On the topic of editing, Olmos spoke about the many scenes that never made it to the final cut of an episode, or even onto the DVDs. He pointed out, that the crew would tend to shoot 52 to 57 pages of script, even though the show would only be able to use about 41 pages of material in the final edit. Though the actors wouldn’t have had to work so hard and rush if they’d shot perhaps 44 pages of material, the process tended to elevate the show to a higher level. Many of the actors struggled with having their work discarded, especially scenes that they felt they had truly nailed. But the directors saw the bigger picture, said Olmos, and the shows were better for it.
Then he discussed the cycle of improvement per episode, a sequence that helped the show to evolve.
First the writers would write a great script.
→ Then Ron and David would add their input
→→ Then the actors and crew would shoot the script
→→→ Then editing and special effects would clarify and enhance the script
→→→→Finally, music and other final changes would produce a great episode.
By the end of these steps, the episode would be substantially improved.
But the story doesn’t end there. Viewers flocked online and they downloaded the show and blogged about the show, and the writers and producers would check out the comments. When the writers began to write the next episode, they would be starting from this new plateau, significantly higher than where the previous script came from, and the entire process would begin again. That’s one of the reasons why the show was so special.
Olmos credited his fellow actors when he stated that Battlestar Galactica was one of the best acted shows on television.
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