Industry

AMPAS Sci-Tech Council Adds New Members

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has welcomed seven new members to its Science and Technology Council. Among them are sound editor Teri Dorman (La La Land, The Amazing Spider-Man) and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath (Twister, Starship Troopers). […]

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When Editing Began: The Cut that Launched a Filmmaking Craft

By the time film pioneer Georges Méliès made this only slightly exaggerated claim, the making and exhibition of narrative film was establishing itself as a business separate from the variety stage and lecture circuit. As more people visited storefront theatres to see moving picture stories, they watched the art and craft of editing evolving on screens right before their eyes. […]