With the 2018 Oscar winners’ statuettes now proudly on display on their mantlepieces, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ surplus carefully stowed away for another year, it’s …
Betsy McLane
Betsy McLane
Betsy A. McLane is the author of A New History of Documentary Film: Second Edition. She served as the project director for the American Documentary Showcase, and was the executive director of the International Documentary Association. Contact her at [email protected].
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Jacob Bricca’s book on editing documentary film is a how-to that is firmly lodged in the digital technology of 2018. While new in many ways, it employs basic editing logic …
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Assessing the Media Landscape for Common Ground
by Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLane“The Storytellers Dilemma: Overcoming the Challenges in the Media Age” is meant for everyone who works in the media industries, whether in content creation, post-production finance or distribution.
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Run of DeMille
Red Scare, Blacklist and a Directorial Feudby Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLaneThe blacklisting of Communists, former Communists, union supporters, socialists and people whose only agenda was to create films was a fact of life in the entertainment industry during the 1950s …
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Planet Waves – Walter Murch and the Sounds of the Solar System
by Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLaneThe title of Lawrence Weschler’s book, “Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists,” is complex and slightly mysterious, fitting for an exploration into the …
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Steve Hullfish knows how to talk with editors. In addition to writing five previous books (all published by Focal Press), including The Art and Technology of Digital Color Correction and …
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Lillian E. Benson –
A Force of Nature with a Heart of Goldby Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLaneby Betsy A. McLane • portrait by Wm. Stetz Making a mark on the art of picture editing early in her career, Lillian E. Benson, ACE, continues to create notable …
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Early on, a Woman’s Place Was in the Cutting Room
by Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLane“Great film editing begins with great pictures,” said Barbara “Bobbie” McLean in a 1977 interview in Film Comment magazine. She could make such a gracious statement with authority at that …
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Textbook Examples: Two Different Views on Filmmaking and Editing
by Betsy McLaneby Betsy McLaneTwo new books offer decidedly different approaches to the art and craft of creating motion pictures.
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The number of books dedicated specifically to motion picture editing is not large. There is a steady supply of how-to guides, often geared to specific technologies