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. […]
Fun. Catherine Apple keeps saying that word while discussing Hotel Transylvania, the animated feature from Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures, which she edited. […]
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.” […]
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. […]
Working remotely has become commonplace in big, visual effects-laden feature films. It certainly appealed to Kirk Demorest. So much so that he decided to figure out a way to do it. […]
I have always been drawn to editing. Initially, it was literary editing, but then it turned into picture editing. […]
The panel featured two picture editors whose credits include some of the most popular animation/stop motion films of recent times: Jeff Draheim, ACE, and Edie Ichioka, ACE. […]
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