ArticleSeptember 2, 2010, 1:24 pm
SHREVEPORT, LA — Vampires are all the rage these days, and ABC took a bite of the genre with its summer series The Gates. While the show is set in what looks like a Utopian gated community in the suburbs, it is really a haven for dark secrets and pretty bloodsuckers.Read it here
ArticleSeptember 1, 2010, 10:15 pm
“Hung is much more edited like a little film,” says editor Annette Davey. “It’s like doing a half-hour film every couple weeks. Hung is a lot more cinematic than other shows I’ve worked on because it tends to favor medium and cowboy shots.” A cowboy is a medium shot composed with the actor’s belt buckle visible in the shot.Read it here
ArticleSeptember 1, 2010, 10:28 am
What I set out to prove with LightIRON Digital was that you can take it with you, at least in terms of postproduction service. Though LightIRON is a Hollywood post company that focuses on end-to-end file-based workflows, we have developed a virtual on-set extension of ourselves housed in a wheeled cart no bigger than a mini bar fridge (beer not included). Dubbed "LightIRON Outpost," it is designed for file-based camera shoots, and can store, back up and turn around dailies in realtime right...Read it here
ArticleSeptember 1, 2010, 10:27 am
Even though many NLE vendors are integrating the ability to import AAF and XML project formats, Automatic Duck remains the leader in timeline translation. The company started in 2001 with Pro Import for After Effects. The main goal at that time was to move Avid Media Composer sequences into After Effects for advanced compositing work.Read it here
ArticleAugust 30, 2010, 9:05 pm
Congratulations to all winners and nominees. And a big salute to all toil for the tube: assistant editors, editors, sound editors, visual effects editors, music editors, online editors, post supervisors, PAs, and post house personnel.Read it here
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ArticleAugust 29, 2010, 10:32 am
Dody Dorn is an award winning veteran features editor who has been nominated for an Oscar for her work on Christopher Nolan’s Momento. She has worked with the best directors and cast in the industry from Ridley Scott and William Monahan to Al Pacino and Hilary Swank. Dody has edited hollywood blockbusters such as Insomnia, Kingdom of Heaven and Australia.Read it here
ArticleAugust 29, 2010, 10:31 am
Editor Dody Dorn stepped into the spotlight with her bravura work on director Christopher Nolan’s Memento, which featured a complex plot almost mathematical in its ordering of confusion to create clarity. Perhaps that’s related to her love of numbers since attending Hollywood High School and her first career goal - to become a math teacher. But her part-time job working the switchboard at her dad’s small shooting stage led into work as a PA, assistant location manager, assistant to the...Read it here
ArticleAugust 29, 2010, 10:30 am
Dody Dorn grew up with the film industry in her blood. Her father worked as a set builder/designer and later as a movie producer. She was still in high school when she began working at his sound stage, Hollywood Stage, where she made the contacts that would ultimately allow her to find work in her chosen field--motion picture editing.Read it here
ArticleAugust 27, 2010, 11:21 am
Sharp dialogue. Splintered chronology. Bursts of extreme violence. Obscure film references. Quentin Tarantino burst onto the American film scene in the early 90s, like an adrenaline shot to the heart. He won an Oscar and a BAFTA for the screenplay to Pulp Fiction (with Roger Avary), and was nominated for Best Director, with BAFTA nominations for Best Director and Best Film. Editor Sally Menke was nominated for the Oscar and BAFTA, and has been there every step of the way, providing the brilliantRead it here
