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The Cutting Room Dozen #4

Hello and welcome to your monthly rundown of some of the most interesting editing, post-production, and filmmaking-related content online.

#1 - AI will replace 80% of all editors​

Sven Pape of This Guy Edits ponders how much AI might change editing.

#2 - Art of the Cut Podcast - Air with William Goldenberg, ACE​

Oscar-winner William Goldenberg discusses his work on Ben Affleck’s Air.

#3 - Indiana Jones in black & white is awesome​

As Steven Soderbergh demonstrated, Raiders of the Lost Ark is a great education in staging, blocking and all-round visual storytelling.

#4 - How Much Should You Charge for Editing? (Calculate Your Rate)​

We’re all still looking for better answers to this, right?

#5 - Why is Method Acting so Controversial?​

Jeremy Strong has recently brought method acting back into the spotlight, not that we really ever lose interest in actors doing crazy things.

#6 - Robert Yeoman - The Visual Grammar of Film​

Wes Anderson’s frequent collaborator Robert Yeoman breaks down some of the choices in his work.

#7 - Editor Michael Kahn, ACE Discusses the Most Difficult Scene to Cut from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"​

Oscar-winner Michael Kahn talks about some of the challenges of cutting Raiders of the Lost Ark...

#8 - Michael Kahn, ACE Discusses the Use of Slower Cuts in a Scene from “Jurassic Park.”​

...and his approach to a particular scene in Jurassic Park.

#9 - How Lawrence Sher Filmed JOKER // Behind the Scenes​

Oscar-nominated Cinematographer Lawrence Sher breaks down his work and his decision-making process on Joker.

#10 - Joker: Behind The Scenes With Editor Jeff Groth​

And here’s the film’s editor, Jeff Groth, talking to Film Supply, and to Variety.

#11 - How Does an Editor Think and Feel?​

A couple of videos I use for teaching to finish things off. Oldies, but goldies. This is from Every Frame a Painting.

#12 - How Star Wars was saved in the edit​

And this is a great demonstration of the potential for problem-solving and reshaping in the edit.

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On The Site

Join us on July 22nd for a one-day Zoom course aimed at Demystifing Post-Production for Producers and Directors. Editors, Assistant Editors, and Post-Production Co-ordinators who are still learning how Post works and want to prepare themselves for their next short or feature film project should also find a lot of interest in the day.

Our Shaping a Scene course is also available, and will prepare you to edit drama scenes to a professional standard.

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That's all for now!

Take care,

Neil

The Cutting Room

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