The Editor's Cut

This episode is a recording from the popular panel that took place in Toronto on April 4th, 2019 at Triangle Post! Cutting Drake's Videos. God's Plan, Hotline Bling, Nice for What - these music videos have hundreds of millions, if not billions of streams - and they're being cut right here in Toronto, Canada by Canadian editors.

Editors Laura McMillan, Raj Ramnauth, and Kat Webber will shed light on collaborating with world-renowned music video directors (Director X, Karena Evans) and the creative process behind some of the most watched clips on the web. Moderated by editor Jordan Hayles.

In this episode Sarah Taylor sits down with Brenda Terning, Krystal Moss and Scott Parker the edit team behind the Nature of Things series Equus: Story of the Horse.

This series has been hugely successful and recently was the most awarded documentary project in Canada at the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards. This included winning the Rob Stewart Award for Best Science and Nature Program. The series has also received 18 Alberta Film Award nominations. Since the recording of this episode Krystal Moss and Brenda Terning won Best Editor Non-Fiction Over 30 minutes at the Alberta Film Awards!

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Bryan Atkinson. Bryan has been a passionate student of film since the age of 14, and an award-winning editor of motion pictures for the last fifteen years.

Sarah and Bryan talk about his time at the Vancouver Film School, the Canadian Film Centre and discuss his work on Closet Monster, Mary Goes Round and Paper Year as well as the critically acclaimed short film Hole.

Check out some of Bryan's work below!

Hole

Heritage Minutes: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Heritage Minutes: Jim Egan

This episode is part two of a two part series covering the Vancouver Women in Post event that took place on June 16th, 2018. This episode features award winning drama editors Daria Ellerman, CCE, Lara Mazur, CCE and Nicole Ratcliffe, CCE as they discuss with moderator Karen Lam some of the impactful projects they have worked on in their editing careers.

Daria Ellerman, CCE discusses her work on the feature film The Bird Watcher and the importance of knowing when not to cut.

Lara Mazur, CCE talks about the importance of the film On the Farm.

Nicole Ratcliffe, CCE shares with us a scene that she cut from the series End Game that didn't go according to plan but was a great lesson for the rest of her career.

The Vancouver Women in Post series was generously sponsored by IATSE Local 891.

This episode is part one of a two part series covering the Vancouver Women in Post event that took place on June 16th, 2018. This episode features award winning documentary editors Erin Cumming, Carmen Pollard and Jenn Strom as they discuss their work with moderator Sharon McGowan.

The Vancouver Women in Post series was generously sponsored by IATSE Local 891.

In this episode Sarah Taylor interviews Toronto based editor Pauline Decroix. Pauline and Sarah talk about her journey from Paris to now Toronto, her time at the Canadian Film Centre and her work on the feature documentary Sans Maman. Pauline shares with us some great insight into her world of editing.

This episode is the Q&A between Sabrina Pitre and moderator Michael J. Bateman, CCE that took place in Vancouver on January 24, 2018.

Michael and Sabrina discuss her work on the Disney series Mech X4, Sisters and Brothers and Freaks.

This is the final episode of the EditCon series and it covers the ups and downs of working in LA. Matt Hannam, CCE, Stephen Philipson, CCE and Andrew Coutts, CCE share their experiences with Chris Mutton about cutting shows like Star Trek: Discovery, American Gods and The OA as well as indie feature films in the United States.

Andrew Coutts tells us about some of the differences he found working on the LA based series Star Trek: Discovery.

Matt Hannam talks about the difficulties of getting into the American unions and his work on Swiss Army Man.

And Stephen Philipson explains why he chose to make the big move to a highly competitive environment.

This is episode three of a four part series covering EditCon and spotlights Richard Comeau, CCE, the multiple award winning editor of Maelstrom, Polytechnique, Rebelle, 2 Lovers and a Bear and Eye on Juliet. Richard will talk to director Jim Allodi about the importance of the editor's input at script stage and about the strategies he uses when he realizes there is a better way to tell the story.

This episode is part two of a four part series covering EditCon and features editors from the hugely successful TV dramas The Handsmaid's Tale, Big Little Lies and Anne and is moderated by editors Roslyn Kalloo, CCE and Teresa De Luca, CCE.

Wendy Hallam Martin, CCE talks about how she approached the riveting scenes of The Handmaid's Tale.

Justin Lachance and Véronique Barbe will reveal the unconventional process used in the cutting of Big Little Lies.

D. Gillian Truster, CCE shares her insights on the evolving editing techniques that inspired her work on the updated version of Anne.