Cut to Reveal: Recent Episodes
Ricky & Piotr
Cut to Reveal: two freelance editors, from different countries, who've never met in real life discussing editing, interviewing experts, and sharing their insights from a freelancer perspective. Join Piotr Toczynski and Ricky Cozzolino bi-weekly for a conversation about editing and filmmaking.
This episode has a video component to it as Ricky, Piotr and Erwann watch old edits and discuss their significance and what they learn from them. Erwann shares "Drift," the first action short he cut; Ricky a Halloween promo for the Starz network and Piotr a Maths Pathway awareness documentary. You can watch the episode on our Youtube channel. FYI - We've shared Ricky and Erwann's full edits, which are under a minute and about 30 seconds of Piotr's because it's 16 minutes long.
What's an edit that you're proud of and why?
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Here are the links to their full videos and the visual version:
CTR S2 E23 - Revisiting Old Edits - https://youtu.be/j6nE5JSOcHM
Drift - https://youtu.be/HO5_BoD4cno?si=qPkrps6wFoA2YhPt
Starz Halloween Collection promo - https://vimeo.com/60851470?share=copy
Journey to True Differentiation: The Maths Pathway Story - https://youtu.be/zf6hQR38qFY?si=hnBBHsDEzXVYZplP
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In episode 22, Erwann introduces Piotr and Ricardo to French cinema by sharing his utter lack of knowledge of his own country’s movies and directors. He gets into the movies that made him and hopes to inspire the viewers to follow his recommendations. Piotr also shares a couple of French movies he enjoys, while Ricardo repeatedly repeats « Amelie » and « 400 Blows » to make it look like he knows French cinema.
Films we've mentioned: https://boxd.it/yEV92$6o32JEcX6Y6QAtUc
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Episode 21 and Erwann is back from his vacation! He shares with Piotr and Rick how it’s been cutting a TV series for the first time. Erwann talks about how he got the job, creating the films grammar, working with a progressive shortage of coverage and other challenges, plus working with a composer for the first time. The discussion leads Piotr into mentioning the latest video from Every Frame a Painting on YouTube about sustained two-shots. There’s a little back and forth about the evolution of shot length and the way actors convey emotion. From there they get into Ricky putting up sound proofing in his new home editing suite. Then Erwann asks the guys to share one movie/ show from the watchlist that week and Ricky gives three...
What’s your favorite TV series right now?
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Here are link to some things mentioned in the episode:
DCPomatic: https://dcpomatic.com
Every Frame A Painting - The Sustained Two-Shot: https://youtu.be/mn2Dcy-NDTw?si=Cejm2hBnkM8tOVWf
Cold Little Bird - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21654496/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Doctor Who - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31433814/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Russel T. Davies - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203961/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Brats - https://boxd.it/BMHK
The Brat Pack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brat_Pack
The Promise Land - https://boxd.it/B1hA
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We’re out of our teens into our twenties this season. Episode 20! Piotr and Ricky respond to a listener question about how editing informed Piotr directing his short film, “Yellow Ticket.” Prepare for some good anecdotes, plus a George Romero reference. Piotr congratulates Ricky on winning Besting Editing for his work on “Holding These Moments” at the Palma Film Festival in Mallorca. Then they get into their weekly watch-list.
What’s your favorite non-zombie George Romero film?
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Links to few things mentioned in this episode:
Yellow Ticket - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28756177/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
George Romero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero
Holding These Moments - https://boxd.it/sg1Y
Palma Film Festival - https://palmafilmfestival.com/category/winners/february-june-winners/
Furiosa - https://boxd.it/tABk
Porco Rosso - https://boxd.it/1Tp2
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In episode 19, Ricky and Piotr start off by making fun of Erwann then talk about Camerimage International Film Festival in Torún, Poland. Hopefully Ricky can attend with Piotr this November. After that they give shout-outs to podcast listeners Khalid and Robert for sending in constructive feedback and thanks. If you guys are reading this description you are much appreciate. Piotr and Ricky then make fun of Erwann in the Olympics and discuss how mind-blowing post-production must be for the games. This brings up a 2005 article, that Ricky found written by Paul Hirsch, ACE reminiscing about The Droid Olympics, a competition amongst assistant edits in the late 70’s to early 80s. A fun look back at a hidden time in film history. Piotr then talks about how he used the Milanote app to break down a possible film project into individual cards on a digital board, similar to how great editors like Walter Murch will use photos and post-it notes to see a films structure. After which Piotr mentions that LOST, his favorite TV Shows is now on Netflix and Ricky talks about how great of an edit The Bear S3 Episode 2 is. Shout out to editor Joanna Naugle, ACE from SENIOR POST for that.
If there was an editor/ AE Olympics what would your event be?
