My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water."
- Robert BressonRobert Bresson was a French director living for 98 years from 1901-1999. He played a large part in influencing French New Wave cinema and contributing methods and innovations to the art of film.
I feel that this quote of his is a perfect metaphor for the entire process of film-making - particularly the part describing post production: rushes "placed in a certain order" bring a film completely back to life like "flowers in water". This emphasises the importance of editing and how it can be the making or the breaking of a film. To have a large variety of beautiful looking shots is fine however meaningless unless placed in an order that is readable and understandable. A film is dead unless it can be understood. Good editing enables this understanding.
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