Prisons are not visually attractive. That may be why prison movies were not a significant genre during the silent era. But after the introduction of talking pictures and as sound technology was refined, the 1930s saw the studios turn out over 60 movies set in penitentiaries. […]
This year, for the first time since the Academy started giving an Oscar for Best Editing in 1934, all five editors were nominated for their work on movies based on actual events, with casts largely portraying historical figures. Two of the […]
“I discovered audio post while in school for audio engineering. Having always loved film, it seemed like a perfect fit artistically and, to be honest, a good way to make a living.” […]
“I am incredibly proud to be part of the ‘Chicago Med’ family. They also took a chance on me because I had no scripted experience, but I had a couple of friends there who vouched for me.” […]
Lee Dichter is my friend, my mentor, my fellow nerd. What can I say here that isn’t known and spoken out loud by all of us. As I reflect on my start in this business and remember Lee showing the way, I think about his generosity in sharing his knowledge and experience. […]
Kurt Vonnegut dedicated his 1976 novel ‘Slapstick’ “to the memory of Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy” — better known as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. In the novel’s prologue, the author explains, “I have called it Slapstick because it is grotesque, situational poetry, like the slapstick film comedies, especially those of Laurel and Hardy… […]
I prepare localization assets for worldwide digital distribution and streaming. That involves collecting and creating localized picture elements — including main titles, locators, end credit sequences for live action, actual scene or background changes with text or images that are in the local language for animation […]
Some days I go through the dailies of a television show looking for stock footage that can be sold to another show. Other days I help with film clip research requests by scrubbing through a dozen movies looking for that perfect iconic moment. […]
As a rare Japanese sound editor here, I hope I will survive in this industry with few female sound editors in general and even fewer female SFX editors. […]
On a Saturday morning in late August, a crowd streamed down Dopey Drive on the Disney lot into the Disney Main Theatre, filling it to capacity, for EditFest LA 2018, the 11th annual edition of this celebration of the art and craft of editing presented by the American Cinema Editors (ACE). […]
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