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Game of Drones: Good Kill
Drone warfare “is not only topical, or even controversial; it’s something that many of us are ambivalent about. […]
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The Wide, Wide West
When director Quentin Tarantino visualized his newest revenge Western, The Hateful Eight, as a 70mm widescreen production, sold it to distributor The Weinstein Company as such, and eventually upped the vintage widescreen aesthetic further by unearthing vintage lenses at Panavision and filming it in a format that Hollywood had not even attempted to use in almost 50 years — Ultra Panavision 70 — his intent was to make a piece of cinema that was a throwback to the rich, special- event theatrical spectacles of the analog era. […]
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The SFX Factor: Sound Editors and Re-recording Mixers Collaborate
Realizing a complex film or TV soundtrack takes a lot of care and attention, together with an advanced degree of collaboration between sound effects editors and re-recording mixers specializing in the same. […]
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May the Score Be with You: Music Editor Ramiro Belgardt Returns for ‘Star Wars’ Reboot
Music Editor Ramiro Belgardt is no stranger to the Star Wars saga. He got in just in time to work on 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, the last of the prequel trilogy, which was supposed to be the end of the franchise. […]
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Not Your Grandfather’s ‘Roots’
“Behold Kunta Kinte.” If those words ring a bell, you were around for Roots, one of the most forward-thinking and groundbreaking events in the history of television. […]
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Gurus of the Guild
Mentoring has always been key to the art and craft of editing. In the days before film schools, it was the only way to learn the techniques and practices of the so-called “invisible art,” […]
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Hitting the Century Mark
Some Thoughts from The 100 Club’s Newest Member
When I passed the mark of 100 episodes edited on a single, one-hour show, NCIS, last September, my curiosity got the best of me. I wondered how many others had crossed this mark as well, so I had to do some digging. […]
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Automatic for the People
“When did ADR start?” It was a simple question, and our director was fond of asking simple questions. […]
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Julia Wong Gets ‘The Last Word’
As the new comedy The Last Word premiered at the Sundance Film Festival January 24, editor Julia Wong, ACE, was recalling to CineMontage what a great experience she had cutting the movie. “Director Mark Pellington was a great collaborator and so much fun to work with,” she says. “We hit it off right away.” […]
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Lillian E. Benson –
A Force of Nature with a Heart of Gold
by Betsy A. McLane • portrait by Wm. Stetz Making a mark on the art of picture editing early in […]
