Book Reviews
Blurring the Line Between VFX and Animation
What’s fascinating about ‘The CG Story’, therefore, is the realization that live action has become more like animation and vice-versa. […]
Animation Editors
Columns
Julie Anne Lau on ‘Another Froggy Evening’
For four years in the mid-1990s, Julie Anne Lau counted among her collaborators a frog prone to singing and dancing, a conspiratorial-minded duck and a wascally wabbit. […]
Features
Jonathan Lucas Unveils His Editing Secrets on ‘Corpse Bride,’
Technologically, this is a movie of many firsts. […]
Features
Mmmm… Popcorn: ‘The Simpsons’ Goes to the Movies
The Simpsons Movie will not feel like most animated films of recent years, what with its 2-D production and an almost minimalist soundscape. […]
Features
‘Monsters’ Mash-Up: Joyce Arrastia and Eric Dapkewicz Pioneer 3-D Editing in Animation
DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens may seem like your average CGI-animated blockbuster. But it’s more than that; it’s the first animated feature from DreamWorks that’s been planned, start to finish, as a stereo 3-D film. […]
Features
Once Upon a Time in the Animated West: ‘Rango’s’ Craig Wood
Gore Verbinski’s longtime collaborator, Australian editor Craig Wood, spoke with CineMontage to discuss how Verbinski’s live-action crew handled the challenges of animation. […]
Features
Honor Thy Editor
As part of their ongoing effort to gain recognition and acknowledgement for picture editors, the Motion Picture Editors Guild and the American Cinema Editors (ACE) launched a Petition for the Recognition of Editors in late June. […]
Features
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. […]
Features
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.” […]
Features
Cartoon Connection: Animation Editors Collaborate With Writers
Picture editors’ storytelling skills are tested in animation to a degree rarely demanded in any other kind of film. In live action, they may come on to a project to consult and prepare before production begins, but their work usually begins when the cameras start rolling and footage comes into the cutting room. […]
