Editing

  • First Person

The Scary of Sixty-First Editor Sophie Corra Took Inspiration From Pre-Code Hollywood

Sophie Corra is the editor of The Scary of Sixty-First, the feature directorial debut from Dasha Nekrasova. In this feature,…

2 years ago
  • Articles - Moviemaking
  • Movie News

King Richard: How Director Reinaldo Marcus Green and Editor Pamela Martin Avoided Just Another Tennis Movie

"Remember that little indie filmmaker? I’m making a big movie starring Will Smith!" That was how King Richard director Reinaldo…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

King Richard Skips a Major Sports Movie Cliché

King Richard isn't like other sports films. Yes, it tells the true story of Richard Williams, father of tennis stars…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

How Zola Editor Joi McMillon and Director Janicza Bravo Brought the Addictive Twitter Thread to the Screen

Joi McMillon is an editor known for Zola, The Underground Railroad, and Moonlight. She previously worked with director Janicza Bravo…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

MLK/FBI Director Sam Pollard and Editor Laura Tomaselli on Building a Fruitful Working Relationship

MLK/FBI traces how the FBI surveilled and harassed Martin Luther King Jr. under J. Edgar Hoover. The intention was to…

3 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Movie News

Midnight Traveler: a Family’s Phones Document the Refugee Crisis

Midnight Traveler, a new documentary from producers Emelie Coleman Mahdavian and Su Kim, uses one of our most familiar possessions…

5 years ago
  • Movie News

Our Time: Carlos Reygadas Discusses His Daily Routine, Thoughts on Relationships, and How Cinema is Like Fishing

In a noisy world, Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas makes cinema centered on presence. In that presence, something much bigger occurs…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Cannes: With Frankie, Ira Sachs Invites Audiences To Find The Extraordinary In The Ordinary

Director Ira Sachs has found his greatest inspirations from cinema outside of the US. With filmmakers like Éric Rohmer, Yasujirō…

5 years ago
  • Interviews

Cannes: In His Feature Debut, Ukrainian Director Nairman Aliev Seeks Out A Universal Story With Homeward

Armed with a master’s degree and memberships to the Ukranian and European Film Academies, Nairman Aliev now represents his native…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Where The Movie Came to Life: How Editor Bob Murawski Brought The Other Side of the Wind Back from the Dead

This Fall, following a tour of the prestigious festival circuit, Orson Welles' long lost Hollywood satire The Other Side of…

5 years ago
  • Editing

Making the Cut: Breaking Down the Keys to Finding the Most Compatible Editor For Your Feature

Editing is a fascinating part of moviemaking for a lot of reasons, but perhaps mostly because of its endless possibilities,…

6 years ago
  • MM Guide 2019

Moonshot Moviemaking: To Cut Outside the Box, Live an Outside-the-Edit-Bay Life and Treasure All Your Footage

Big league moviemaking is a fast-paced sport. With every at-bat moviemakers are expected to be able to square up a…

6 years ago
  • Directing

How They Did It: Why Storyboarding was Crucial to Creating the Gothic Big House of The Lodgers

A brief history lesson: After the Cromwellian invasion of Ireland in the 17th century, when Irish land was confiscated from Irish Catholics…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

The Cutting Edge: Tips on Working Better With Your Editor, From the Sundance NEXT FEST 2017 Panel

Cinema royalty descended on Downtown Los Angeles from August 10-13, 2017 for another year of Sundance NEST FEST: from Quentin…

7 years ago
  • Best Of

The Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada 2017: Film Programs to Shape You Into the Next Moviemaking All-Star

Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and…

7 years ago
  • Editing

Moonlight Co-Editor Nat Sanders Talks Quitting Your Day Job, Disagreeing With Directors and That Awkward Oscars Moment

Though his nomination for a Best Editing Oscar for Moonlight wasn't as monumental as his co-editor Joi McMillon's—she was the first African-American to…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Vegas Upgrade: VEGAS Pro Editing Software Gets a Comprehensive Boost in its 14th Edition

Berlin-based MAGIX has given VEGAS Pro editing software the love it may not have received from Sony. MAGIX acquired the…

7 years ago
  • MM Guide 2017

The Perfect Match (Cut): Why An Extra Set Of Eyes (and Scissors) Could Be The Key To Editing Your Indie

A no-budget indie often demands that the director be his or her own editor—getting two for the price of one.…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

Basic Training as a Wake-Up Call: Tom Antos’ 2Day Cine School

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of attending the 2Day Cine School with Tom Antos in Houston. After about 90…

8 years ago
  • Editing

Step by Step: End-to-End Editing, Grading and Coloring a Short Film in DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio

For years now I have been using DaVinci Resolve Studio as my primary color grading platform, and most recently it…

8 years ago
  • Editing
  • MM Guide 2014
  • Other

Sound Design as World-Building: How to Create a Believable Universe With Sound

Sound is half the presentation of a movie, but it is always in service to the whole. Sound design working…

9 years ago
  • Other
  • Producing

I Was Thinking Beyoncé: Choosing Film Music, and Understanding the Costs

Unless you idolize the austerity of certain European auteurs—the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, or Cristian Mungiu, to name three diegetic,…

9 years ago
  • Editing

The Film You Save May be Your Own: Five Rules for Smooth Post-Production without Going Broke

The film you save may be your own. Here are five Rules for Smooth Post-Production without Going Broke.

9 years ago
  • MM Guide 2013

Letting Go on the Cutting Room Floor: A Post-Production Conversation Between David Lowery and Shane Carruth

Editing begins when I’m writing, continues while I'm on set, and then blossoms into its own alchemical element once production…

10 years ago