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Ricky and Piotr suspect that Erwann is competing in the Olympics so they talk about 8 Productivity Hacks for Editors without him. These hacks aren’t dependent on software or hardware so editors of every skill level can benefit from them. Piotr and Ricky also discuss the impact of Meta’s new opensource AI rotoscoping model: SAM 2, Yellow Ticket screening at the Bridge Film Fest in Verona, Italy and their recent watch lists.What keeps you focused on an edit? *Full disclosure: you can learn more about these productivity hacks in Piotr’s online course, The Editing Chef. —Some links for things mentioned in the episode:The Editing Chef - https://cuttothepoint.gumroad.com/l/the-editing-chefSAM 2 - https://ai.meta.com/sam2/Bridge Film Fest - https://bridgefilmfestival.eu/Tiger King - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81115994Sanctuary - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81144910Captain America: The First Avenger - https://boxd.it/28b0--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Piotr and Ricky talk with editor-author-podcast host Steve Hullfish, ACE about his latest book, Art of the Cut, Vol. 2.  They get into how he prepares for interviews, how over 360 interviews with top editors have influenced his own work and the 3 common traits of great editors. Steve also shares the edit/ film making books he always goes back to, a great bad-client story and how he literally cut and pasted together the first volume of Art of the Cut! And there might be a good back and forth about how AI will impact assistant editors.What books inspire you as an editor/film maker?—Here are links to some of the things mentioned in the episode:Art of the Cut, Vol 2 - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003410805/art-cut-steve-hullfishArt of the Cut, Vol 1 - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315297132/art-cut-steve-hullfish?context=ubx&refId=afed0ea5-c5f0-4c45-a215-78a0b0939a27Art of the Cut podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6hu9cnAzPTRlwJOVTIY18d?si=ef04feb6661e4dc8Orson Wells on editing - https://youtu.be/_peCBApLTzs?si=FAPwgoT9-kOl3qLZBooks:Making Movies by Sydney Lumet - https://a.co/d/hOtFagvInto the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story by John York - https://a.co/d/aPrDMN2In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch - https://a.co/d/dp5rYa0--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

In this quick episode, Piotr uses learning to ride his electric unicycle BACKWARDS as an analogy to discuss with Ricky the way we learn editing. The words intentionally, incidentally, experimentally and accidentally are thrown around, but what it boils down to is that being a good editor isn't something you learn in a book; It's something that comes with years of doing it repeatedly; finding out new things along the way by accident or experimentation. Also, in this episode we hear about Ricky's house-moving whoas, his trip to Copenhagen and watching Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Plus, Piotr mentions the Polish Netflix series, 1670.Can you ride a unicycle backwards?--Here are links to a few of the things mentioned in this episode:Electric unicycle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_unicycleIntentional vs Incidental Editing - https://typeset.io/questions/what-are-the-differences-between-incidental-and-intentional-901555hj2sMission Impossible: Rogue Nation - https://boxd.it/5rI41670 - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81553471--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Piotr, Ricky & Erwann talk about movies that inspire them in their work as editors as well as the ones that made them fall in love with editing in the first place.—Here are the links to most things mentioned in the episode:The Killer (1989): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-killer/The Big Short (2015): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-big-short/The Limey (1999): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-limey/The Graduate (1967): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-graduate/Requiem for a Dream (2000): https://letterboxd.com/film/requiem-for-a-dream/Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017): https://letterboxd.com/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri/Whiplash (2014): https://letterboxd.com/film/whiplash-2014/The Godfather (1972): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-godfather/Gran Turismo (2023): https://letterboxd.com/film/gran-turismo/Sexy Beast (2000): https://letterboxd.com/film/sexy-beast/Yellow Ticket (Piotr's short): https://www.cuttothepoint.com/yellow-ticket-film--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://cuttothepoint.com/podcastPiotr's YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Piotr, Ricky & Erwann prove that editors can read in episode 13.  The dudes talk about the list of books they use for reference and inspiration in their work. Titles such as Art of The Cut by Steve Hullfish, In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch and Paul Hirsch’s A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far Far Away - just to name a few.   Ricky stumbles through a Prowler edit update; Piotr’s working on a Yellow Ticket behind-the-scenes video and Erwann shares a challenge in the series he’s cutting.  And per usual they end on their watch-lists from the week: Ricky - Roadrunner & Telemarketers; Erwann - La Samouraï and Frankenstein; Piotr - The Zone of Interest & Your Honor.What are you watching/ reading?