Category Archives: Editing

Che’s Revolution

Written by Keith. Posted on February 12, 2010. Filed under Directing, Editing, From My Tribe. Tagged , , . No comments.
With all of the continued talk about where this whole indie revolution is going… I found this video of Steven Soderberg and his use of the RED ONE simple and liberating.

EditQuette

Written by Keith. Posted on February 1, 2010. Filed under Editing. Tagged , . No comments.
Editquette Rule #12 If you’re going to suggest moving something a specific number of frames or ticks or percentages… have a knowledge of what it is your actually asking.

Editor Karen Schmeer Struck Down

Written by Keith. Posted on January 31, 2010. Filed under Editing. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
This was the tweet from Director Errol Morris as he broke the news of the death of his editor Karen Schmeer (“The Fog of War”, “Fast, Cheap and Out of Control”). SENSELESS TRAGEDY: My beloved editor Karen Schmeer was killed last night by a car used in the robbery of a drugstore. She was [...]

MakingOf.com

Written by Keith. Posted on December 3, 2009. Filed under Cinemanets, Directing, Editing, Inspiration, Writing. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
I was recently sent a link from a film school classmate (thanks Bobby) for an interesting new website called MakingOf.com. It was co-founded by Natalie Portman and according to the site it “provides an intimate, fresh look into the process of creating entertainment by the insiders themselves.” Swanky right? In the interview below filmmaker Darren Aronofsky talks [...]

Your F*cking Anything…

Written by Keith. Posted on September 12, 2009. Filed under Editing, Writing, the Internets. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
It seems there was a bit of a rumpus this week surrounding what should be done for free or not. Looks like it started when Oscar nominated screenwriter Josh Olsin (“History of Violence”), threw down a tiny gauntlet with the following rant: “I will not read your fucking script. That’s simple enough, isn’t it? “I will not read [...]

Umm… Page 6?

Written by Keith. Posted on September 8, 2009. Filed under Editing, No Reason, the Internets. Tagged , , . No comments.
So in a bit of random-hilarious-randomness (trust me) it seems the documentary I’m associate producing and editing, Evolution of a Criminal had a blurb in today’s Page 6 section of the New York Post. If you’re not familiar with Page 6 it’s the “gossip, celebrity & scandal” section of the Post. Priceless. The film is being directed [...]

Jay-Z & Citizen Stan (Me)

Written by Keith. Posted on August 13, 2009. Filed under Create Everywhere, Editing, the Internets. Tagged , , . No comments.
I’m tired. If you swing by here at all on any kind of a regular basis then you know I’ve been negligent in my posting duties. My apologies. I said I’d post “soon” about the Spike Lee/Jay-Z shoot. I should have said, soon “ish”. But here are the good parts… and yes I do [...]

Jay-Z for a Day

Written by Keith. Posted on August 4, 2009. Filed under Create Everywhere, Editing, Music Videos, News. Tagged , , , , , , , , . No comments.
So. Can’t say too much about this (for obvious reasons) but Spike Lee has asked me to edit a short project he’s doing which will be centered around Jay-Z. Production is happening this week in Brooklyn (gonna ride my bike to set) with post starting concurrently. The Director of Photography is none other than [...]

Osvaldo’s Trailer

Written by Keith. Posted on July 28, 2009. Filed under Editing, Emerging Filmmakers. Tagged , , . No comments.
Good friend and former NYU film classmate Randy Wilkins asked me to cut a trailer for his thesis film “Osvaldo’s”. The film was shot by another friend and classmate (also Brooklyn neighbor) Christina Voros. “Osvaldo’s” recently finished a run at ABFF and will also screen at the Chicago International Film Festival. If you’re in NYC it [...]

True Blood

Written by Keith. Posted on July 21, 2009. Filed under Editing, Inspiration, The American People. Tagged , , , , , . No comments.
When the Sunday series “True Blood” comes on HBO I never skip the credits. I’ve seen them more than a dozen times I think but it doesn’t matter because the sequence of visuals and how they’re put together are brilliant. The director and editor in me could watch it all day. The sequence was [...]

Soul Power

Written by Keith. Posted on July 10, 2009. Filed under Create Everywhere, Editing, Inspiration, Screenings. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.
Don’t read this. Go see this movie now! Okay.. if you insist. A few years ago when I was in film school one of my instructors, Jen Ruff, pointed me towards a small New York production company called Antidote Films and said they were looking for post-production interns. I went in and met Jeff Levy-Hinte (a really [...]

EditFest NY – pics

Written by Keith. Posted on June 15, 2009. Filed under Editing, Inspiration, News. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . 1 Comment.
“What’s so Funny: The Art of Cutting Comedy” Jeffrey Wolf, A.C.E. (The Longshots, Cecil B. Demented, Billy Madison) Troy Takaki, A.C.E. (Fool’s Gold, Desperate Housewives, Ally McBeal, Sweet Home Alabama) Stephen Rotter (Enchanted, The Right Stuff) – Oscar™ Winner Anna McCabe (Possible Side Effects, Adventureland) Michael Berenbaum, A.C.E. (Sex and the City, the series and the motion picture) – Emmy™ [...]

“Do Right” 20 Years Later

Written by Keith. Posted on May 26, 2009. Filed under Editing, News. Tagged , . No comments.
Looks like the “Do The Right Thing” blu-ray DVD will be released soon. The LA Times just posted an article where they used a lot of the quotes from the special features documentary I edited with Spike. If you get a chance check out the article and/or DVD and let me know what [...]

Humanity

Written by Keith. Posted on May 8, 2009. Filed under Editing. Tagged , , . No comments.
Here is a short video I edited for Spike Lee and Nokia Productions. The project was assembled from a couple of hundred submitted videos and images (recorded with Nokia devices) which Spike selected and then asked me to edit together. The theme of the project was “Humanity” and a loose look at birth, [...]