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Paper Girls Aug 22, 2022

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Editors - Robert Komatsu ACE, Emily E. Greene ACE, Ivan Victor ACE, Jennifer Barbot ACE

PAPER GIRLS editors Rob Komatsu and Emily Greene make their triumphant return to THE ROUGH CUT, having previously visited to discuss their work on the FX/HULU series, MRS. AMERICA (2020). Although Ivan Victor and Jennifer Barbot are joining the podcast for the first time, both editors bring with them a wealth of tv editing experience in documentary/reality, comedy, sci-fi and drama.

PAPER GIRLS follows four young girls who, while out delivering papers during the dark morning hours after Halloween in 1988, become unwittingly caught in a conflict between warring factions of time-travelers, sending them on an adventure through time that will save the world. As they travel between time periods, they encounter future versions of themselves and must choose to embrace or reject their fate. It is based on the 2015–2019 comic book series of the same name written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang.

ROBERT KOMATSU ACE

Editor Rob Komatsu is know for his work on; AMERICAN HORROR STORY (2011), HALT AND CATCH FIRE (2014-17), THE X-FILES (2016-18) and MRS. AMERICA (2020).

EMILY E. GREENE ACE

The work of editor Emily Greene can be found in; THE BLACKLIST (2015-17), AMERICAN CRIME STORY (2018), MRS. AMERICA (2020) and FOUNDATION (2021).

IVAN VICTOR ACE

Editor Ivan Victor has edited such tv series as; PARKS AND RECREATION (2009-12), THE GOLDBERGS (2013-14), LODGE 49 (2018-19) and KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (2021).

JENNIFER BARBOT ACE

Editor Jennifer Barbot's work can be seen in; UGLY BETTY (2007-10), JESSICA JONES (2018), THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (2019) and RAISED BY WOLVES (2020).

Editing PAPER GIRLS

In our discussion with the editors of PAPER GIRLS, we talk about:

Finding time to explore the characters between the sci-fi set pieces
Building a killer robot battle
To keyframe or to not keyframe
Running ADR over Zoom
Using less score for bigger impact

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Bullet Train Aug 15, 2022

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Editor - Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir, ACE

BULLET TRAIN editor and Iceland native Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir is widely known for her work on high-adrenaline action films such as JOHN WICK (2014), ATOMIC BLONDE (2017), DEADPOOL 2 (2018) and Marvel's SHANG CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS (2021); the first three of which were helmed by BULLET TRAIN director, David Leitch.

Based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle (published in English as Bullet Train) by Kōtarō Isaka, the film tells the story of Ladybug (Brad Pitt), a trained killer who wants to give up the life but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock). His mission is to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Kyoto with only a few stops in between. Onboard the train, he and other competing assassins discover their objectives are all connected. The question becomes, who will make it off the train alive and what awaits them at the terminal station?

Editing BULLET TRAIN

In our discussion with BULLET TRAIN editor, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir we talk about:

Working with a director who is also a stunt coordinator
Jumping right into the action and saving the exposition for later
Teaching a class in action editing
Editing action in claustrophobic confines

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The Orville - New Horizons Aug 08, 2022

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Editors - Tom Costantino ACE and Hillary P. Wills

THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS editors Tom Costantino and Hillary Wills forged their future working relationship on the bridge of The Orville itself. After not so subtly stalking Tom, who had already cut Season One, Hillary expressed her desire to join the Planetary Union as its newest assistant editor. Being the master of understatement that he is, Tom casually said to Hillary, "job's yours if you want it". Along with the rest of the editorial team, the pair would go on to collaborate on Season Two of the show (its last on Fox Television) and the third season for Hulu, dubbed "THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS".

Created by and starring Seth Macfarlane as series protagonist Ed Mercer, an officer in the Planetary Union's line of exploratory space vessels in the 25th century, THE ORVILLE is set on the titular spacecraft: USS Orville (ECV-197), a mid-level exploratory vessel for the Planetary Union. The show consists of adventures encountered by the ship's crew, usually involving planet exploration and visits to various parts of the galaxy.

