Book Reviews
Of Montage & VFX, A Pedagogical Analysis
The number of books dedicated specifically to motion picture editing is not large. There is a steady supply of how-to guides, often geared to specific technologies […]
Picture Editors
Columns
When Reality Loses Its Voice
Right, how do we want to do this? I know, let’s start gently with, ‘Welcome back to the show’ before the break…then we’ll go with the classic segue, ‘Someone else with high hopes is…’ Make sure you inflect at the end there. And we’ll finish with an epic, ‘Twenty nervous contestants…but only one…will change…his life…forever!!!’” […]
Columns
Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy
by Barbara Pokras, ACE I was lost. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. It […]
Columns
Wendy Greene Bricmont on ‘Annie Hall’
In the countless comedies he has written, directed and starred in during his 50-year career, Woody Allen comes across as a chatterbox. His on-screen persona is forever opining, grousing or whining about one thing or another. […]
Book Reviews
A Cutting Room Colloquy
Steve Hullfish knows how to talk with editors. In addition to writing five previous books (all published by Focal Press), including The Art and Technology of Digital Color Correction and Avid Uncut, he has extensive post-production credits in both television and film. […]
Columns
From VHS to VFX, a Career Is Born
It all started when I was four years old. I was being forced against my will to eat the most vile of all beans, the dreaded lima. In protest, I made a film starring my cabbage patch dolls to illustrate the grossness of the bean. Okay, you might ask, how does a four-year-old make a movie? With her father as camera operator, of course! I lined up the dolls, instructed my dad to set up our trusty VHS camera, and told him to start rolling. […]
Columns
Tom Tykwer’s ‘Run Lola Run’
I grew up in Deep River in Northern Ontario, Canada in the 1970s, an idyllic place to live as far as catching frogs and running through the woods, but I didn’t get to see movies in the cinema very often. […]
Book Reviews
Planet Waves – Walter Murch and the Sounds of the Solar System
The title of Lawrence Weschler’s book, “Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists,” is complex and slightly mysterious, fitting for an exploration into the mind of legendary picture editor, sound designer, sound editor, re-recording mixer, writer and director Walter Murch, ACE, CAS, MPSE. […]
Features
David Saxon’s Golden Ticket
Looking back on a fulfilling career, David Saxon reflected on his affinity for editing. […]
Features
A Passion for Editing: A Fireside Chat with Anne Coates
Anne Coates told stories of cutting rooms and editorial decisions, but more than that, she showed that she still has a tremendous passion for the work she does. […]
