Inside the edit with Paddy Bird: Dramatic Sync Tempo and the Magical Effect it can Have

Paddy Bird is one of television’s most prolific and accomplished editors. For the past fifteen years he has edited dozens of prime time documentary, entertainment and reality TV shows for British and American television. He has even worked in war zones, spending time editing news stories on location in Iraq.


In this video Paddy Bird presents a detailed study of decompression in sync tempo and the magical effect it can have on the dramatic impact of a scene.