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Technical Challenges
The CBS-TV hit Big Brother, hosted by Julie Chen and now in its 18th season, has a winning formula: Viewers watch a diverse group of people living together in a house, as […]
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Sound Support
Many of the people who work in the production and post-production communities are, by their very nature, unsung heroes. […]
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The Indie Outsider
Brian A. Kates, ACE, counts firmly as one of New York’s quintessential indie film editors. He initially came to film through the lens of post-production […]
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Capturing the Musical Magic for Film and Online Series
Jason Ruder and David Klotz
While music editorial normally is one of the last chores to be completed prior to the mix — preferably against a locked picture — the creative choices start early in the process. An orchestral score or prominent source music can propel a dramatic narrative as strongly as the dialogue. […]
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Follow the Blu-ray Way: Restored, Hi-Rez ‘Oz’ Is a Horse of a Different Color
The Wizard of Oz re-released on home video? Again? That’s a question that’s going to be asked a lot as the studios finally dip into their libraries to release evergreen films, ingrained in our cultural consciousness, in the Blu-ray format. And nothing is quite as ingrained as The Wizard of Oz, one of the most watched and beloved films of all time. […]
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Foster The People
Television has its own way of telling stories, on screen and in the cutting room.
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‘Rizzoli & Isles’ Mystery Solved: Having Post and Production on the Same Lot Makes for a Better-Run Show
Since 2010, Rizzoli & Isles has been entertaining television audiences with the snappy banter between its two leads, Detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander), and the complex murder mysteries they solve. […]
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‘Zodiac’ Sign: Angus Wall on the Cusp of FILMMAKING’S FUTURE
Zodiac’s main creative challenge was the effort to make the story feel alive, while telling it as efficiently as possible, […]
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Let Reality Play: How the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Editors Manage to Keep in Step
The editors who put together ABC’s Dancing with the Stars each week readily concede that they have a massive job on their hands. Indeed, the seven offline editors who cut reams of story packages together that get rolled into two different types of live DWTS broadcasts each week. […]
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Andrew Mondshein, Editing with a ‘Sixth Sense’
Andrew Mondshein sits down with CineMontage to talk about his editing history and the impact that digital, non-linear editing will have on the craft. […]
