I was offered the opportunity to chat with two members of the Welcome to Wrexham Season 1 editing team in the run-up to voting closing on this year’s Emmy Awards. Amongst the show’s six nominations, the finale was up for Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program. Editors Curtis McConnell and Mohamed El Manasterly…
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Editing Resources Roundup #4
Before the site was up-and-running, I retweeted links to a number of interesting articles on the work of film and TV editors. Here’s a selection I thought worth revisiting. These are a series of interviews and breakdowns on the work of the editors of PIXAR’s Soul, Raging Bull, 1917, Marriage Story, Succession, and The Queen’s…
The Challenges of Editing Top Gun
Editors Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about their Academy-nominated work editing Top Gun (1986), throwing light on some of the challenges they faced dealing with the aerial sequences, the love story, reshoots, and notes from the studio and distributors. I thought this was a fascinating insight into how, regardless of…
Editing Resources Roundup #3
Here’s a selection of film editing resources, some interesting things I’ve read, watched and listened to over the past few weeks. #1 – Saving Private Ryan’s Sound Design – INDEPTH Sound Design Saving Private Ryan is well-known for how immersive its scenes of storming the Normandy beaches are, and Sound Design played a big part…
Notes on the Cinematograph by Robert Bresson
This is a book I first read maybe 15 years ago, and in an indirect way, Notes on the Cinematograph (also known as Notes on the Cinematographer), was an inspiration for this site. As much as editing is an emotive, instinctual process, it’s also an intentional one. Whether unconscious or fully conscious, we never entirely…
Editing Resources Roundup #2
Here’s a selection of film editing resources, interesting things I’ve read, watched and listened to over the past few weeks. #1 – Dune’s Editing – Thomas Flight Winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Editing, Joe Walker is one of our finest film editors, and Thomas Flight’s video explores some of the reasons why that…
The Film Podcast Roundup
If you’re an avid listener of podcasts, choosing to ingest some info and infotainment when you’re commuting, exercising, or just in a quiet moment around the house, check out these interesting editing and general filmmaking-related podcasts. Editing Podcasts Hollywood Editing Mentor Run by film and TV editor Joaquin Elizondo, the Hollywood Editing Mentor site and…
Editing Resources Roundup #1
Here’s a selection of film editing resources, interesting things I’ve read, watched and listened to over the past few weeks. Hank Corwin Filmmaker U interviews Hank Corwin, Editor of Natural Born Killers (1994), The New World (2005), The Tree of Life (2011), The Big Short (2015), and Don’t Look Up (2021), amongst others. The discussion…