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Mixing the Zombie Apocalypse: Anna Behlmer and Lora Hirschberg
CineMontage caught up with the two sound mixers as they were finishing work on ‘World War Z’ at Twickenham Studios in London. […]
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Still Loving ‘Lucy’
From the CineMontage archives, a 2009 interview with the award-winning editor, Dann Cahn, about the beginnings of the I Love Lucy show and the ground-breaking editorial requirements for the three-camera production. […]
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Ghoul’s Night Out: Catherine Apple Checks into ‘Hotel Transylvania’
Fun. Catherine Apple keeps saying that word while discussing Hotel Transylvania, the animated feature from Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures, which she edited. […]
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Tim Squyres: The Editor as Eclecticist
The charmed career of Tim Squyres, A.C.E., has evidenced one of the most enduring editor-director partnerships. […]
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Baird. Stuart Baird: Action-Oriented Editor Bonds with 007 Franchise on ‘Skyfall’
Happy 50th anniversary, James Bond; it’s time for your existential crisis. That’s what the 23rd Bond film, Skyfall, which opens November 9 through Columbia Pictures, is all about: 007 taking a fall (he’s accidentally shot in the pre-credit sequence and presumed dead) and enduring his deadliest mission yet. […]
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Creating a More Immersive Experience
A project so reliant on the most updated, state-of-the-art filmmaking technology that it would have been inconceivable — let alone impossible to realize — even just few years ago, ‘Life of Pi’ presented director Ang Lee and his editor, Tim Squyres, A.C.E., with many challenges in post-production to get this film made. Squyres discussed them with CineMontage. […]
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Sidney Wolinsky and David Chase Make Sure the ‘60s Will ‘Not Fade Away’
The idea for Not Fade Away had been in David Chase’s mind for a long time, though it took the buzz following the end of The Sopranos for him to be able to make it his debut as a feature filmmaker. […]
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LA Film Critics Bestow First Editing Award: Tichenor, Goldenberg Honored for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
On Saturday evening, January 12, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) presented its 38th Annual Awards at a gala dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City. Post-production personnel attending the celebration had a special reason to celebrate this event as LAFCA premiered its award for the year’s Best Editing. […]
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Larry Silk: ACE 2013 Career Achievement Award Honoree
Lawrence Silk, A.C.E., links his interest in documentaries to an early social consciousness, derived in part from his parents. As a teenager, Silk’s father had guided Eugene Debs through factories near Pittsburgh and, when they moved from Detroit to New York’s Washington Heights, Silk was well aware of the plight of the German Jewish refugees from the war, who were his classmates. […]
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Animation Nation: A Quintet of Editors Reveal Just What It Is They Do
The job of the animation editor is often a misunderstood one. “Animation editors are still an enigma throughout the industry and even within the ranks of fellow editors,” claims Darren T. Holmes, ACE (How to Train Your Dragon, 2010; Ratatouille, 2007). “I take every opportunity to inform and enlighten anyone who will listen.” […]
