Features
Sounds Like Family: How Skywalker Sound Has Helped Boost Women’s Careers
“The company believes that building diverse crews makes both good sense and is creatively beneficial.”
Articles by Michael Goldman
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Life in the Pandemic: MPEG Members Speak Out
In a world of lockdowns and social unrest, home entertainment helped keep people rooted during a time of fear and uncertainty.
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Larry Jordan and the Many Joys of Editing Marlon Wayans’ ‘Sextuplets’
“This was a huge volume of footage, making it one of the most challenging projects of my career,” says Jordan.
Features
Way Down Below the Ocean…
Music Fit for the King of Atlantis
Although they are still in the frenzy of the final mix in early October, co-music editors Paul Rabjohns and J.J. George somehow find time to usher a visitor onto a Warner Bros. mixing stage to discuss their one-year-plus adventure editing the music track for a new superhero epic, James Wan’s ‘Aquaman.’
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Space Farce:
The Exploratory Workflow of ‘The Orville’
Despite being buried under various deadlines while cutting ‘The Orville,’ Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi dramedy series that has its second season premiere in December on Fox, the show’s core editorial team still found time recently to convey the zeitgeist of what they consider to be an exceptionally collaborative editing room.
Features
The Del Spiva Experience:
Music editor Del Spiva chuckles when asked how he explains the job of a music editor to the uninitiated. For Spiva, explaining the job can be a Socratic experience; he throws challenges at his questioners until they comprehend the nature of his work.
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Raising the ‘Genius’ Bar
There probably isn’t a more iconic 20th century figure than Albert Einstein, given that his scientific work literally changed the course of world history and how humans view the universe.
Features
You Want It ‘Darker’
Listening to singer-songwriter Halsey’s new single, “Not Afraid Anymore,” as it pulsates through a fresh Dolby Atmos mix on a stage at Universal Studios in the company of music editors Angie Rubin, MPSE, and Bill Abbott can be a bit of an unsettling experience.
Features
Jerry Greenberg’s Long Love Affair with Editing
Asked to reflect on his many career achievements and adventures while he’s sitting in his Los Angeles living room on a warm October afternoon, Oscar-winning editor Jerry Greenberg, ACE, briefly hesitates.
Features
The Ultra Challenge of Digitally Editing An Ultra Wide Film
Among the challenges of creating The Hateful Eight in “glorious 70mm,” as filmmaker Quentin Tarantino described it in his original screenplay, was the fact that it required an overall post workflow that was highly irregular in many respects — both a throwback to an earlier era and extremely complex at the same time.
