http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor.jpg Hollywood Film Editor Norman Hollyn talks about the art of Film Editing Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:42:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of you know that I teach at USC's film school. Others of you know that I really like it -- for a number of reasons. For one, the students here are pretty awesome.  And second, our faculty is truly tremendous as well.  One of the reasons why I'm happy ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/09/04/learning-from-the-greats/ I’m going to admit right at the outset that I know that I’m distorting the “auteur theory” here, but I’m just doing what most people think that theory says. Ask anyone, even our amazing film students at USC, what the “auteur” theory is, and they’ll tell you that it’s about ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/08/21/collaboration-and-why-the-auteur-theory-is-bull/ Dick Wirth, a good friend of mine who helps to run the USC film school editing facilities (including something like 160 editing stations, with Avid, ProTools, Final Cut and more) sent me this the other day.  It's a job posting from the Avid-L2 group. For those of you who don't know, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/07/31/finding-an-editing-job-today/  Alex, over at Editing Organizized, quotes Walter Murch from the book The Conversations: When you’re putting a scene together, the three key things you are deciding, over and over again, are: What shot shall I use? Where shall I begin it? Where shall I end it? An average film may ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/07/24/when-do-i-make-a-cut/ A few months ago I wrote about a talk I gave at this year's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference which I called "15 Film School Tips in 20 Minutes." During that posting I gave three of those tips: Use L-Cuts -- as much as you can Cut on action Matching Action is ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/theeditor/2009/07/10/more-film-school-tips/ 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/