Getting Organized
Getting Organized: Yes, Shows Can Be Organized Even During a Global Pandemic
Like a lot of our members who have had employment during the pandemic, Editors Guild staff members have been working from home. […]
Unscripted Television
Features
Outwit, Outplay, Out-cut: How the Editing Team Has Kept the ‘Survivor’ Tribe Together Through 40 Seasons
The challenge for editors is how to present the material in the most appealing way. […]
Committee News
Empathy for Showrunners? Yes, and Much More at MPEG’s Workshop for Newly Promoted Assistant Editors
“You have to work your courage muscle to develop a sense of self-confidence.” […]
Web Exclusives
EditFest 2019: Here’s the Real Difference Between Cutting Scripted and Unscripted. (Hint: There Isn’t One.)
“There’s a misperception that if you cut scripted, you can’t cut reality.” […]
Web Exclusives
Gritty Sound, Grounded in Reality:
Streaming ‘Titans’ in the DC Universe
Taking a cue from Netflix, Amazon and other media providers, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Networks last year unveiled DC Universe, a video-on-demand service that will include original TV programming, access to select animated series and films from an extensive back catalog. […]
Awards
Sisters Celebrate Their Success
— In Classic Style
On Monday, September 3, an exciting new tradition began. How fitting that it was Labor Day when the First Annual Female Picture Editor Emmy Nominees celebration kicked off at the historic Culver Hotel in Culver City, California. […]
Web Exclusives
What Our Members Do: Marquita “Lyric” Ramsey
Time is a huge challenge, with schedules for episodes getting shorter and shorter. I think it’s key to be honest with producers and post supervisors — if you’re drowning in material and feel you need extra support, say it! […]
Departments
Flipping Reality – There’s Power in Post
In February 2013, about a year before the formation of the Guild’s Membership Outreach Committee, I and the other editors and assistant editors of the fourth season of Swamp People (2010-present) returned to work under an IATSE contract after a four-day work stoppage that “flipped” the previously non-union show. […]
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. […]
Guild
What Our Members Do: Telon Weathington
“I log and transcribe reality footage and interviews in real time. When I am logging footage, I am typing detailed descriptions of the scenes and noting what is important. When I am transcrib- ing, I am typing what is said in the interviews word for word.” […]