01: Films, Movies and The Art of Editing - Part I

Part 1: Films, Movies and The Art of Editing

Hosted by: John Flowers

With Guests:  Mike J Nichols and Paul Del Vecchio

Mike J Nichols is the creator of the Star Wars: Episode 1 "Phantom Edit" as well as "Two Guys Drinking at a Bar". Paul Del Vecchio is a filmmaker who recently won the George Romero "Diary of the Dead" DVD competition.

Mike J Nichols is at twitter.com/TheEditDoctor
Paul Del Vecchio is at twitter.com/pauldv

We talk about our favorite movies and tv shows over the last ten years, their editing and shots, along with a discussion of what does and doesn't work in these movies and tv shows. We also discuss IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE by Walter Murch, LOST in detail, we discuss HEROES and we talk about movie trailers, test audiences, getting outside opinions, film theory and even Final Cut Studio vs. AVID in the editing world.

And a lot more.

Movies we discuss during the show:

Eyes Wide Shut

Ghost World

25TH HOUR

Momento

Kundun

Rushmore

The Big Lebowski

Fight Club

Punch Drunk Love

Signs

The Happening

Unbreakable

The Strangers

SAW

Young Frankenstein

Dream a Little Dream

Magnolia

BRICK

Broken Flowers

28 Days Later

The Shining

Good Will Hunting

Download ThatPostShow-01-EditingPart1.mp3

Comments

[Bob]

What a great and fun show to listen to!
Great complement to The VFX show!

Thanks!

[Ed. Note: Thanks so much, glad you like it. Many more Post Shows to come...]

[Ron]

Hi, John --

What a great idea for a show! Downloading now, and looking forward to many more.

On the "FCP vs. Avid" front, thought you might like to know about something to help level the playing field in at least one key respect:
http://www.EditGroove.com

Best wishes,
Ron

[Ed. Note: The Final Cut vs. AVID discussion is in Part 2. Thanks for the kind words and the link.]

[Fangirly]

I would like to offer some feedback since this is the first episode.

It felt like a side conversation from another show as opposed to a new show entirely. I think for a pilot episode there should have been more of introduction before cutting into what sounded like almost mid-sentence.

Even though you say who is on the show, I had no idea which voice was which until 4 minutes in I knew which one was Paul then I think Mike uses John’s name almost 45 minutes in so I could figure out who was who. Not to mention, I don't know what anyone does or why they are important enough to be on a show about post production.

It needed more of a mission statement for what the show was supposed to be. It was about halfway through before I got the idea about how the first conversation really had anything to do with post production.

I didn't feel this show was intended to be heard. It seemed like a conversation you would over hear waiting for a movie to start. I didn't feel inspired to participate in the conversation by commenting in the comment section. Instead I felt more inspired to talk about why I wasn't.

I thought everyone had something interesting to say and I’ll listen to another episode. I just wish going in I was told what this show was going to actually be.

The music at the top and bottom of the show seems to be kind of cryptic and thriller sounding which doesn’t fit with the overall episode.

I just felt like I was missing something. I heard about this on twitter and feel like there is some massive backstory I'm missing, but shouldn't be since this is the first episode.

Lastly, people who download this because of the description says you talk about television, “Lost” and “Heroes” might be a bit pissed.

[Ed. Note: The LOST and Heroes discussion, and a lot more, can be found in Part 2 of the show. Thanks for your comments and stay tuned. We're still experimenting and believe this is a show people want to hear.]