Features
Pictures and Music: Richard Chew and Curt Sobel Part 1
In this conversation, Richard Chew and Curt Sobel talk in detail about the process of music editing and how they’ve worked together to tell a story with music. […]
Music Editors
Features
Picture and Music: Richard Chew and Curt Sobel Part 2
Film editor Richard Chew and music editor Curt Sobel talk about how digital technology has affected their jobs, the recent trend toward shortened schedules, the difference between tracking and working with a composer, and more. […]
Features
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. […]
Features
Post-Post-Production: Sound Bites from Guild Retirees
Motion Picture Editors Guild retirees are goldmines of information; they are walking encyclopedias of the industry with priceless experience and wisdom to offer. While the technology may have changed, the necessity of navigating through the challenges of the craft and the politics still remains. […]
Features
On-Site Music Editors Cue the Tune from the Start!
There’s a revolution going on at JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and it has nothing to do with aliens, plane crashes or spies. It’s a change in the way music is being integrated into post-production. […]
Features
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. […]
Features
Harmonic Convergence: Music Editors Collaborate with Composers and Music Supervisors
CineMontage explores two contrasting teams of music editors and the differing ways they worked together with their composers and music supervisors. […]
Features
May the Score Be with You: Music Editor Ramiro Belgardt Returns for ‘Star Wars’ Reboot
Music Editor Ramiro Belgardt is no stranger to the Star Wars saga. He got in just in time to work on 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, the last of the prequel trilogy, which was supposed to be the end of the franchise. […]
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? […]
Guild
Guild Seeks Members to Teach Master Classes
The Editors Guild’s Membership Outreach Committee is looking for members in good standing to be instructors in the Master Class program and share their knowledge and experience with the younger generation of our membership. […]
