Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the three editors of the Disney+/LucasFilm show Skeleton Crew which is from the Star Wars story universe.Editor Andrew Eisen, ACE, has been on Art of the Cut before to talk about The Mandalorian for which he’s been nominated for two Emmys. He’s edited feature films including The Imitation Game and A House with a Clock in its Walls and was an additional editor on Guardians of the Galaxy 2.Terel Gibson, ACE, also edited the recently released feature film The Astronaut, as well as the feature films Sorry to Bother You and Ready or Not. He also edited episodes of the TV series Hawkeye.Kathryn Naranjo was an editor on Stranger Things and has been an assistant editor on feature films including The Adam Project, and Free Guy, also on TV series including Halt and Catch Fire.This discussion includes - among other things - cutting the show three times: in storyboards, previs, and finally with live action footage from The Volume, how sound creates believable world-building, and when exactly do you use a “Star Wars Wipe.”You can read along with the podcast on the blog where you can see timeline screenshots, exclusive images and more. Check out:borisfx.com/blog/aotc
13/3/2025
45:38
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 50 YEARS OF SNL MUSIC
Today on Art of the Cut we speak with three guests: the co-director and show editor and montage editor of the documentary Ladies and Gentlemen: 50 Years of SNL Music.Oz Rodriguez co-directed the documentary with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Oz directed many of your favorite SNL Shorts, and has also directed episodes of Goosebumps and Nobody Wants This. John MacDonald was an associate producer on SNL. He’s an editor, composer and segment producer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. You’ve probably had some of his YouTube videos running on repeat. Jimmy Lester has been nominated for a Documentary Emmy for Stockton on My Mind. He’s edited episodes of Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, History Channel’s FDR series, and the doc, Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story.This discussion includes - among other things - why so many editors are also musicians, the value of a great assistant editor - and how to be one - and the art of using a talking head.This is a really good show to check out the blog, which has many exclusive images that help show how the montage, in particular, was edited. Visit:borisfx.com/blog/aotc
06/3/2025
1:07:45
ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND
Today on Art of the Cut we speak with the director and editor of the documentary film Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.Director Raoul Peck won the Cannes Golden Eye Award and was nominated for a Palme d’or. He was nominated for a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. He won a BAFTA, an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar and an Independent Spirit Award for his previous film, I Am Not Your Negro. Editor Alexandra Strauss has been nominated for three Cinema Eye Honors Awards for Outstanding Achievement in editing including one for this film and two others you’ll hear about in the interview: I Am Not Your Negro and Exterminate all the Brutes.This discussion includes - among other things - the ethical considerations of showing violence, how tone affects pace, and how the director/editor relationship can open the director up to be more objective.If you'd like to read along with this podcast and see clips and trailers and stills from the documentary, check out:borisfx.com/blog/aotc
27/2/2025
53:05
THE FIRE INSIDE
Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Harry Yoon, ACE about his editing of the film The Fire Inside.Harry has been on Art of the Cut before for his work on the films Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Minari - for which he was nominated for an ACE Eddie, also The Best of Enemies, and Detroit. He’s also been on for the TV series, Beef, for which he won an ACE Eddie. This discussion includes - among other things - working with a first time feature director, streamlining a narrative to increase impact, and how to build a scene that was never shot.While you're listening you can also READ ALONG with this interview and see exclusive photos and clips and the trailer. There's a cool timeline screenshot and a picture of Harry's assistant editors with the STORY WALL in the cutting room!Borisfx.com/blog/aotc
20/2/2025
46:41
PORCELAIN WAR
Today on Art of the Cut we speak with writer/director/editor, Brendan Bellomo of the Oscar-nominated documentary, Porcelain War. The film was nominated for an ASC Award for cinematography for its cinematographer, even though it was his first time using a camera. It won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. It won the PGA Award for Producing, won the Australian Screen Sound Guild Award and the HPA Award for Best Sound, and won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize award.This discussion includes - among other things - determining the structure of the film based on emotion, why color grading needed to be part of the off-line edit, and how the editing pace was determined by the personality of the documentary’s subjects. You can read along with this interview and see images including the timeline and clips and trailers on the BorisFX blog at:borisfx.com/blog/aotc
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