INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES

Orly Danon ASE ASE Mentorship Programme Mentorship can take place in various ways. Casual conversations at Sundowner events, asking a more experienced mate to watch your work and comment, are just some ways to help your fellow Editors. Here at the ASE we run a...

Meredith Watson Jeffrey ASE is featured in this months Meet the ASE Community. Meredith is a Perth based Editor with over 30 years of experience in the edit room. Read more about how she started and why she joined the ASE.

by Grace Eyre Annelise Hickey's short film ‘Hafekasi’ was my favourite job this year, and I almost didn't get it. I have worked with Annelise several times, including on some ASE Ellie-nominated work, and we've always been great collaborators. However, I’d just...

'THE ANGELS: KICKIN' DOWN THE DOOR' Editing Process & Experience  Written by Emma McGavisk  When I was approached to edit 'The Angels: Kickin' Down The Door' by director Madeleine Parry and producer Peter Hanlon, I was both excited and terrified. This was an...

This May the ASE partnered with Flying Bark Productions to host an animation masterclass for Bus Stop Films students. Roughly 30 students were in attendance via Zoom. The class was run by director Noel Cleary and Editor Adam Rainford, with support from Flying Bark HR...

The following interview with the Editor of 'Strong Female Lead', Rachel Grierson-Johns, was published by The Curb and is reproduced with permission. It has been edited slightly for length. Thank you to Andrew Peirce who is an ardent supporter of the film industry and...

by Peter Galvin Dear Members About a month ago Alison at the ASE wrote and asked whether I could share some of the things I’ve discovered while researching my forthcoming book 'A Long Way from Anywhere, The Story of 'Wake in Fright' and the Australian Feature Film...

By Tony Buckley AM I have been a subscriber to 'The New Yorker' magazine for over 45 years and have become addicted to its film reviews, particularly those of critic and author Anthony Lane. Always pithy, witty  and sometimes sarcastic when making comparisons and...

by Scott Walmsley This October I was fortunate to be invited to undergo training in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) as part of an initiative organised by actor and filmmaker Ben Steel. MHFA is the help provided to a person who is; developing a mental health problem,...

By Ken Sallows ASE Sandringham, Victoria. Monday 16 August 2021Crawford Productions, my first employer in 1973, at the age of 17, produced many television shows. There was a formula to learn as an Assistant Editor on the 16mm. footage - "Start each scene with a wide...

Working on Frans Vandenburg and Claude Gonzalez’s documentary 'John Farrow: Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows' reminded me how dedicated filmmakers need to be to capture the essence of their subject in their films.  Over the past decade when Frans and Claude have been...