What Does a Film Editor REALLY Do? (w/ Josh Ethier, ACE)
EP406
The journey to make They Like the Dark continues, and this week Mike Pecci is searching for one of the most important creative collaborators a director can have: the editor.
Joining Mike is acclaimed film editor Josh Ethier, ACE, whose credits include Companion, Don’t Move, Orphan: First Kill, Gretel & Hansel, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, VFW, Bliss, Mayhem, and Christmas Bloody Christmas.
As Mike prepares his first feature film, he’s bringing ILWP listeners along for the ride as he meets potential collaborators and builds the team that will help bring They Like the Dark to life.
Today, Mike and Josh go deep into what a feature film editor actually does, and some of the answers might surprise you.
What should a director look for in an editor? What makes an editor want to take on a project? How much of the movie is discovered after production? What makes a great director and editor relationship? And what happens when you finish your first cut and realize the real work is only beginning?
Mike and Josh nerd out about horror cinema, rhythm, performance, test screenings, getting past that first pass, and learning how to find the movie hiding inside all that footage.
They also talk about the hunt for great collaborators. How do you know when someone understands your taste? How do you find people willing to challenge you? And how do you build a creative relationship where everyone is pushing toward the same movie?
And because this is In Love with the Process, things naturally go off the rails.
Mike also gets into something everyone apparently needs a refresher course on: how to interact with celebrities when you see them in public, how to treat famous people like normal human beings, and how NOT to act when you recognize someone.
Filmmaking, horror movies, editing, collaboration, celebrity encounters, and plenty of classic ILWP tangents.
If you're a filmmaker, this conversation will give you a completely new insight into how movies are cut together and how to find the people you want beside you while making one.
If you're a movie nerd who wants to know what really happens after someone yells "cut," welcome to the editing room.
Music: Code Elektro, Mitch Murder
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