Book Reviews
Film Editing: The Art of the Expressive
‘Film Editing: The Art of the Expressive’ by Valerie Orpen is a highly theoretical examination of editing as an essential but greatly misunderstood aspect of motion picture production.
Month: September 2008
Features
They Make the Noises for the Talkies: Foley Artists are of Sound Mind and Body
What is a Foley artist? 41 years after its namesake’s death, Foley is among the last bastions of organic filmmaking––a cinematic art that is still relatively untouched by the digital revolution, and whose true origin belongs more to the Golden Age of radio than to the visual medium it so greatly enhances.
Features
Editing on the ‘Fringe’ New Series Offers More Storytelling Time
CineMontage recently sat down with the trio of Fringe editors––Jon Dudkowski, Tanya Swerling and Scott Vickrey, A.C.E.––to discuss their work.
This Quarter in Film History
This Quarter in Film History: The Angels Wanna Wear My ‘Red Shoes’
Since its premiere 60 years ago in September 1948, ‘The Red Shoes’ has been a part of our lives and is the ‘Gone with the Wind’ of dance films.
Union Made
Union Made: When an Artist Finds His Canvas
It was editing that seduced me. To me, it was choreography, and I knew I had the instinct for it.
Tail Pop
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘DR. STRANGELOVE’
Dr. Strangelove was a confirmation of my growing belief about adults in positions of authority.
Features
Demme Does Dogme: Sound Crew Overcomes Obstacles
Director Jonathan Demme put his talented sound design and editing crew up to a Dogme 95-style challenge for his latest feature, Rachel Getting Married.
Features
Foley: They Make the Noises for the Talkies
Foley was a name that stuck to the process, the location and the very special group of craftspeople who became, next to the physical actors, perhaps the most important performers in a motion picture.
