http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor.jpg Hollywood Film Editor Norman Hollyn talks about the art of Film Editing Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:08:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There was an interesting article this week in Daily Variety which was ostensibly about the American Cinema Editors pre-announcement of an award that they'll be giving to Avid at their awards dinner in February (actually, I suppose I should say that we'll be giving at our dinner, since as of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/07/03/why-film-editors-complain-a-lot-today/ Late Wednesday night I got back from the June meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group which was, as usual, a blast. Let me tell you what was on the official agenda (and please stick around for my point which follows two paragraphs down). Among the usual "Ask ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/06/19/how-user-groups-can-help-you-get-jobs/ This Wednesday morning I'll be giving at talk at the Final Cut Pro Users Group Superbooth at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas (booth #SL10129 in the South Hall) in which I'm going to very quickly give a number of quick tips that I've picked up teaching at the USC ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/04/17/15-film-school-tips-in-20-minutes/ There are two types of crowd editing that I've experienced in my life -- one of which causes me to look for the nearest open window, and one of which enriches my entire experience.  Right now I'm teaching a class in Advanced Editing that pushes the boundaries of that second ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/04/10/crowdediting-working-with-a-lot-of-other-people/ A recent article in The Vancouver Sun, about international film festivals like Toronto and Cannes, has a bunch of directors contemplating the end of the world as they know it (I might add, for those R.E. M. fans in the crowd  "and I feel fine....."). The piece, entitled "Bending The ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/03/27/techy-gizmos-and-great-films/ Once a year, NAB (the National Association of Broadcasters), puts on a ginormous, completely absurd, trade show in Las Vegas, in which equipment and software manufacturers across all phases of pre-production, production and post-production trot out their latest. It's an attempt, originally designed in the pre-Internet age, to keep television ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/03/13/what-do-you-want-to-hear-about-at-nab/ Waaaay back in August (well, that's way back in Internet time, even faster than dog years) I wrote a post about unions, and why I like them.  The gist of the article was this: though there are certainly excesses, what the entertainment unions like IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical and ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/02/27/unions-what-they-give-us-another-look/ In an interview in today's Hollywood Reporter, director Christopher Nolan, talks about working with his cinematographer Wally Pfister on THE DARK KNIGHT. What he says is about cinematography, but it applies equally to working with good editors. THR: Did you plot a character arc for the color or the darkness in ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/02/13/how-good-directors-work-with-good-editors/ I have no real idea why all of the major awards seem to be named after men, though I'm trying to figure out if Obie is male or female.  I do know that, man or woman, the awards look a hell of a lot like each other this year. Of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/02/06/awards-and-editing-oscars-and-eddies/ This past week, I ran a panel at the Sundance Film Festival which touched on some of the thoughts that I explore in my book THE LEAN FORWARD MOMENT. The panel, which included  Sterlin Harjo (BARKING WATER), Ondi Timoner (WE LIVE IN PUBLIC) and editor Jason Steward (WORLD'S GREATEST ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/01/23/editing-working-with-context/