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Here are some links of things we mention in the episode:
EnergaCAMERIMAGE Int. Film Festival - https://camerimage.pl/en/
Olympics Broadcast Services (OBS) - https://www.obs.tv/home
The Droid Olympics: When Editing was a Competitive Sport - https://cinemontage.org/the-droid-olympics/
Golf Tech is Hidden in Plain Sight (Marques Brownlee) - https://youtu.be/MV1qaFv4VUg?si=iuFmNBjc3w1rCLy6
Milanote App (not a sponsor) - https://milanote.com/
LOST (on Netflix - also not a sponsor) - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/70136118
Sanctuary (also on Netflix) - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81144910
Paul Hirsch, ACE - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386532/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Joanna Naugle, ACE - https://www.joannanaugle.com/
SENIOR POST - http://www.senior-post.com/
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Ricky and Piotr suspect that Erwann is competing in the Olympics so they talk about 8 Productivity Hacks for Editors without him. These hacks aren’t dependent on software or hardware so editors of every skill level can benefit from them. Piotr and Ricky also discuss the impact of Meta’s new opensource AI rotoscoping model: SAM 2, Yellow Ticket screening at the Bridge Film Fest in Verona, Italy and their recent watch lists.
What keeps you focused on an edit?
*Full disclosure: you can learn more about these productivity hacks in Piotr’s online course, The Editing Chef.
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Some links for things mentioned in the episode:
The Editing Chef - https://cuttothepoint.gumroad.com/l/the-editing-chef
SAM 2 - https://ai.meta.com/sam2/
Bridge Film Fest - https://bridgefilmfestival.eu/
Tiger King - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81115994
Sanctuary - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81144910
Captain America: The First Avenger - https://boxd.it/28b0
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Piotr and Ricky talk with editor-author-podcast host Steve Hullfish, ACE about his latest book, Art of the Cut, Vol. 2. They get into how he prepares for interviews, how over 360 interviews with top editors have influenced his own work and the 3 common traits of great editors. Steve also shares the edit/ film making books he always goes back to, a great bad-client story and how he literally cut and pasted together the first volume of Art of the Cut! And there might be a good back and forth about how AI will impact assistant editors.
What books inspire you as an editor/film maker?
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Here are links to some of the things mentioned in the episode:
Art of the Cut, Vol 2 - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003410805/art-cut-steve-hullfish
Art of the Cut, Vol 1 - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315297132/art-cut-steve-hullfish?context=ubx&refId=afed0ea5-c5f0-4c45-a215-78a0b0939a27
Art of the Cut podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6hu9cnAzPTRlwJOVTIY18d?si=ef04feb6661e4dc8
Orson Wells on editing - https://youtu.be/_peCBApLTzs?si=FAPwgoT9-kOl3qLZ
Books:
Making Movies by Sydney Lumet - https://a.co/d/hOtFagv
Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story by John York - https://a.co/d/aPrDMN2
In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch - https://a.co/d/dp5rYa0
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In this quick episode, Piotr uses learning to ride his electric unicycle BACKWARDS as an analogy to discuss with Ricky the way we learn editing. The words intentionally, incidentally, experimentally and accidentally are thrown around, but what it boils down to is that being a good editor isn't something you learn in a book; It's something that comes with years of doing it repeatedly; finding out new things along the way by accident or experimentation. Also, in this episode we hear about Ricky's house-moving whoas, his trip to Copenhagen and watching Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. Plus, Piotr mentions the Polish Netflix series, 1670.
Can you ride a unicycle backwards?
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Here are links to a few of the things mentioned in this episode:
Electric unicycle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_unicycle
Intentional vs Incidental Editing - https://typeset.io/questions/what-are-the-differences-between-incidental-and-intentional-901555hj2s
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - https://boxd.it/5rI4
1670 - https://www.netflix.com/de-en/title/81553471
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Piotr, Ricky & Erwann talk about movies that inspire them in their work as editors as well as the ones that made them fall in love with editing in the first place.
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Here are the links to most things mentioned in the episode:
The Killer (1989): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-killer/
The Big Short (2015): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-big-short/
The Limey (1999): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-limey/
The Graduate (1967): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-graduate/
Requiem for a Dream (2000): https://letterboxd.com/film/requiem-for-a-dream/
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017): https://letterboxd.com/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri/
Whiplash (2014): https://letterboxd.com/film/whiplash-2014/
The Godfather (1972): https://letterboxd.com/film/the-godfather/
Gran Turismo (2023): https://letterboxd.com/film/gran-turismo/
Sexy Beast (2000): https://letterboxd.com/film/sexy-beast/
Yellow Ticket (Piotr's short): https://www.cuttothepoint.com/yellow-ticket-film
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Piotr, Ricky & Erwann prove that editors can read in episode 13. The dudes talk about the list of books they use for reference and inspiration in their work. Titles such as Art of The Cut by Steve Hullfish, In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch and Paul Hirsch’s A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far Far Away - just to name a few. Ricky stumbles through a Prowler edit update; Piotr’s working on a Yellow Ticket behind-the-scenes video and Erwann shares a challenge in the series he’s cutting. And per usual they end on their watch-lists from the week: Ricky - Roadrunner & Telemarketers; Erwann - La Samouraï and Frankenstein; Piotr - The Zone of Interest & Your Honor.
