Features
The Box That Shook Hollywood: Television’s Emergence
Legendary movie producer Sam Goldwyn wrote the quote, opposite, in an article for The New York Times Magazine in 1949, just as television was emerging as a major mass medium. […]
Picture Editors
My Most Memorable Film
Paul Hirsch on ‘Blow Out’
His most memorable film? Don’t ask that of Paul Hirsch, ACE. The Academy Award-winning editor does not believe in the concept, and a quick perusal of the more than 40 films to his credit suggests the futility of that exercise: Is it Carrie (1976) or Star Wars (1977)? The Empire Strikes Back (1980) or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) — or something else? […]
This Quarter in Film History
Altman’s Grand Ole Soap Opry
After 40 years, Robert Altman’s satiric tapestry of American society looks more accurate than ever. […]
Features
The Indie Outsider
Brian A. Kates, ACE, counts firmly as one of New York’s quintessential indie film editors. He initially came to film through the lens of post-production […]
Industry
Editing Trump: The Making of a Reality TV Star Who Would Be President
The picture editors who worked on the original seasons on the NBC show The Apprentice reported that the image of its star, Donald Trump, was carefully crafted and manufactured in post-production to feature a persona of success, leadership and glamour, despite the raw footage of the reality star that was often “a disaster.” […]
Book Reviews
An Interpretive Anthropology
John Thornton Caldwell, a Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at UCLA, has published an up-to-date field study of contemporary production. […]
Features
Foster The People
Television has its own way of telling stories, on screen and in the cutting room.
Features
‘Rizzoli & Isles’ Mystery Solved: Having Post and Production on the Same Lot Makes for a Better-Run Show
Since 2010, Rizzoli & Isles has been entertaining television audiences with the snappy banter between its two leads, Detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) and Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander), and the complex murder mysteries they solve. […]
Features
‘Zodiac’ Sign: Angus Wall on the Cusp of FILMMAKING’S FUTURE
Zodiac’s main creative challenge was the effort to make the story feel alive, while telling it as efficiently as possible, […]
Features
Let Reality Play: How the ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Editors Manage to Keep in Step
The editors who put together ABC’s Dancing with the Stars each week readily concede that they have a massive job on their hands. Indeed, the seven offline editors who cut reams of story packages together that get rolled into two different types of live DWTS broadcasts each week. […]