—Here are the links from most things mentioned in the episode:Art of The Cut by Steven Hullfish - https://a.co/d/090tKlq1Art of the Cut, Vol.2; Pre-order - https://www.routledge.com/Art-of-the-Cut-Conversations-with-Film-and-TV-Editors-Volume-II/Hullfish/p/book/9781032521305In The Blink of An Eye by Walter Murch - https://a.co/d/03LdiwAQA Long Time ago in a cutting Room Far Far Away by Paul Hirsch - https://a.co/d/0ikT1WcgThe Rise of the Filmtrepreneur by Alex Ferrari - https://filmtrepreneur.com/rise-of-the-filmtrepreneur-book/Cut to The Chase - Forty-Five Years of Editing America’s Favourite Movies by Sam O’Steen - https://a.co/d/0hfmm7v4The Conversations: Walter Murch & The Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje - https://a.co/d/0cogRl7vWhen The Shooting Stops the Cutting Begins by Ralph Rosenblum & Robert Karen - https://a.co/d/047BpHJ2How Documentaries Work by Jacob Bricca - https://newbooksnetwork.com/how-documentaries-workCut and Drag by Fabrizio Gammardella - https://amzn.eu/d/07RseDvYThe Best Filmmaking Books - Pick the Brains of Masters - https://youtu.be/3pfb-EWhoqs?si=lwVeuGyZvmk_f0UY(Interview) Walter Murch on His Upcoming Book — Suddenly Something Clicked - https://youtu.be/CzxPYbgYYFY?si=OxjqbBYJ2G_il0TSMaserati (Band) - https://www.ihaveadagger.net/Le Samouraï - https://boxd.it/22ZIRoadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - https://boxd.it/22ZIThe Mitchells vs The Machines - https://boxd.it/i7xmTelemarketer$ - https://www.hbo.com/telemarketersFrankenstein - https://boxd.it/25TeThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - https://boxd.it/u5zuThe Zone of Interest - https://boxd.it/gJsA--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Episode 12 - the Writing episode! Ricky is traveling Stateside so Erwann and Piotr talking about writing and how editing IS writing. Erwann shares his enjoyment of writing and the projects he's written and currently writing, including a feature. Piotr discloses that he's working on expanding Yellow Ticket into a feature. They touch on writing within your budget, following your instinct and to never stop writing despite your doubts. Piotr also, talks about why he decided to write a Yellow Tick making-of book. And they finish up the episode with their watchlists; Piotr - Your Honor and Godzilla Minus One; Erwann - Under Paris, The Night Doctor, To Die For and Hit Man.Your Honor - https://boxd.it/sBBeGodzilla Minus One - https://boxd.it/zu4cUnder Paris - https://boxd.it/BQFeThe Night Doctor - https://boxd.it/qEu2To Die For - https://boxd.it/2a5oHit Man - https://boxd.it/ANB2--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Episode 11 finds Ricky, Piotr and Erwann start off talking about the trailer Ricky’s cutting for a feature film with no dialogue. To title card or not to title card? Erwann, who’s cut many trailers for French TV and action-films, gives advice and insight on cutting a compelling and honest trailer. The dudes go down a rabbit hole of dishonest trailers, trailers that are better than the films and then, surprisingly, YouTube watch-time. There’s talk of maybe changing the podcast to “Trailer Talk.” Then Erwann leads a conversation about The Go-To-Editor (not a sponsor) and how professional development programs like it and others positively impacted their lives and careers.  It’s more than just improving your skills, there’s a community ripe with new friendships and professional connections, People! And surprise! We talk about imposter syndrome! Ricky and Erwann mention how it’s anxiety inducing breaking the ice at meet-ups and talking to editors/ directors you admire. Per-usual, they wrap the episode with watch lists; Ricky - Mad God and Mississippi Burning; Erwann - Rapid Fire, Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire and Bad Boys: Ride or Die and Piotr reads a book: Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky.Links to most of what we mentioned in the episode:The Go-To Editor - https://thegotoeditor.thinkific.com/The Editing Chef - https://cuttothepoint.thinkific.com/Every Frame a Painting - https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapaintingThe Dunning-Kruger Effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectPassengers - https://boxd.it/8lFuWhere The Wild Things Are - https://boxd.it/1K0CMad God - https://boxd.it/vVPmMississippi Burning - https://boxd.it/28r8Rapid Fire - https://boxd.it/1QI6Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire - https://boxd.it/AxYuBad Boys: Ride or Die - https://boxd.it/l3KiHumiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humiliated_and_Insulted--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp

Episode 10 - we’re into double digits folks!Erwann and Ricky fill in Piotr on meeting up in Paris. They go deep on discussing their thoughts about Piotr’s latest Cut to the Point video: “Why Editing Feedback is Key for your Film (Especially if You’re the Director).” The guys go back and forth on whether directors should even edit their own films and how they’ve convinced directors to work with them in the past. Piotr edited the short film he wrote/directed and Erwann asks if, in hindsight, Piotr should’ve had someone else edit it. The guys then touch on their process before diving into the edit. Then they comment how Cate Blanchett was named jury president of the main competition at Camerimage 2024, the film fest that celebrates cinematographers. Did you know she considers herself “middle class?” The dudes riff on that, too. Then they get into movie watch lists - Piotr watches Punch Drunk Love and the Polish film, Sonata (spoiler alert), Ricky is still watching Fallout and Erwann saw The Old Oak and cried. To conclude, Piotr and Erwann talk about American Fiction which Ricky still hasn’t seen. What are you watching?Here are links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:CTTP - Why Editing Feedback is Key for your Film (Especially if You’re the Director) - https://youtu.be/_h2uqNMgsmw?si=gY30Je2gMbtkDOtLSean Baker - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048918/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkAlex Gibney - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316795/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkJim Cummings - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526993/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkKevin Smith - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003620/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkCharlie Kaufman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442109/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkThe Old Oak - https://boxd.it/AEngSonata - https://letterboxd.com/film/sonata-2021-3/American Fiction - https://boxd.it/DYHmThe Last Black Man in San Fransisco - https://boxd.it/iWAwSound of Metal - https://boxd.it/i7Q4--We'd love to hear from you!Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.comOr you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTRWhere we make our movie watchlists: https://letterboxd.com/ (not a sponsor)--Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttorevealCut To Reveal website: https://www.cuttothepoint.com/podcastCut to the Point YT channel: https://youtube.com/@cttp