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This will get to AMV’s eventually. Bear with me.
Schrodinger’s Cat is a famous thought experiment that ponders quantum mechanics. At the risk of drastically oversimplifying it, a cat is locked in a box with a vial of poison that could be broken open at any time. The idea is that the cat could be both alive and dead at the same time (which is clearly impossible) because we don’t know for sure. The cat is supposed to represent subatomic particles and the cat being theoretically both alive and dead represents us “not knowing” what is happening to that particle. The degree to which we don’t know is represented by an awful lot of math in the case of quantum mechanics, AKA the wavefunction. Opening the box (observing the cat) tells us if the cat is alive or dead (tells us about the particle). However, because quantum particles are so crazy small, we are at risk of changing the results by observing them (see also Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle). When we observe the results of the experiment, however, we also receive the answer to that math, known as “collapsing the wavefunction.”
A lot of discussion has been had lately about editing “styles”, and how to pick out editor’s videos especially in the context of a blind editing contest. Having not been an editor for even a whole year at this point, I don’t fully understand what an “editing style” can entail. There are a few techniques that might cause a particular person to stand out, such as heavy use of masking, excessive effects, or even consistent themes, but to me, those are things that any editor is able to make use of. I look forward to learning more about what people are seeing when they make guesses in a blind competition. I’m also interested in learning what style means as I continue my journey as an editor.
So what do editing styles and Schrodinger’s Cat have to do with each other? Well, every editor is a cat, trapped in their box of editing. The vial of poison is style–the particular finesse and presence they bring to the video. The longer the cat is in the box, the more likely the cat has met its fate, and the poison has taken over. The longer an editor edits, the more they develop their particular style. As a new editor, I haven’t been in the box long enough to be fully hit by the poison. I’m still developing, a cat that’s both alive and dead. And, like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, every observation of my work has a chance to change the results. I’m still an editor in a quantum state, not quite fully definable. If you try to define my style too early, will you collapse the wave function?
Schrodinger’s Cat is a famous thought experiment that ponders quantum mechanics. At the risk of drastically oversimplifying it, a cat is locked in a box with a vial of poison that could be broken open at any time. The idea is that the cat could be both alive and dead at the same time (which is clearly impossible) because we don’t know for sure. The cat is supposed to represent subatomic particles and the cat being theoretically both alive and dead represents us “not knowing” what is happening to that particle. The degree to which we don’t know is represented by an awful lot of math in the case of quantum mechanics, AKA the wavefunction. Opening the box (observing the cat) tells us if the cat is alive or dead (tells us about the particle). However, because quantum particles are so crazy small, we are at risk of changing the results by observing them (see also Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle). When we observe the results of the experiment, however, we also receive the answer to that math, known as “collapsing the wavefunction.”
A lot of discussion has been had lately about editing “styles”, and how to pick out editor’s videos especially in the context of a blind editing contest. Having not been an editor for even a whole year at this point, I don’t fully understand what an “editing style” can entail. There are a few techniques that might cause a particular person to stand out, such as heavy use of masking, excessive effects, or even consistent themes, but to me, those are things that any editor is able to make use of. I look forward to learning more about what people are seeing when they make guesses in a blind competition. I’m also interested in learning what style means as I continue my journey as an editor.
So what do editing styles and Schrodinger’s Cat have to do with each other? Well, every editor is a cat, trapped in their box of editing. The vial of poison is style–the particular finesse and presence they bring to the video. The longer the cat is in the box, the more likely the cat has met its fate, and the poison has taken over. The longer an editor edits, the more they develop their particular style. As a new editor, I haven’t been in the box long enough to be fully hit by the poison. I’m still developing, a cat that’s both alive and dead. And, like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, every observation of my work has a chance to change the results. I’m still an editor in a quantum state, not quite fully definable. If you try to define my style too early, will you collapse the wave function?