“3-D doesn’t have to be things constantly flying in your face. If you feel like you’re immersed within this space in front of you and interacting with this fantasy world, that’s the perfect cinema.” – Niven Howie […]
“I let the actors’ eye movements guide my cuts. When an actor looks to someone else, I wait until they’ve looked, then cut to where they’re looking. It’s a simple thing, but when it’s not done right, it feels very weird.” – Niven Howie […]
Film combines all the art forms––drama, theatre, photography, dance, music, architecture––but editing is very special and specific to film. It was borne out of film; it didn’t exist before that. There’s no other art form like it. […]
After the death of its founder, the Walt Disney Company struggled. It hadn’t had a big animated hit in years, until Ron Clements and John Musker directed The Little Mermaid in 1989, kicking off a series of hit films including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. […]
Sharp dialogue. Splintered chronology. Bursts of extreme violence. Must be Quentin Tarantino. Sally Menke, A.C.E. has been there every step of the way… providing the brilliantly bold cutting for all of the director’s films. […]
DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens may seem like your average CGI-animated blockbuster. But it’s more than that; it’s the first animated feature from DreamWorks that’s been planned, start to finish, as a stereo 3-D film. […]
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