Book Reviews
Filmmaking’s Quiet Heroes
Gabriella Oldham has made it her mission to interview picture editors and create a history. […]
Month: March 2013
Features
Correcting Oscar’s Six-Year Snub of Film Editing
Of the many crafts essential to making movies, only editing came into existence because of the medium itself. […]
This Quarter in Film History
One in Eight Million
Sixty-five years after the semi-documentary film The Naked City (1948) premiered in March 1948, it still reveals much about New York City that has not changed. […]
Tail Pop
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’
If I had been asked 20 years ago whether a glass of rippling water would become one of the most iconic and recognizable images in cinematic history, I probably would’ve said, “No way.” But then again, I guess that’s not really a question you would ask an eight- year-old. […]
Features
Animation Nation: A Quintet of Editors Reveal Just What It Is They Do
The job of the animation editor is often a misunderstood one. “Animation editors are still an enigma throughout the industry and even within the ranks of fellow editors,” claims Darren T. Holmes, ACE (How to Train Your Dragon, 2010; Ratatouille, 2007). “I take every opportunity to inform and enlighten anyone who will listen.” […]
Features
John Roesch: MPSE 2013 Career Achievement Award
The first Foley artist to receive the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Career Achievement Award, Foley artist John Roesch has contributed to over 400 movies in the last four decades, including — to name a very few — Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Back to the Future (1985), Unforgiven (1992), The Matrix (1999) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the latter for which he received two MPSE Golden Reel Awards nominations as part of the film’s sound editing team. He was presented the award acknowledging his career accomplishments at the MPSE’s 60th annual Golden Reel Awards on February 17.
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Features
Larry Silk: ACE 2013 Career Achievement Award Honoree
Lawrence Silk, A.C.E., links his interest in documentaries to an early social consciousness, derived in part from his parents. As a teenager, Silk’s father had guided Eugene Debs through factories near Pittsburgh and, when they moved from Detroit to New York’s Washington Heights, Silk was well aware of the plight of the German Jewish refugees from the war, who were his classmates. […]
Features
Richard Marks: ACE 2013 Career Achievement Award Honoree
It was the news that the American Cinema Editors (ACE) had selected him for a Career Achievement Award that prompted Richard Marks to revisit his life’s work. […]
Features
LA Film Critics Bestow First Editing Award: Tichenor, Goldenberg Honored for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
On Saturday evening, January 12, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) presented its 38th Annual Awards at a gala dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City. Post-production personnel attending the celebration had a special reason to celebrate this event as LAFCA premiered its award for the year’s Best Editing. […]
Features
A Good Way to Mic and Mix Scoring Sessions
Orchestral layout is highly dependent upon the type of film music being recorded, according to scoring mixer John Kurlander. […]
