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A funny editing scene with editors editing on film. How has editing evolved since then? Is cutting comedy harder than drama? And how a good Editor will always make the material better. SCENE: https://amzn.to/30XaxiO Hail, Caesar! is a 2016 comedy film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen . The film stars Josh Brolin , George Clooney , Alden Ehrenreich , Ralph Fiennes , Jonah Hill , Scarlett Johansson , Frances McDormand , Tilda Swinton , and Channing Tatum . It is a fic...
In this episode: How to control your algorithm, how to enhance the cut by not making the obvious choice and how to keep one small, exciting and impactful scene from affecting the overall story arc. SCENE: https://youtu.be/Nf8RY88NGkE Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film about the Vietnam War , directed, produced and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola . It stars Marlon Brando , Robert Duvall , Martin Sheen , Frederic Forrest , Albert Hall , Sam Bottoms , Laurence Fishburne and Dennis H...
How do you become "good" at editing and what makes editing worthy of an Academy Award Nomination? Does this week's film have a satisfying ending? Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 drama film written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh and edited by: Jon Gregory starring Frances McDormand as a woman who rents three billboards to call attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder. Woody Harrelson , Sam Rockwell , Abbie Cornish , John Hawkes , and Peter Dinklage appe...
We look at Baby Driver to understand how "motion throws the cut point". We discuss how to "leverage up" to find that job after film school, where to learn about camera operating and is it worth editing if you will never get the credit you deserve. Baby Driver is a 2017 action film written and directed by Edgar Wright . Edited by: Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss It stars Ansel Elgort as a young, musically driven getaway driver seeking freedom from a life of heisting with his lover Debora ( Lily...
We discuss how visual and emotional subtext can transcend dialogue and the beauty allowing breath in the pace of your edits. Edited by Joe Walker. Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green . A sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner , the film stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford , with Ana de Armas , Sylvia Hoeks , Robin Wright , Mackenzie Davis , Carla Juri , Lennie James , Dave Bautista , and J...
We discuss the ‘Art of the Recap’ the various approaches and why this one is so unique. Also covered: Joe Walker’s reveals about the editing of ‘Blade Runner: 2049’ at EditFest and our takeaways from last week’s interview with director David Wain. The second season of Mindhunter premiered on August 16, 2019, with the release of 9 episodes. In season 2, the Mindhunter cast will feature some new actors, including Damon Herriman as Charles Manson. Season 2 will also focus on the Atlanta Child Murde...
David Benjamin Wain is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director. He is most widely known for directing the feature films Role Models , Wanderlust and for both creating the Wet Hot American Summer franchise and directing the feature film Wet Hot American Summer , and the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later . He is also known for his work on the sketch comedy series The State ; for producing, directing and writing the Adul...
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb , more commonly known simply as Dr. Strangelove , is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States . The film was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick , stars Peter Sellers , George C. Scott and Slim Pickens . Production took place in the United Kingdom . The film is loosely based on Peter George 's thriller novel...
Better Call Saul is an American television crime drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould . It is a spin-off prequel of Gilligan's prior series Breaking Bad . Set in the early and mid 2000s , Better Call Saul follows the story of con-man turned small-time lawyer, Jimmy McGill ( Bob Odenkirk ), six years before the events of Breaking Bad , showing his transformation into the persona of criminal-for-hire Saul Goodman . Jimmy becomes the lawyer for former beat cop Mike Ehrmantraut ( J...
We discuss a Walter Murch editing trick, computer power and follow up on 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. Her is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze . It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams , Ro...
SPOILER HEAVY Editing Analysis of... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood [a] is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino . Produced by Columbia Pictures , Bona Film Group , Heyday Films , and Visiona Romantica and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing , it is an international co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio , Brad Pitt , and Margot Robbie , co-starring Emile Hirsch , Margaret Qualley , Timothy Olyphant , Austin...
Who had the most fun with the 80's? Stranger Things vs. Wet Hot American Summer. We also discuss taking things personally and how to handle "tough love" in the film business. Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter . The film features an ensemble cast , including Janeane Garofalo , David Hyde Pierce , Molly Shannon , Paul Rudd , Christopher Meloni , Michael Showalter (and various other members...
Aziz Ansari: Right Now (stylized as Aziz Ansari: RIGHT NOW ) is an American stand-up comedy special by Aziz Ansari . The special is directed by Spike Jonze and premiered on July 9, 2019 on Netflix . [1] [2] [3] SCENE: https://youtu.be/hfMDe8Unrv0 In it, Ansari talks about the sexual misconduct controversy he was involved in the previous year, his relationship with his grandmother and parents, white people who want to appear anti-racist, how the threshold of acceptable behaviour has changed over ...
Too Old to Die Young is an American crime drama web television miniseries written by Nicolas Winding Refn and Ed Brubaker and starring Miles Teller and Augusto Aguilera . It premiered on Amazon Video on June 14, 2019. SCENE: https://youtu.be/-j249LeJ8GY Too Old to Die Young follows "a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and...
We discuss reactions to our ‘ Star is Born’ episode and reflect on our experience doing the podcast. Also, our laziness regarding noise gate. Happy 4th of July. Too Old to Die Young is an American crime drama web television miniseries written by Nicolas Winding Refn and Ed Brubaker and starring Miles Teller and Augusto Aguilera . It premiered on Amazon Video on June 14, 2019. Too Old to Die Young follows "a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an...
