Book Reviews
How-To Advice from Award-Winning TV Editors
Cutting It in Hollywood: Top Film Editors Share Their Journeys by Mitchell Danton, ACE Introduction by Michael Kahn, ACE Hollywood […]
Television
Features
Monty the Mentor: In-Demand TV Editor DeGraff Eager to Help Any Assistant Who Asks
The editing career of Monty DeGraff has been in sync with some of television’s cultural icons. Mentoring younger editors has also become an important focus for him. […]
Getting Organized
Retiring—the Bill Elias Way
The pension benefits are truly remarkable, and should not be forgotten when we think of good reasons to help organize a non-union production company or post house. […]
Getting Organized
Taking Sides and Choosing Battles
In such conflicts, we must make a choice: Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them. […]
Getting Organized
The Broad Shoulders of the ‘Swamp People’ Post Crew
‘Swamp People’s’ post crew has taught us something new about the leverage we have in post. […]
Getting Organized
Comedy Is Hard. But Flipping Ain’t Easy Either
Connotations to the contrary notwithstanding, “flipping” ain’t easy. […]
Features
Canned Music Production Libraries for TV Are Now Calling the Tune
The public’s demand for feature-quality music in everything from reality shows to full-hour TV dramas–has turned the production music market into a half-billion-dollar-a-year intellectual property based business. […]
Features
Blue, Gray and Read All Over: Jay Wertz and ‘The Civil War Experience’
Jay Wertz has created a lavish and richly detailed combination of words and pictures exploring every major event of what has often been called the first modern war. […]
Features
The Fixers: The Buck Stops with Engineers
Guild engineers are self-admitted gearheads who just plain love to fix things. […]
Features
Smooth Operators: QC and Tape Ops Adjust for the Digital Age
Watching movies and TV shows all day––and getting paid for it–– sounds like a dream job, but it’s serious work for quality control and videotape operators. Both are technical jobs, but the digital age has morphed them into a way more creative and challenging endeavor. […]
