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EP72 The Hunt for Bin Laden: Jesse Overman Edits The New Netflix Doc Series Jul 07, 2025

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The three episodes were absolutely captivating. Amazing archive, powerful interviews by all of the major players at the time but most of all I loved the editing. I reached out to Jesse Overman one of the supremely talented editors on a team of supremely talented Netflix editors who cut the series. Already a fan of Once Upon a Timeline, he came on the show and what transpired was a masterclass in documentary editing theory. Strap in for this one... it's epic.

EP71 How We Edited Dune: Prophecy Jun 13, 2025

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Amelia Allwarden & Anna Hauger, the brilliant editing team behind the HBO series Dune: Prophecy come on the show to tell us all the cutting room secrets about how they put together the feature length season finale. Between them Amelia and Anna have worked on a ton of high-end shows like Pen 15, Watchmen and Sunny but they first worked together on the massive hit Westworld. Settle in for an inspiriting hour with these two amazing editors as they talk about their relentless passion for editing, their difficult journeys through the industry and what it’s like to cut a show together.

EP70 Mathew Barbato & Only Murders in the Building Jun 04, 2025

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From The Good Place to Veep to Lessons in Chemistry and now to the latest season of Only Murders in the Building. The supremely talented Mathew Barbato came onto the show to talk the science of comedy editing, coming up through reality TV and his unique approach to cutting one of the standout episodes of the classic Hulu show.

S3E5. In-House vs Freelance Editing Jun 30, 2023

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Of course, there are pros and cons to both but it’s important to analyse every single one. We need to take a close look at how useful they are to us at every stage of our career. On this week’s show I go deep into the upsides and downsides so you can make an informed decision.

S4E4. The Art of Pivoting Jun 23, 2023

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In this week’s show I’ll be going deep into the art of piloting, our ability to immediately change direction after negative feedback about our work. We’ll talk through what exactly pivoting is, how it works, the psychology behind it and how we can use it to our benefit.

S4E3. Creative Actions vs Creative Reactions Jun 16, 2023

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Every cut we make, every shot we make longer, every piece of body language we include or exclude has massive repercussions. We’re shaping the experience of the audience with hundreds of these decisions every day. In this episode I break down all the factors at play every time we hit a fork in the road so that we can build the most exciting sequence possible.

S4E2. Scene Modelling: Understanding Creative Archetypes Jun 09, 2023

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We want to build a huge creative filing cabinet in our minds that we can apply to any set of raw footage that comes into our cutting room. I’ll be breaking down the key concepts, techniques and mindsets that we can use when researching and memorising these useful scene models.

S4E1. The Checklist: An Essential Creative Inventory Jun 02, 2023

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On this weeks show Paddy talks through the definitive checklist of every single thing we need to consider when cutting, as well as every single thing directors and producers expect from us.

Scored as always by our wonderful friends over at Universal Production Music, get ready for a fantastic start to our new Season.

S3E17. The Director's Perspective: In Conversation with Suemay Oram Part 2 Nov 25, 2022

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We all know that the way we work with directors is essential to our career success but how does that actually work? What are the specific character traits that we need to develop? And what are the creative skills that directors are looking for when choosing who is going to cut their films?

We're getting answers to all those questions and more direct from the source this week with the return of award winning documentary director Suemay Oram. Suemay gives a masterclass of collaborative insight from the other side of the edit suite in the concluding part of her guest appearance on Once Upon a Timeline.

S3E16. The Director's Perspective: In Conversation with Suemay Oram Part 1 Nov 18, 2022

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On this week's show we are very lucky to have the hugely talented documentary director Suemay Oram as our guest. Suemay has directed films for everyone from the BBC to Netflix to HBO. In this two part interview she gives us some hugely valuable insights into the mind of a director and the collaborative relationship she has with her editors.

It's an inspiring talk for any editor, producer, director or self shooter as Suemay breaks down her journey through the difficult waters of modern day directing and illuminates her perspective on filmmaking. Not to be missed!

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