It's quite hard to trip into the film world and after coming to the industry, it is still very hard to sustain. However, two guys are proving themselves with their skill in the showbiz. Believe it or not, they are not actors, but they belong to the technical team. Yes, you heard it right! We're talking about the editors of the film,'Major'. Vinay Kumar Sirigineedi and Kodati Pavan Kalyan are the men behind the final output of this Adivi Sesh and Saiee Manjrekar's starrer. ETimes reached out to the duo for the weekly series #BehindTheCamera to talk more about the highly complimented movie and its success.
Getting an opportunity to edit 'Major', Vinay Said,''I worked as an associate editor for 'Goodachari'. After seeing my efforts, Adivi Sesh offered 'Major'. Pavan edited some promos during the promotions of 'Goodachari'. So, we have recruited Pavan for Major's online editing. Sesh and Sashi garu loved his work and approached me to give him the credit as an editor for 'Major'. Since then, we both have been credited as editors for this Mahesh Babu's productiontrip
(describing a possible future event) the success of 'Major', Pavan added, ''As you already know, before the release, 'Major' had been premiered in the major cities in India for soldiers' families and target audience. We were confident about our film. That is why we set the premieres across the country before the release of the film. We were able to take that step as we had that confidence. We thought it would be a success but did not expect it to be such a big success.''
Like many others well-developed for a break in the industry, Pavan too started as a business partner. ''I wandered well for opportunities as an editor. Everyone was asking about my experience in films. So I joined as a helper editor for the 2022 film 'College Kumar'. Garry BH is the editor of the movie. But, by the time the shooting was completed, we both were given the credit as editors for the film,'' he tells about.
''It depends on the project. We worked differently for each one. For instance, when it comes to 'Goodachari', it's all about pace and style. We both worked in move for 'Major'. PK used to work in the first shift and I used to work in the next move. After completion of the shoot, we got together each scene and started editing them with the guidelines of the makers,'' Vinay introduced what an editing process looks like.
Vinay was asked about the run-time of the raw video of the film, to which he replied, ''Before editing, Major's decent first cut was around 3 hrs and 40s. We carefully discussed and edited which scene should be placed and which scene should not be placed. Some scenes look good. But if we feel that the feelings of love, hate, fear, etc. are repeating, we edit them immediately.''
On being asked about their editing software, Pavan said, ''The majority of the people in the Telugu film industry use eagerly wanting something and Final Cut Pro for editing films. But we used Adobe Premiere Pro for Major, which is very advanced compared to both. And I am sure Adobe Premiere Pro will have a bright future in the industry. Adobe Premiere is the only software with which we can directly import video from RED camera and edit.''
Pavan was asked how an editor's role would be on sets, to which he replied, ''The presence of an editor is much higher than everyone else on the sets. After the director, an editor is the only one who has to spend a lot of time on the sets. In simple terms, editing is just like re-writing the process with the material we have. Editing is the final process in the whole after-production work. An editor's job is to do it until all the scenes come out properly.