Role: Edit Trainee / Trainee Assembly Editor (Interview)
About: Two years after shadowing the post-production team on Balle Perdue 2 I got a phone call from the editor, Sophie Foudrinoy, who was gearing up to cut the sequel, Balle Perdue 3. She offered me a crazy opportunity - to apply for the role of 'Action Sequence Editor'.
The interview took place over 1 week in Paris, and involved myself and three other editors competing for the role, being given an edit suite, the same 6-hours of rushes shot on 16 different cameras, and told to cut a 2-minute car chase.
It was a mind-blowing week and really pushed my Avid editing skills - grouping the 16 cameras, making selects and building a clear narrative that was also exciting and energetic - I loved the experience!
Sadly I didn't get the job, but I learnt absolutely tons about editing action and loads about time management and how to efficiently cut a scene under a massive time pressure - so I'm hugely grateful to Sophie Foudrinoy and the films director Guillaume Pierret for giving me this opportunity!
Going through all this completely affirmed my love of editing and as a consequence I applied to be an Edit Trainee on the ScreenSkills Trainee Finder programme - with the hope that I can gain opportunities to learn from teams within film and high-end TV productions.
Balle Perdue 3 is now on Netflix (released May 7 2025).
I'm hoping I can share the scene I edited on here later this year.
Film Bio: Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.