TOM COSTANTINO ACE

Editor Tom Costantino is known for his work on; 48 HOURS (2004-2015), SCARRED (2007), CSI: MIAMI (2010-2012), AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (2014-2015) and 9-1-1 (2018-2019).

HILLARY P. WILLS

Assistant Editor / Editor Hillary Wills has worked on such projects as; CALL 911 (2009), VANISHED WITH BETH HOLLOWAY (2011), THE BRIEFCASE (2015) and THE NIGHT SHIFT (2016-2017).

Editing THE ORVILLE: NEW HORIZONS

In our discussion with the editors of THE ORVILLE, we talk about:

Navigating the change between network tv and streaming
Seth Macfarlane....audio post professional
Taking temp effects to the limit
Working with a 75-piece, excuse me, 90-piece orchestra
Advice on moving up from assistant to editor

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Nope Aug 01, 2022

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Editor - Nicholas Monsour

NOPE editor Nicholas Monsour has been collaborating with writer/director Jordan Peele since their days together on the comedy sketch tv series KEY & PEELE (2015). When the comedy team took their talents to the big screen with the Peele-penned feature, KEANU (2016), Monsour knew it would be a big leap for him to take on the editorial duties, but made his best pitch anyway. The bet paid off and Nick found himself behind the Avid for his very first feature film. Peele would reach out to Nick once again for his sophomore film directing venture, US (2019). Prior to reteaming with Peele for US, Nick continued to refine his cutting chops on tv series such as; BROCKMIRE (2017), COBRA KAI (2018) and WHISKEY CAVALIER (2019).

NOPE was written, directed, and co-produced by Jordan Peele under his Monkeypaw Productions banner. It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea and Michael Wincott. In the film, two ranch-owning siblings, with the help of a tech salesman and a renowned cinematographer, attempt to capture and sell video evidence of an unidentified flying object.

Editing NOPE

In our discussion with NOPE editor, Nicholas Monsour we talk about:

His incubator post process at Universal
Not sacrificing tone in favor of tempo
Jaws meets The Wizard of Oz
The anatomy of a "social" thriller
The impact of IMAX on NOPE

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Lucy and Desi Jul 25, 2022

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Editor - Robert A. Martinez

LUCY AND DESI's Robert A. Martinez has built a career working as an assistant editor and editor on documentary films like; THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS (206), THE APOLLO (2019), PAVAROTTI (2019) and THE BEE GEES: HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART (2020), for which Robert received an ACE Eddie nomination. All of these projects were great preparation for LUCY AND DESI, for which Robert has received an Emmy nomination.

From director Amy Poehler, LUCY AND DESI explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together. When Lucille was finally granted the opportunity to have her own television show, she insisted that her real-life spouse, Desi, be cast as her husband. Defying the odds, they re-invented the medium, on the screen and behind the cameras. The foundation of I LOVE LUCY was the constant rupture and repair of unconditional love. What Lucy and Desi couldn't make work with each other, they gave to the rest of the world. LUCY AND DESI is an insightful and intimate peek behind the curtain of these two remarkable trailblazers – featuring interviews with Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Norman Lear, Desi Arnaz Jr, Carol Burnett and Bette Midler.

Editing LUCY AND DESI

In our discussion with editor, Robert A. Martinez we talk about:

Building a doc around newly discovered, private audio tapes of the pair
The relationship between writer and editor on a documentary
Telling the story through the voices of Lucy and Desi
The power of ScriptSync in documentary editing
Making the jump from janitor to editor

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Elvis Jul 18, 2022

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Editors – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, Sound Designer/Re-recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor - Wayne Pashley

ELVIS editors Matt Villa and Jonathan "Jono" Redmond are no strangers to director Baz Luhrmann's unique style of cinema. For that matter, neither is Sound Designer and Re-recording mixer, Wayne Pashley. Matt and Jono first worked together on MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) with Jono serving as 1st assistant editor and Matt doing VFX editing. Wayne Pashley goes all the way back with Baz Luhrmann to Baz's first film, STRCITLY BALLROOM (1992). But it was Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) where Matt, Jono and Wayne first worked together on a film for the acclaimed Aussie director.

