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July 7, 2012, 4:17 pm
In "The 'Invisible Art': A Woman's Touch Behind the Scenes," a May 25, 2012 NY Times article, John Anderson writes about the deficit of women DPs (2) and directors (0) in this year's 22 nominated features for the penultimate of film festivals – Cannes. This lack reflects the still abysmal statistics for ASC (American Society...
April 18, 2012, 7:09 pm
My last post explained the 180 Degree rule. It also stated that crossing the line can disorient an audience and that directors film shots from both sides of the line. How does the editor cut from one side of the line to another and use the director's angles to tell the story without disorienting the audience?
April 13, 2012, 6:18 am
The slide show embedded in my last post that used examples from Hitchcock's Rear Window to so thoroughly cover continuity, discussed the 180 rule, a.k.a. crossing the line. Here's a clever, concise explanation in five short cuts (frames) from Paprika, an anime feature named for its red headed heroine, a young girl who is unclear...
April 6, 2012, 3:44 pm
continuity. Maintaining the physical relationships, performance, action, and narrative flow of the filmed scene from cut to cut (or during filming, from shot to shot). Maintaining continuity from cut to cut is part of an editor's job and entails, primarily, matching action (movement), screen direction, eyeline, camera angle and framing. Secondarily, editors match props, sound, [...]
April 1, 2012, 10:02 am
Happy April Fool's Day. Enjoy this video on continuity from "Rob the Editor", who creates and edits the opening titles for Conan O'Brien on TBS.
March 24, 2012, 3:32 pm
This post completes my two-part series on "The Digital Dilemma 2," AMPAS's 135-page report on Indies (independent filmmakers) and the preservation of digital media. What Indies Say The report quotes them as stating: We need archives that make it easy for independent image makers to donate their work. And those archives need to have the...
March 17, 2012, 10:32 pm
In 2007, AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and bestower of the Academy awards), published "The Digital Dilemma" about the preservation of studio-made motion pictures. With "The Digital Dilemma 2" a three-year study released in 2011, AMPAS teamed with NDIIPP (the Library of Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) to probe...
March 12, 2012, 9:48 am
Some shows exhibit effects so stunningly original that they ignite a creative revolution and make their designer the unsung auteur (author) of the film. Conversely, many effects go unheralded, such as wire removals (painting out wires used to make actors fly) and composites e.g. adding or subtracting buildings from landscapes but contribute mightily to the...
March 5, 2012, 3:49 pm
Visual effects are just another way of creating film for me to cut. We're used to having the film shot on the set, processed and sent to the editing room and that's it. In the visual effects world, that's just the beginning of making the shot. Instead of the shot being made in one day...
February 29, 2012, 4:34 pm
First, let's paint the current scene... Fact 1: Most picture editors these days work the video track on their systems to create visual effects, from routine dissolves and fades to green screens, split screens, and all kinds of motion effects. Fact 2: VFX are used to tell or enhance the story today...
February 22, 2012, 6:08 pm
I guess I should be talking about the editor noms for next Sunday's, (Feb 26), Academy award ceremony, but, as usual, all nominated editors deserve the award, and, as I stated previously, I hope Thelma Schoonmaker gets it for Hugo just because she's will break a three way tie with three male editors and be...
Gordon sits down with Marco Capalbo to discuss editing for Werner Herzog and crafting Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. ...
Editor Mikeel Nielsen and Sound Designer Nicolas Becker discuss creating the film The Sound of Metal. We explore how to make ...
Jody McVeigh-Schultz and Lane Farnham discuss tackling HBO's documentary series McMillion$, a series that explores the f ...
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