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UNION MADE: How I Got to Determine What Movies Get Made

July 10, 2012

We “cover” mostly screenplays, but also novels (some pre-publication), newspaper and magazine articles, plays — any potential source for a good story or lead character. We evaluate old movies for their potential as contemporary remakes, and foreign movies as possible American remakes.

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Did You Hear the One About the Farmer’s Daughter Who Wound Up in the Editing Room?

November 1, 2012

I remember sitting in the theatre watching Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries and being blown away by the visual metaphors in this movie. His opening dream sequence — the clock with no hands, the coffin spilling out of the hearse — captured my imagination.

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UNION MADE: Teaching Montage, But Learning to Edit

May 1, 2013

After my first editing exercise, I was hooked. Editing was how dreams were made!

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UNION MADE: Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

November 1, 2013

Forty years in show biz. I’m so grateful for all the good times. The bad times? They just happened and I’ve stopped trying to explain them.

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UNION MADE: The Importance of Keeping the Union in the Mix

March 1, 2014

I have been a re-recording mixer for 33 years, and the idea of turning a production track into a full, complete and seamless sound track — that hopefully enhances and advances the project — still fascinates and excites me.

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Union Made: My Life as a DiploRat Began in the Basement

May 1, 2015

I discovered the animal called “story analyst.” These people were allowed to sit on their tuchuses all day to read. And some fool paid them to do this!

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UNION MADE: Six Degrees of Post-Production Separation

December 1, 2015

Be kind and respectful  to everyone with whom you work — from the production assistant all the way to the executive producer — because your PA might become your EP before too long. And with every cut, everyone, including me, becomes a better editor.

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Still Telling a Sonic Story

December 2, 2016

by Kurt Kassulke, CAS Growing up in Minnesota, I was the son of a doctor mom and stepdad, and a […]

From VHS to VFX, a Career Is Born

June 7, 2017

It all started when I was four years old. I was being forced against my will to eat the most vile of all beans, the dreaded lima. In protest, I made a film starring my cabbage patch dolls to illustrate the grossness of the bean. Okay, you might ask, how does a four-year-old make a movie? With her father as camera operator, of course! I lined up the dolls, instructed my dad to set up our trusty VHS camera, and told him to start rolling.

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Schlepping My Way to the Top

January 1, 2011

I love movies and TV shows. I love watching them and I love making them. I always have, for as long as I can remember. My career as an editor would have been just about perfect if I could have slept my way to the top. Unfortunately, with my looks, I was destined for a more conventional approach.

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