by Screen Editors | May 10, 2012 | Interviews Articles
The film maintains a strong level of tension throughout, playing on revealing pieces of the puzzle on the inciting incident along the way. How much was scripted placement of these flashback scenes and how much was played with in the edit? Kiz (Kieran Darcy-Smith) and...
by Screen Editors | Apr 17, 2012 | Interviews Articles
What attracted you to Australia The Time Traveller's Guide? Any excuse to work on a visually stunning series with the fabulous Dr Smith with a whole host of big ideas and planetary timelines to cram into what was originally three hours of television. Innovative...
by Screen Editors | Apr 8, 2012 | Interviews Articles
What attracted you to Australia The Time Traveller's Guide? Basically, to get a chance to help tell a BIG PICTURE story. With a starting point at the Year 'Dot' and covering a span of 4.6 billion years across four 1 hour episodes, I guess films don't get much bigger...
by Screen Editors | Mar 16, 2012 | Interviews Articles
In The Straits your block of episodes is the end of the series. Did this heighten the editing style? Not really, except for the final episode, which has a long sequence of parallel action in which all the conflicts of the series come to a head: A surprising one, I...
by Screen Editors | Mar 15, 2012 | Interviews Articles
There is a mix of family drama, high octane illegal business, humour in various guises, the Papua belief system and Christianity. How did you balance it in the middle block of The Straits? There's a significant event at the end of episode 3, which has a huge effect on...
by Screen Editors | Mar 14, 2012 | Interviews Articles
The Straits has strong scripts, great cast, exotic locations. How did you enhance these elements in the edit? I think whenever you have strong elements across all departments you need to be equally as good in your own area of expertise. To enhance these elements I...