Aspects of Editing

Aspects of Editing 1st Qtr 2021

07.02.2021 , About ACE, Aspects of Editing, CinemaEditor Magazine

[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592680641916{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="20384" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592682899490{margin-right: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1592679310198{padding-right: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="27003" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1606958556310{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1613348733233{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;border-left-color: #1e73be !important;border-right-color: #1e73be !important;border-top-color: #1e73be !important;border-bottom-color: #1e73be !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}"]1st Quarter, 2021 ACE Board Message FEATURES ` Animation Showcase The Midnight Sky News of the World One Night in Miami Minari Mank Wonder Woman 1984 Nomadland EDITOR’S CUT ` ACE Board Message ACE Holiday Party STOCK FOOTAGE ` Aspects of Editing Tech Corner Cuts We Love BACK ISSUES[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unscripted television has...

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Aspects of Editing – Stepping Stones

02.12.2020 , Aspects of Editing, CinemaEditor Magazine

[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592680641916{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="20384" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1606960275305{margin-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26435" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592682899490{margin-right: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1592679310198{padding-right: 20px !important;}"][vc_column_text]The following is an excerpt from the memoir of Jason Rosenfield, ACE, Everything Has Meaning: Confessions of a Film Editor, Chapter 9, “Stepping Stones.” Rosenfield is a three-time Emmy® Award-winning film editor, producer, director and writer and member of the faculty of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. His credits range from Robert Altman’s Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean to Jordan Peele’s four-part series Lorena. This excerpt is reprinted with the permission of Rosenfield; a memoir publication...

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Aspects of Editing – Reflections of an ‘Alter Kocker’

06.08.2020 , Aspects of Editing

[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592680641916{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="20384" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592682503390{margin-right: 50px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1592679310198{padding-right: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="25934" img_size="full" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1596742967100{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}"][vc_column_text]At any ACE meeting 20 years ago, near the front of the meeting hall was a table of well-dressed white-haired editors engaged in spirited schmooze. We younger folks referred to them endearingly as the ‘alter kockers.’ Alter kockers is a Yiddish phrase literally meaning ‘old shits’; these fellows were anything but. The alter kockers were the most respected editors. They dressed for the part, wearing crisp white shirts and ties, some sporting three-piece suits. Many of these men served in the Army Signal Corps in World War II, or...

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Aspects of Editing

20.06.2020 , Aspects of Editing, Technology

[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592680641916{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="20384" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592682899490{margin-right: 15px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1592679310198{padding-right: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="25396" img_size="full" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1592681759763{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1592855742538{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}"]“Unprecedented.” “In these uncertain times.” Can we all collectively agree we should stop using these terms as the tag lines for our present circumstances? I’m going to share what is perhaps an unpopular opinion – nothing about what we are experiencing right now is unprecedented. Unsure where your next gig is coming from? No idea how long your current finances will last until you do find work again? Or if you can live off unemployment? Or if you have enough union hours...

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Aspects of Editing – ACE Internship 2020

27.03.2020 , Aspects of Editing, Awards, For Students

[vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1559606970950{background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1546978755013{background-color: #000000 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="20384" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1585348556810{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}"]` 1st Qtr, 2020 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" type="full_width" in_content_menu="" text_align="left" css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1521515574405{padding-top: 10px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="24529" img_size="full" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1585351051523{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}"][vc_column_text]The goal of the ACE Internship Program is to open a door to Hollywood for recent college graduates who want to pursue a career in editing. All of the interns in the last 10 years are now either working as assistant editors or have already moved up to editors. Chaired by program alums Carsten Kurpanek and Tyler Nelson, the program involves spending time in editing rooms and touring post-production facilities while being mentored by experienced ACE...

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