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Oscar’s Favorite Film Editors: 2015
The Academy Award nominees for Film Editing this year exemplify the importance of the collaborative role of the editor in shaping a director’s vision. […]
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Oscar’s Favorite Re-Recording Mixers: 2015
This year’s Oscar nominees in the Sound Mixing category include an offering that profiles a conflicted long-gun wielder, one that focuses on a sadistic music teacher, a zany theatrical comedy, a journey across space and time, and a character overcoming adversity. […]
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‘Monk’s’ Hollywood Soundtrack: Lon Bender and Doug Hemphill
Sound editor Lon Bender, MPSE, knew that he needed to leverage his many years of experience to develop a time-conscious workflow for director Kaige Chen’s IMAX 3DChinese martial arts offering ‘Monk Comes Down the Mountain’ […]
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Oscar-Worthy Film Editors: 2016
This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Editing explore the economic collapse of Wall Street in 2008 as a black comedy; return to an iconic post-apocalyptic world, as well as a galaxy, far, far away; go on a metaphysical journey in the frozen wilderness; and provide an inside glimpse of The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize–winning coverage of the Catholic Church sex scandal cover-up. […]
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Oscar-Worthy Re-Recording Mixers: 2016
This year’s Oscar nominations in the Sound Mixing category are for movies that focus on arduous journeys and tasks, some leavened with comedic moments. […]
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Rebooting ‘Roots’
The idea to reboot the legendary, award-winning miniseries Roots nearly 40 years later was executive producer Mark Wolper’s, and it did not come easily. […]
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Guild Members Participate in Home Makeover Project
In a tremendous outpouring that embodies the true spirit of “taking care of our own,” volunteers from the Motion Picture Editors Guild joined others from the entertainment community in June to improve the safety […]
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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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Train Spotting
Scoring Mixer Bobby Fernandez
Catches ‘The 15:17 to Paris’
Robert “Bobby” Fernandez was never in any doubt about what he wanted to be while growing up. “My mother used to take me every week to see a movie in downtown Los Angeles,” he recalls. “I always wanted to be a scoring mixer — even before I understood the job.” […]
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Posting ‘Naked’: Picture and Sound Editorial on the Hit Nickelodeon Show
There’s an old adage in show business that if you want to ensure success, avoid working with kids and animals. Don’t tell that to picture editor Craig Cobb and supervising sound editor Louis Bertini, MPSE, who help post one of Nickelodeon’s hit shows, The Naked Brothers Band. […]
