Letters to the Editor
Keeping the History Alive
A letter from Ray Daniels’ long time friend, Stuart Hersh […]
Television
Features
Don Hall: A Hands-On Collaborator
During a busy and productive career that spans 60 years in film and television, sound editor Don Hall––the 2011 recipient of the Editors Guild’s prestigious Fellowship and Service Award, to be presented to him at a ceremony scheduled for October 15––has collaborated with a number of prominent directors. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: A High-Flying Career in TV Editing
As a member of both the Editors Guild and the American Cinema Editors, I look back on my 50-plus years in the greatest industry on the planet, feeling blessed that I was able to earn a good living in jobs that I loved. […]
Features
Guided by Creative References: Plummy Tucker
Plummy Tucker found the time to talk to CineMontage about her varied career, including her upcoming projects. […]
Columns
AE: Acrimony Over an Acronym
The first time I heard my assistant editor referred to as an “AE,” the hairs on my back went up! I felt it was disrespectful and unbecoming — but why? After all, we call production assistants PAs without offense, so why not call assistant editors AEs? Well, for starters, PAs fetch coffee and deliver scripts, whereas assistant editors perform highly skilled creative and technical work in an artistic craft. […]
Union Made
I Cut My Teeth on Kinescopes
My interests in film and theatre started at Roy Elementary School in Northlake, Illinois, when I got to do lighting for school plays. […]
Guild
What Our Members Do: Yasuhiko Inoue
My job is to dance with footage and strike a pose or two in the routine; I find the best moment, rhythm, angle in the footage. […]
Guild
What Our Members Do: Telon Weathington
“I log and transcribe reality footage and interviews in real time. When I am logging footage, I am typing detailed descriptions of the scenes and noting what is important. When I am transcrib- ing, I am typing what is said in the interviews word for word.” […]
Features
Longtime Assistants: The Heart and Soul of the Editing Room
Let’s hear it for the longtime assistant for enabling the editor to keep story as the primary focus. Assistant editors are the foundation of the editing room — organizing, interfacing and problem- solving. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: Growing Up with Moviemaking — And Never Leaving
When I saw the ending montage of my character walking into the sunset to the Doors’ “Not to Touch the Earth,” I was floored at the raw emotion it invoked in me. It was a defining moment and my first encounter with the power of image and music. […]
