Behind the Scenes
How the Post Team of ‘Ferrari’ Worked Together to Bring an Auto Epic to Life
“One of the things we had to adapt very early on is the communication in the form of notes from Michael.” […]
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Kevin Tent Explains the Editing Process Behind Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
“The Holdovers,” set over Christmas vacation in 1970 at a New England boarding school for boys, is the bittersweet portrait of complicated relationships among a grumpy teacher with a troubled past (Paul Giamatti), his callow student (Dominic Sessa) and a long-suffering dining-hall cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). Tent talked about editing for tone, tempo and rhythm, as well as his efforts on behalf of picture editors as the president of ACE. […]
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Past Production: How the ‘Maestro’ Team Recreated the Music – and Marriage – of Leonard Bernstein
“The whole goal was: ‘How do we keep Lenny’s heartbeat and human nature alive through the whole thing?’” […]
Behind the Scenes
The Post-Production Team on Remaking ‘The Color Purple’ as a Musical
“I knew the film we were going to make would have to depart from the 1985 movie in terms of tone – and that we’d have to find our own visual language that would carry on sonically,” Bazawule said. “As we navigated the trauma and abuse in the story, we knew the fantastical elements had to come from reality.” […]
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Affonso Gonçalves Talks Editing Todd Haynes’ Drama ‘May December’
“I can’t pick sides. That’s the great thing about being an editor.” […]
Behind the Scenes
Thelma Schoonmaker Talks Editing Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of The Flower Moon’
“Marty never wants to repeat himself,” said Schoonmaker, the three-time Oscar-winning editor best known for her work with director Martin Scorsese on film classics such as “Raging Bull” and “Goodfellas.” “He gets a great new idea he wants to challenge himself with, and I’m being challenged with him,” she added. “There’s never any boredom.” Their latest challenge is the Apple-financed $200 million production, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” adapted by the writer Eric Roth and Scorsese from the 2016 non-fiction book by David Grann. […]
Behind the Scenes
How Jennifer Lame and the Post Team Helped Turn ‘Oppenheimer’ Into an Epic Smash
Working with film took Lame back to the dawn of her career. Lame noted that most editors her age and younger have worked only in the digital world, so the film workflow may not be familiar to them. “My first job was working on a film movie, ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.’ That was shot on film, the dailies were screened on film – everything. I feel lucky to have had that early opportunity to work with film.” […]
Behind the Scenes
For the Post-Production Team of HBO’s ‘Righteous Gemstones,’ the Devil’s in the Details
“So much of the tone of the show is set in the edit bay, and we are super-fortunate to have a group of editors that work in collaboration.” […]
