Editing The Lovely Bones

December 16, 2009, 05:38 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm...

With shooting underway more than two years ago, the creative story behind The Lovely Bones has been a long time in the making. Faced with a complex story line, remote editing locations and an extended post period, editor Jabez Olssen (The Lord of the Rings, King Kong) describes his work on The Lovely Bones as unique on many levels.

Edit Suite Etiquette

December 16, 2009, 05:37 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

If you’re a working editor out in the world, chances are you freelance or you are on staff at a post-production facility. No matter which of those two categories you might fall into you probably don’t work in a vacuum; that vacuum being one single edit suite that you and you yourself occupy without any interaction with others.

Cutting Room Eps. 022 - Mark Livolsi Pt. 3

December 15, 2009, 12:46 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-022-mark-livolsi-pt-3/

Here's the final part of my three part interview with Mark Livolsi. Mark talks about editing The Wedding Crashers, cutting music for Cameron Crowe and working on the Devil Wears Prada.

Schoonmaker Talks about Cutting Cape Fear

December 15, 2009, 05:35 AM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/archives/decembe...

This conversation is comprised of two interviews, the first in January 1991, in the editing suite set up in a Fort Lauderdale office building during filming of CAPE FEAR. With the innocuous image of a teddy bear frozen on her flatbed editing table, Schoonmaker spoke of the working relationship Scorsese has had with her and what exactly she feels she contributes to his films. "I'm so lucky. I keep wondering when someone is going to murder me so they can get my job!" Laughing, she then turns...

Fun Films for Editors

December 14, 2009, 05:33 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/movie...

Movies by the fireside blog has posted this list: With Oscar time approaching and movie-going, as well as, movie-giving a holiday tradition for many families, I decided to post a list of some films that are fun for editors to watch. These aren’t all Oscar-contenders, although there’s plenty of bling in this list. They are presented in no particular order, so I hope you enjoy.

Comedy Pulls Stunts in Cutting Room

December 11, 2009, 05:26 AM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

Thanks to movies such as Lords of Dogtown and Grind, the image of the skateboarder is no longer one of punk rock and reckless urban street rebels, but of more mainstream everyday use and controlled competition. With that in mind, executive producers Matt Dearborn (Beverly Hills 90210) and Tom Burkhard (Caroline in the City) were approached by Disney to come up with a show for 11-to-15-year-old boys for its Disney XD imprint, formerly Toon Disney. Now in its second season of syndication, the...

The Film Editing Podcast

December 11, 2009, 05:23 AM

http://www.filmediting.com/film/Podcast/Podcast.ht...

A great podcast about film editing, includes interviews with editors and assistants. The host of this site also posts blogs so take a look around while on the site. The host is Patrick J. Don Vito.

Cutting Room Eps. 021 - Mark Livolsi Pt. 2

December 10, 2009, 12:46 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cutting-room-eps-021-mark-livolsi-pt-2/

Here's Part 2 of my interview with Mark Livolsi. In this epsiode Mark talks about Vanilla Sky, The Wedding Crashers and The Devil Wears Prada. For those interested in The Conet Project visit this link.

Film Editing Podcast #008 - Mitch Danton

December 9, 2009, 05:21 AM

http://filmediting.com/film/Podcast/Entries/2009/1...

Goddby Jump Cut

December 8, 2009, 05:14 AM

http://wes.plate.net/2009/12/goodbye-jump-cut/

I will first credit the one who inspired me to even think it possible, what I’m about to describe. This man has actually influenced me a lot over the years, and my last blog post about Avid’s ScriptSync wouldn’t have happened had I not seen this guy give a presentation about ScriptSync some years back. Anyway, I first met Steve Audette in 1998 at one of Avid’s Master Editor Workshops.