Features
Serial Thrillers: TV’s New ‘Kidnapped’ and ‘Dexter’ Present Challenges for Editors
Serialized dramas with one story arc per season aren’t a new thing in television. Two of them look particularly promising. […]
Television
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THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY: Are You ‘Experience’d?
The American Experience had a unique style and zeitgeist. The stories were never pat interpretations of historical figures and events, nor did they shy away from the chronicles of lost causes, defeats, rough compromises and violence. […]
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‘Monk’s’ Hollywood Soundtrack: Lon Bender and Doug Hemphill
Sound editor Lon Bender, MPSE, knew that he needed to leverage his many years of experience to develop a time-conscious workflow for director Kaige Chen’s IMAX 3DChinese martial arts offering ‘Monk Comes Down the Mountain’ […]
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Rebooting ‘Roots’
The idea to reboot the legendary, award-winning miniseries Roots nearly 40 years later was executive producer Mark Wolper’s, and it did not come easily. […]
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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. […]
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising: The Editors of ‘Mad Men’ Reveal the Truth Behind the Lies
Created by former Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner, AMC’s acclaimed Mad Men unveils the curiously alluring world of Don Draper, a top New York advertising man in the 1960s who has built his life around a series of lies. […]
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‘Bored’ to ‘Rock’: Eluto and Reticker Cut Comedy Year-Round
What do NBC’s 30 Rock and HBO’s Bored to Death have in common? Both are award-winning half-hour comedies that poke fun at their creators/head writers/executive producers (Tina Fey and Jonathan Ames, respectively). […]
Union Made
Schlepping My Way to the Top
I love movies and TV shows. I love watching them and I love making them. I always have, for as long as I can remember. My career as an editor would have been just about perfect if I could have slept my way to the top. Unfortunately, with my looks, I was destined for a more conventional approach. […]
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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
Crossing the ‘Rubicon’ with New Workflow: Why Not Keep it All in the Cutting Room?
“Bring the work back into the cutting room” is the mantra of Terry Kelley, A.C.E. To save both money and time producing television shows and movies, picture editor Kelley has established a new workflow procedure that has proven successful on two television series—Showtime’s Brotherhood (2006-2008) and the conspiracy thriller Rubicon, which just finished its first season on AMC. […]
