Crossing the Line

November 12, 2009, 03:55 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2095

Crossing the line is an extension of screen direction and one of the most challenging shooting and editing concepts to remember. I like the idea of crossing the line metaphorically in terms of living one’s life. Visually crossing the line is becoming more acceptable and more frequently seen on screen and tube.

Future Shock

November 11, 2009, 03:54 AM

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

"One of the benefits of being an editor is you get to develop a close relationship with the producer and the directors," says FlashForward editor and co-producer Jeff Betancourt. "I’d worked with [executive producer] David Goyer before. We always had this idea that FlashForward would be an intimate epic. We wanted to capture those two aspects and make sure the drama, performance and connection come through the characters. At the same time, we wanted to give it the scope, the feel, of a big...

Booking a DI Session

November 10, 2009, 03:53 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2009/11/10/booking...

The Scott Simmons Blog has posted this funny video about DI Booking. As he said: "The title is Booking a DI Session but this rings true for offline and online edit sessions as well!"

Ti West Builds The House of the Devil

November 8, 2009, 03:48 AM

http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/the_ho...

Writing for Editing

November 5, 2009, 03:41 AM

http://www.writersstore.com/article.php?articles_i...

There's the picture that's written, the picture that's shot and the show that's edited. So why not write for editing? How do I do this, you ask. Here are a few suggestions...

THE GENESIS CODE

November 3, 2009, 03:35 AM

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

In The Genesis Code, a new indie feature currently in post-production on location in Lowell, MI, a college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with their spiritual faith and scientific studies, while a life hangs in the balance.

Editing Where the Wild Things Are...

November 1, 2009, 03:29 AM

http://makingthemovie.info/2009/10/where-the-wild-...

Last night I went to the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group (LAFCPUG) meeting to hear editor Eric Zumbrunnen and assistant editor Erik Jessen talk about the multi-year process of editing Where the Wild Things Are.

Super Editing Tips with Winston Randall

October 27, 2009, 08:24 PM

http://www.suitetake.com/2009/10/21/super-editing-...

Suite Take has a new article about where you can get information and great editing tips.

I Love Lucy ...and Dann Cahn, too

October 24, 2009, 08:20 PM

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

Whether it was kismet or coincidence, my mother could never have anticipated that sitting me in front of an I Love Lucy re-run when I was 17 months old wasn’t just a distraction so she could prepare dinner. Mom rushed in when she heard "screeching" which turned out to be my chortles of delight at Lucy’s antics. She saw me laughing and quickly realized how to get dinner made for the next ten years. That evening, not only had my mother fostered another dedicated Lucy fan, she also inadvertentl...

Ed Abroms Cutting Room View

October 23, 2009, 08:19 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=1932

Ed is an independent picture editor who has cut using Skype and Sync View who considers himself "...lucky to be employed in these times!" Read more about him in the current issue of The Editor’s Guild Magazine.