts off.

So you got to find your next shot within five minutes

So you got to find your next shot within five minutes

So you got to find your next shot within five minutes

do that otherwise if you have to start the machine over it added all these color bars and it would be all screwed up so i'd have to sit there and not move for like all day while i cut knowing what the next shot was and once i had it cut i would then add some sound effects to it remember because i have the audio dub function but now if i want to add music i take that tape which has two tracks now into the first deck

do that otherwise if you have to start the machine over it added all these color bars and it would be all screwed up so i'd have to sit there and not move for like all day while i cut knowing what the next shot was and once i had it cut i would then add some sound effects to it remember because i have the audio dub function but now if i want to add music i take that tape which has two tracks now into the first deck

do that otherwise if you have to start the machine over it added all these color bars and it would be all screwed up so i'd have to sit there and not move for like all day while i cut knowing what the next shot was and once i had it cut i would then add some sound effects to it remember because i have the audio dub function but now if i want to add music i take that tape which has two tracks now into the first deck

and put it into the VCR again, one generation of loss, but I have a little cassette tape player with the music and I do a Y splitter so I can add the music and the, yeah, right. Just like that. That's like being resourceful with what you have. And I made a warrant winning short films that way on video. There were some festivals that would allow video, not many, but they would always win.

and put it into the VCR again, one generation of loss, but I have a little cassette tape player with the music and I do a Y splitter so I can add the music and the, yeah, right. Just like that. That's like being resourceful with what you have. And I made a warrant winning short films that way on video. There were some festivals that would allow video, not many, but they would always win.

and put it into the VCR again, one generation of loss, but I have a little cassette tape player with the music and I do a Y splitter so I can add the music and the, yeah, right. Just like that. That's like being resourceful with what you have. And I made a warrant winning short films that way on video. There were some festivals that would allow video, not many, but they would always win.