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Tag Archives: editing
“Diary,” an excerpt from PAUSE OF THE CLOCK
This clip stars Dylan Lorenz and yours truly, and features “No One Dreams Anyway,” music by Kill Hannah. “Diary,” an excerpt from PAUSE OF THE CLOCK from Rob Christopher on Vimeo.
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Zounds, more sounds: fresh news about the soundtrack
One of the lead actors in Pause of the Clock, Dylan Lorenz, was college roommates with Allen Morgenstern, an original member of the band Kill Hannah. That’s how I came to hear their first EP, Hummingbirds the Size of Bullets. … Continue reading
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Zounds what sounds: thrilling news about the soundtrack!
Finally, I can spill the beans … I’m really excited to announce that a new tune by Royale will be featured on the soundtrack of Pause of the Clock. It was one of those serendipitous moments when you’re surfing around … Continue reading
3 things about Peter Strickland’s BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
Berberian Sound Studio [2012] 1. Cabbage in a bin of water = drowning witch. 2. Nagra, Nagra, Nagra. 3. Courtesy of dubbing, he suddenly speaks Italian quite well.
The editing principle that guides me.
Paraphrased from a 2000 interview between Walter Murch and Anne V. Coates: Don’t cut until you have to.
PAUSE OF THE CLOCK is coming.
Thirsty? Patience.
The film & where it’s at.
I’m working on my sixth cut of the film. It’s currently 72 minutes. (If the credits were added, it’d be something like 75 minutes.) The flow of the scenes, the structure is definitely there. There are two transitional moments that … Continue reading
It’s like writing.
As many have pointed out, editing is a lot like writing. I’d go even further and say that it’s also a lot like rewriting, which I guess should be self-evident but is easy to lose sight of when you’re not … Continue reading
Perspective from a distance.
At the risk of sounding incredibly pretentious, when I conceived Pause of the Clock I thought of it a chronology-scrambling way to explore the porous boundaries between “reality” and fiction. 18 years later, as I’m editing the film, I find … Continue reading
How quick-cutting obscures.
Quick-cutting used to be a tool used by clever low budget filmmakers to help disguise the absence of expensive production design and special effects. And it worked. But now, paradoxically, it’s used even more often by big budget filmmakers; and … Continue reading
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