u/WriterDownNYC

Hey filmmakers. Recently completed a project in which one of the contributors segments ended up getting cut in the final edit. They are - understandably - upset and are (IMHO) not handling it very well.

Is there a ‘best practices’ or ‘standard practices’ for informing creators that they didn’t make the final edit? Over the years I’ve heard variations of answers, but for my own information for the future, what would you suggest? Is there a standard procedure for something like this?

For perspective this was a 60s video that would have been chopped into various 2-5s video/sound bites throughout. A release was signed for use across the project and social media.

I was recently reminded of the taste of port flushes (iykyk) which literally made me want to vom, but for me the hardest part was actually the survival part.

The ‘congrats you’re cancer free - see ya later’ part.

The ‘omg congrats you’re cancer free now you can get back to normal’ part.

The ‘you should be so grateful you get a second chance at life’ part.

I could have screamed at the absolute top of my lungs but I was afraid that if I did that I’d burst a blood vessel and have to go back to the hospital and they’d find more cancer.

Cancer may be gone but it never goes away.

What about you? What was the hardest part about having cancer for you?