We analyze the 'Shallow' scene and how drama is built into musical performance. Curta's new album is available at: https://curta.bandcamp.com A Star Is Born is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper and written by Eric Roth , Cooper and Will Fetters. The third remake of the 1937 film of the same name , it stars Cooper, Lady Gaga , Dave Chappelle , Andrew Dice Clay , and Sam Elliott , and follows a hard-drinking musician (Cooper) who discovers and fall...
Celebrating the World Cup we analyze editing a sports scene and how to make it unique. Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British family romantic comedy sports film produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha , and starring Parminder Nagra , Keira Knightley , Jonathan Rhys Meyers , Anupam Kher , Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi . SCENE: https://youtu.be/T3nGqPQJqlQ The film's title refers to the football player David Beckham , and his skill at scoring from free kicks by curling the ball past a...
We interview Roger Nygard and learn tons of great insights about his approach to editing the best comedy being made. Roger Nygard is one of the leading TV editors in Hollywood, cutting shows like 'Veep', 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', 'The League', 'Who is America?', etc, etc. He is also a successful filmmakers directing cult-docs like "Trekkies", "The Nature of Existence" and the upcoming "The Truth About Marriage". When Roger listened to our previous episode on 'Veep' he contacted us and promised us ...
The End of the Tour is a 2015 American drama film about writer David Foster Wallace . The film stars Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg , was written by Donald Margulies , and was directed by James Ponsoldt . Based on David Lipsky 's best-selling memoir Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself , it was released on July 31, 2015, by A24 Films . The film is the first film depiction of Wallace, whom Los Angeles Times called "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last 20 year...
John Wick (retrospectively known as John Wick: Chapter 1 ) is a 2014 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad . It stars Keanu Reeves , Michael Nyqvist , Alfie Allen , Adrianne Palicki , Bridget Moynahan , Dean Winters , Ian McShane , John Leguizamo , and Willem Dafoe . It is the first installment in the John Wick film series . SCENE: Red Circle Club Rampage Scene (https://youtu.be/CTJlmlZWWHA) The story focuses on John Wick (Reeves), searchi...
Veep is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019. [1] The series was created by Armando Iannucci as an adaptation of his sitcom The Thick of It . The protagonist of Veep is Selina Meyer ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus ), a fictional vice president (and, later, president ) of the United States. The series follows Meyer and her team as they attempt to make their mark and leave a legacy without becoming mired in the day-to-day political game...
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge . [4] It satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company , focusing on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs. It stars Ron Livingston , Jennifer Aniston , Gary Cole , Stephen Root , David Herman , Ajay Naidu , and Diedrich Bader . [5] SCENE: Did You Get The Memo? (https://youtu.be/jsLUidiYm0w) Office Space was shot in Dallas and Austin, Texas . It is based on Judge's Milton c...
" The Long Night " [1] is the third episode of the eighth season of HBO 's fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and the 70th overall. It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by Miguel Sapochnik . It aired on April 28, 2019. It is the longest episode of the series overall, with a run time of 82 minutes. "The Long Night" takes place entirely at Winterfell and depicts the battle between the Army of the Dead and combined armies of the living. It marks the conclusion of ...
Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name: Scott Lang and Hank Pym . Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , it is the twelfth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed , with a screenplay by the writing teams of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish , and Adam McKay and Paul Rudd . It stars Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, alongside Evangeline Lilly , Corey Stoll , Bobb...
Joker is an upcoming American psychological thriller film distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and based on the DC Comics character Joker . It is intended to be the first in a series of DC-based films separate from the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Todd Phillips from a screenplay co-written with Scott Silver , and stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, alongside Robert De Niro , Zazie Beetz , Frances Conroy , Marc Maron , Bill Camp , Glenn Fleshler , Shea Whigham , Brett Cull...
Reservoir Dogs is a 1992 American heist film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-length debut. It stars Harvey Keitel , Tim Roth , Chris Penn , Steve Buscemi , Lawrence Tierney , Michael Madsen , OPENING SCENE: https://youtu.be/hvFZUOn1TCs Tarantino, and Edward Bunker , as diamond thieves whose planned heist of a jewelry store goes terribly wrong. The film depicts the events before and after the heist. Kirk Baltz , Randy Brooks and Steven Wright also play supporting roles. I...
Primer is a 2004 American science fiction film about the accidental discovery of time travel . The film was written, directed, produced, edited and scored by Shane Carruth , who also stars. SCENE: Opening ( https://youtu.be/ndHgNUuLKIM ) Primer is of note for its extremely low budget, experimental plot structure, philosophical implications, and complex technical dialogue, which Carruth, a college graduate with a degree in mathematics and a former engineer, chose not to simplify for the sake of t...
Hacksaw Ridge is a 2016 biographical war drama film directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan , based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector . SCENE: Battle Scene One (https://youtu.be/nD7aI9ZvVKk) The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss , an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded...
Seven Samurai [2] (七人の侍 Shichinin no Samurai ) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa . The story takes place in 1586 [3] during the Sengoku Period of Japanese history . It follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven rōnin (masterless samurai ) to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. SCENE: The Last Fight: https://youtu.be/LMF1V_g_Uhk Since its release, Seven Samurai has consistently ranked hig...
