Needs-no-introduction editor Walter Murch on six criteria by which to judge the worth, quality, and necessity of an edit.
Here’s an excellent article in The Guardian by Jordan Kisner about veteran sound designer Skip Lievsay, whose credits include No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Waiting for “Superman”, Men In Black, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and Goodfellas.
Gary Bourgeois, Jeff Wexler, Mark Mangini. If those names don’t mean anything to you, do nothing. If you’re experiencing a little bit of excitement just reading those names, you need to see these videos from LASG: Los Angeles Sound Group. They’re sort of a combination of interview and Q&A and they involve some of the biggest names in the business.
They’re at lasoundgroup.com. I was at the Mark Mangini event and found it downright inspiring. Huge thanks to my friend Steve Urban and the other fantastic people at LASG for sharing with the world. Keep up the great work!