Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Jabez Olssen, the Emmy-winning editor of Jurassic World Rebirth.

Jabez has been on Art of the Cut before to talk about Star Wars Rogue One - which was also directed by Jurassic World Rebirth’s Gareth Edwards - and for Peter Jackson’s documentary The Beatles: Get Back for which Jabez won an Emmy and an ACE Eddie. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. His other work includes editing the three Hobbit movies, The Adventures of TinTin, and The Lovely Bones.

Our discussion is about how pacing changes and evolves through VFX deliveries, getting notes from Steven Spielberg, and leaving room to appreciate the wonder of an amazing world and so much more.

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-winning editor, Stephen Mirrione, ACE about editing the summer blockbuster, F1.

Stephen’s been on Art of the Cut before when he edited The Revenant, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for Birdman. He was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA and won an ACE Eddie for Babel. In 2006 he won the Cannes Film Festival technical Grand Prize for editing. And he won the Oscar and was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie for editing Traffic. Not to mention - though I guess I AM mentioning - editing The Monuments Men, August: Osage County, Hunger Games, and Oceans 11, 12 AND 13.

This episode includes discussions of how editing pace is contextual, the value of editors speaking into the script, and how in the HELL do you cope with a 2000:1 shooting ratio!? Director Joseph Kosinski’s previous blockbuster, “Top Gun Maverick” was 800 hours of film for about a 200:1 ratio. And Apocalypse Now was notably insane at just 95:1.

And if you want to read along with this podcast and also see exclusive images, timeline screenshots - with explanations of each track, and trailers and clips, please check out the BorisFX blog:

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Today on Art of the Cut we speak with BAFTA, Emmy and ACE Eddie-winning editor, Michael Harte, ACE about the SXSW Audience Award-winning documentary, Deaf President Now, currently streaming on Apple TV+.

Michael’s been on Art of the Cut before for his ACE Eddie-winning show Beckham. He won an ACE Eddie and was nominated for a BAFTA for Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. He won a Grierson Award and was nominated for an Emmy and an ACE Eddie for Three Identical Strangers.

This episode includes the answers to some interesting questions: When does real sound design need to be done during picture cut? When archival and interviews are equally strong, how do you choose? And when - and how - does it make sense to take the POV of your deaf protagonists?

You can read along with this podcast and see trailers, clips and images on the BorisFX blog:

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