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 in that. Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom breaks down the elements which built this, and talks about how a commitment to realism contributed to the film’s success.
#2 – Team Deakins Podcast
Oscar-winning Cinematographer Roger Deakins and his wife and collaborator James Ellis Deakins interview Directors, Cinematographers, Agents, Grips, Producers, Actors, Production Designers, Script Supervisors and of course, Editors, in particular Tom Cross, Joe Walker, and Lee Smith.
#3 – What can Agatha Christie teach you about editing? – Film Editing Pro
A film’s central question may drive the narrative across the film as a whole, but on a scene-by-scene basis, what is it that keeps viewers watching? Film Editing Pro explores exactly that.
#4 – ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Sound Editors Explain Mixing Sound for Film
Any discussion of the craft categories at film award shows will at some point involve the question “what’s the difference between Sound Editing and Sound Mixing?”. Don Sylvester and David Giammarco explain exactly that and more, exploring some of the choices they made crafting the sound design and sound mix for Ford v Ferrari.
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