Justin Li

“Openness and discourse. The edit suite has to be a safe space for every idea to be explored and tested — no idea too sacred, none too strange. Collaboration and the free flow of ideas are essential to refining and extracting the truest version of the story. Even a path that doesn't pay off tells you something: now you know what doesn't work, and you've narrowed the search. The moment a room closes off, so does the creativity in it.”

“The editing room is the final writers room on a film. We're there to shape the footage into the best possible story. Free yourself of any preconceived notions you carried in from that first script read, and trust the work of the crew and craftspeople who've since shaped what's in front of you. Find the story already living in what your team built — and make it sing.”