Features
Editors & Assistants – A Status Report Guild Mentoring Seminar
The job of the assistant editor has changed substantially over the last decade. […]
Assistant Editors
Features
Assistant Roundtable: Camera & Editing Build Bridge Between Production & Post
Assistant Editors and Camera Assistants discuss issues such as career advancement, technological developments and the future of the industry as they see it. […]
Features
‘Resident Evil’ Edit Team Operated in Another Dimension
“3-D doesn’t have to be things constantly flying in your face. If you feel like you’re immersed within this space in front of you and interacting with this fantasy world, that’s the perfect cinema.” – Niven Howie […]
Features
Crossing the ‘Rubicon’ with New Workflow: Why Not Keep it All in the Cutting Room?
“Bring the work back into the cutting room” is the mantra of Terry Kelley, A.C.E. To save both money and time producing television shows and movies, picture editor Kelley has established a new workflow procedure that has proven successful on two television series—Showtime’s Brotherhood (2006-2008) and the conspiracy thriller Rubicon, which just finished its first season on AMC. […]
Features
The Essence of Editing: Should We Be Shouldering the Weight of Post-Production?
In 1970, as an apprentice in the cutting room of Richard Marden, editor of Sunday Bloody Sunday, we were a happy bunch; Dick, two assistants and myself. Now, as a motion picture editor, I’m mostly by myself, only sharing occasional intense sessions with the director and/or producer. […]
Features
Not Your Grandfather’s ‘Roots’
“Behold Kunta Kinte.” If those words ring a bell, you were around for Roots, one of the most forward-thinking and groundbreaking events in the history of television. […]
Features
Superman’s Pals: Even Action Heroes Need Assistants
‘Superman Returns’s team of assistant editors, led by Liza Espinas-Regnier, had their hands full, getting this show onto the screen.
Getting Organized
Conventional Lessons
each of these groups was struggling with a profound but similar problem––the way technology was changing the jobs of their membership. The solution for many of them was the same: Organize. […]
Membership Outreach
Editing Television (AND ITS DISCONTENTS)
How do we tackle the biggest underlying issue — the lack of feeling empowered to stand up for oneself? […]
Membership Outreach
Whatever Happened to Mentorship?
The Guild membership has expressed alarm at the lack of mentorship opportunities and on-the-job training in post-production today. […]
