‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series ‘House of the Dragon’ started streaming a few weeks back on HBO Max and in India on the Disney+ Hotstar OTT platform. The big-budget show currently holds an impressive critics score of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and an IMDb user rating of 8.8/10.
Amidst the widespread admiration for ‘House of the Dragon’ across the globe, Primetime Emmy award-winning editor Selina Macarthur (Netflix’s Black Mirror) recently took to Twitter to express her anguish over not getting full / proper credit for her previous work done for the series. She has stated that she had spent seven months for editing the second and the third episodes of the show. She left the show early, however, she was disappointed for not getting due credit for her hard work despite the majority of her editing work being apparently retained by the makers.
I spent 7 months editing Episodes 2 & 3 of #HouseoftheDragon I did leave the show early but the majority of my edit remained the same as I left it. How disappointing not to be credited for my hard work.
— Selina MacArthur (@SelinaMacArthur) September 5, 2022
She further pointed out that she didn’t finish the job and a lot of work was yet to be done, but still a significant portion of her work remained in the final cut of ‘House of the Dragons’. Although she was paid for the job she had performed. Selina has explained that she has got joint credit for the 2nd episode of ‘House of the Dragon’ but that’s not the case with Episode-3.
Later, Selena clarified that the makers of the ‘House of the Dragon’ show were in their rights to not credit her, but it would have been better if she was told about it and that whatever happened was just not cool.
It’s a known fact that a film or show’s editing job usually ends up not getting appreciated enough. And Selina Macarthur’s expression of disappointment w.r.t. ‘House of the Dragon’ brings up an interesting question. Should filmmakers give credit to the technical team including an editor for his/her earlier contributions despite the fact that they dissociated themselves after a certain point of time from that project? Technically and/or ethically. Food for thought. What do you think?
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