Delivered in Luhrmann's trademark style of lush soundscapes and rich, high-energy visuals, ELVIS is told through the voice of Elvis Presley's former manager, "Colonel Tom Parker". While on his deathbed in 1997, Parker recalls how he discovered the future King of Rock and Roll and chronicles their time together throughout Elvis' ascension to icon status, as well as the downward spiral that ultimately led to Presley's death in 1977.

MATT VILLA

Matt Villa is known for PREDESTINATION (2014), The Great Gatsby (2013) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).

JONATHAN REDMOND

Jono Redmond is known for his work as 1st assistant editor (digital) for MOULIN ROUGE! (2001) and editor for THE GREAT GATSBY (2013) and THE GET DOWN (2016-17).

WAYNE PASHLEY

Wayne Pashley is known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Daybreakers (2009).

Editing ELVIS

In our discussion with the ELVIS editors we talk about:

Keeping it moving, keeping it transitional
Protecting the king at all costs
The three different voices of Elvis from the 50's, 60's and 70's
Cutting concert performances compared to cutting the narrative
Applying the "poetic glue"

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Stranger Things - Season 4 Jul 11, 2022

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Editors – Dean Zimmerman ACE, Kat Naranjo, Casey Cichocki and VFX Editor Brad Tobler

The STRANGER THINGS editing team reunites once again to chronicle the fantasy/horror phenomenon taking place in Hawkins, Indiana; this time with a greater emphasis on the horror. Although there was a longer break than usual between the two seasons, this tight knit team was never far apart, collaborating on the feature films, FREE GUY and THE ADAM PROJECT.

Season Four of STRANGER THINGS is set in March 1986, eight months after events of the third season, the fourth season is split between different plotlines. The first plotline takes place in Hawkins, where several teenagers are killed in mysterious ways. The second plotline involves Mike Wheeler visiting Eleven, Will and Jonathan Byers at their new home in California. The third plotline follows Joyce Byers and Murray Bauman, who learn that Jim Hopper may still be alive and are told to bring money to arrange for his transfer home from a Russian prison.

DEAN ZIMMERMAN ACE

In addition to working with the Duffer Brothers as their lead editor for STRANGER THINGS, Dean is a frequent collaborator with STRANGER THINGS director and longtime friend, Shawn Levy. The two have been working together for over twenty years on projects like the NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM franchise, FREE GUY and THE ADAM PROJECT.

KAT NARANJO

Kat started her journey on Season 1 as an assistant, but over the following seasons started picking up full time editorial duties as well. She also assisted Dean on his features, THE ADAM PROJECT and FREE GUY. Earlier in her career, Kat assisted on HALT AND CATCH FIRE and served as post coordinator on ONE TREE HILL.

CASEY CICHOCKI

Casey started on STRANGER THINGS in season one as a post coordinator and then in subsequent seasons moved into assistant editing. For Season Four Casey has multiple additional editing credits. Like Kat, Casey assisted Dean on FREE GUY and THE ADAM PROJECT as well.

BRAD TOBLER

VFX editor Brad Tobler joined the STRANGER THINGS team in Season Three and also helped out Dean as VFX editor on FREE GUY, as well as pre-vis editor on THE ADAM PROJECT.

Editing STRANGER THINGS - SEASON 4

In our discussion with the STRANGER THINGS - SEASON 4 editing team we talk about:

Ramping up the VFX workload
Reasons for, and benefits of, splitting the season into two parts
Creating the voice of Vecna
Developing a "flashback" tracker
Breaking the show out into multiple storylines

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Editor Dean Zimmerman ACE discusses FREE GUY

Jonathan Corn and Dean Zimmerman ACE on cutting THE ADAM PROJECT

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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes Jul 04, 2022

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Editor - Rupert Houseman

CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES editor Rupert Houseman is a documentary and drama editor known for his work on; RIOTS: ONE WEEK IN AUGUST (2021), GUN NO. 6 (2018), 7/7: ONE DAY IN LONDON (2013), BEDLAM (2014), LIFE AND DEATH ROW (2014), THE DETECTIVES (2015), THE WATCHMAN (2016) and UNSPEAKABLE (2017). In 2019 Rupert received a BAFTA award for his editing on GUN NO. 6.

CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES tells the full, unadulterated true story of what happened in one of the most iconic but least understood tragedies of the twentieth century. While radio programs and scripted dramas have all told their version of events, no-one has ever made a documentary that reveals the full, shocking reality of this cataclysmic, world changing event – until now. Using both a recently discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster, as well as newly-recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there, the film shows how Chernobyl and the cover-up that followed sparked unprecedented distrust in the authorities and gave birth to a protest movement in Ukraine which would eventually lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Editing CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES

In our discussion with editor, Rupert Houseman we talk about:

Recovering and converting Soviet-era propaganda footage
Breaking away from the traditional treatment of talking heads
Editing footage in a language foreign to your own
Having fun with aspect ratios
Getting sound design advice from Bob Geldof

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Jurassic World: Dominion Jun 27, 2022

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Editor - Mark Sanger ACE, BFE

JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION editor Mark Sanger ACE, BFE not only faced the challenge of editing a big action blockbuster, but also a film that was; a sequel to JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (2018), the sixth installment in the Jurassic Park franchise, the third and final film in the Jurassic World trilogy, and the conclusion to the storyline started in the original Jurassic Park trilogy. Thankfully, Mark had plenty of experience working on big action franchise films. Mark began his career as an assistant working on Bond films like ;TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997) and THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999), and also director Stephen Sommers' THE MUMMY (1999) and THE MUMMY RETURNS (2001). As a lead editor, Mark helmed the Avid for TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (2017), MOWGLI: LEGEND OF THE JUNGLE (2018) and POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU (2019). Amongst all these big films, the critical highlight of his career would come in 2014, when Mark would win the Oscar for Best Film Editing for his work on GRAVITY (2013).

The plot of JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION is this...Four years after the cataclysmic volcanic eruption on Isla Nublar and the Lockwood Estate incident, de-extinct dinosaurs freely roam the earth, causing environmental upheaval and human deaths. With government approval, Biosyn Genetics has established a dinosaur sanctuary in Italy's Dolomite Mountains where they conduct genomics research, ostensibly seeking groundbreaking pharmacological and agronomic applications. The film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, BD Wong, and Omar Sy. Dern, Goldblum, and Neill reprise their roles from the Jurassic Park trilogy, appearing together for the first time since the 1993 film JURASSIC PARK.

Editing JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION

In our discussion with editor Mark Sanger ACE, BFE we talk about:

The 2nd director side hustle
Working with animatronics versus VFX
Presenting a proper prologue
Starting with silence in your edit
Listening, learning and speaking up!

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The Book of Boba Fett Jun 22, 2022

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Editors – Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Dana E. Glauberman ACE, Dylan Firshein

Editors Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Dylan Firshein and Dana E. Glauberman ACE got the band back together from Season One of THE MANDALORIAN to help tell the story of the legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT follows bounty hunter Boba Fett, from THE MANDALORIAN and the STAR WARS feature films, as he establishes himself as the new crime lord of Jabba the Hutt's former territory on the planet Tatooine.

JEFF SEIBENICK

In addition to his work on the Star Wars shows for Disney+, Jeff has a background rich in comedy tv editing. You can see his work on series such as; PARKS AND RECREATION, EASTBOUND & DOWN and VICE PRINCIPALS.

ANDREW S. EISEN ACE

Considering the cinematic approach the editing team applies to THE MANDALORIAN and THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, it's no surprise to see Andrew's name in the credits of big sci-fi / action films like TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION and THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2.

DANA E. GLAUBERMAN ACE

When she's not lending her editorial talents to the Star Wars universe, Dana is cutting films like GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, CREED II, UP IN THE AIR and JUNO.

DYLAN FIRSHEIN

While THE MANDALORIAN and THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT are the projects that helped establish Dylan as a lead editor, he has also assisted on features like SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX and tv series such as GREY'S ANATOMY.

Editing The Book of Boba Fett

In our discussion with THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT editing team of Jeff Seibenick, Andrew S. Eisen ACE, Dylan Firshein and Dana E. Glauberman ACE , we talk about: