The podcast host and guest discuss the contrast between the typical documentary process of sitting in an editing room and shaping the footage that is already captured, versus the modern process of using technology and recreating scenes to include footage that was not previously captured. The guest, who is an innovator in technology, highlights how these advancements in technology have impacted the process of documentary filmmaking.
The podcast discusses the different processes of documentary and feature filmmaking and the middle ground between the two. The guest speaker also shares their experience of learning more about filmmaking whilst editing documentaries than they did from editing features.
The use of CG technology in filmmaking allows for easier and more efficient scene editing and transformation, such as changing a day scene to night and adding rain. This eliminates the need to rewrite a scene and gather the actors to capture it again.