What are you watching/ reading?
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Here are the links from most things mentioned in the episode:
Art of The Cut by Steven Hullfish - https://a.co/d/090tKlq1
Art of the Cut, Vol.2; Pre-order - https://www.routledge.com/Art-of-the-Cut-Conversations-with-Film-and-TV-Editors-Volume-II/Hullfish/p/book/9781032521305
In The Blink of An Eye by Walter Murch - https://a.co/d/03LdiwAQ
A Long Time ago in a cutting Room Far Far Away by Paul Hirsch - https://a.co/d/0ikT1Wcg
The Rise of the Filmtrepreneur by Alex Ferrari - https://filmtrepreneur.com/rise-of-the-filmtrepreneur-book/
Cut to The Chase - Forty-Five Years of Editing America’s Favourite Movies by Sam O’Steen - https://a.co/d/0hfmm7v4
The Conversations: Walter Murch & The Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje - https://a.co/d/0cogRl7v
When The Shooting Stops the Cutting Begins by Ralph Rosenblum & Robert Karen - https://a.co/d/047BpHJ2
How Documentaries Work by Jacob Brice - https://newbooksnetwork.com/how-documentaries-work
Cut and Drag by Fabrizio Gammardella - https://amzn.eu/d/07RseDvY
The Best Filmmaking Books - Pick the Brains of Masters - https://youtu.be/3pfb-EWhoqs?si=lwVeuGyZvmk_f0UY
(Interview) Walter Murch on His Upcoming Book — Suddenly Something Clicked - https://youtu.be/CzxPYbgYYFY?si=OxjqbBYJ2G_il0TS
Maserati (Band) - https://www.ihaveadagger.net/
Le Samouraï - https://boxd.it/22ZI
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain - https://boxd.it/22ZI
The Mitchells vs The Machines - https://boxd.it/i7xm
Telemarketer$ - https://www.hbo.com/telemarketers
Frankenstein - https://boxd.it/25Te
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - https://boxd.it/u5zu
The Zone of Interest - https://boxd.it/gJsA
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Episode 12 - the Writing episode! Ricky is traveling Stateside so Erwann and Piotr talking about writing and how editing IS writing. Erwann shares his enjoyment of writing and the projects he's written and currently writing, including a feature. Piotr discloses that he's working on expanding Yellow Ticket into a feature. They touch on writing within your budget, following your instinct and to never stop writing despite your doubts. Piotr also, talks about why he decided to write a Yellow Tick making-of book. And they finish up the episode with their watchlists; Piotr - Your Honor and Godzilla Minus One; Erwann - Under Paris, The Night Doctor, To Die For and Hit Man.
Your Honor - https://boxd.it/sBBe
Godzilla Minus One - https://boxd.it/zu4c
Under Paris - https://boxd.it/BQFe
The Night Doctor - https://boxd.it/qEu2
To Die For - https://boxd.it/2a5o
Hit Man - https://boxd.it/ANB2
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Episode 11 finds Ricky, Piotr and Erwann start off talking about the trailer Ricky’s cutting for a feature film with no dialogue. To title card or not to title card? Erwann, who’s cut many trailers for French TV and action-films, gives advice and insight on cutting a compelling and honest trailer. The dudes go down a rabbit hole of dishonest trailers, trailers that are better than the films and then, surprisingly, YouTube watch-time. There’s talk of maybe changing the podcast to “Trailer Talk.” Then Erwann leads a conversation about The Go-To-Editor (not a sponsor) and how professional development programs like it and others positively impacted their lives and careers. It’s more than just improving your skills, there’s a community ripe with new friendships and professional connections, People! And surprise! We talk about imposter syndrome! Ricky and Erwann mention how it’s anxiety inducing breaking the ice at meet-ups and talking to editors/ directors you admire. Per-usual, they wrap the episode with watch lists; Ricky - Mad God and Mississippi Burning; Erwann - Rapid Fire, Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire and Bad Boys: Ride or Die and Piotr reads a book: Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Links to most of what we mentioned in the episode:
The Go-To Editor - https://thegotoeditor.thinkific.com/
The Editing Chef - https://cuttothepoint.thinkific.com/
Every Frame a Painting - https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting
The Dunning-Kruger Effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Passengers - https://boxd.it/8lFu
Where The Wild Things Are - https://boxd.it/1K0C
Mad God - https://boxd.it/vVPm
Mississippi Burning - https://boxd.it/28r8
Rapid Fire - https://boxd.it/1QI6
Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire - https://boxd.it/AxYu
Bad Boys: Ride or Die - https://boxd.it/l3Ki
Humiliated and Insulted by Fyodor Dostoevsky - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humiliated_and_Insulted
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Episode 10 - we’re into double digits folks!
Erwann and Ricky fill in Piotr on meeting up in Paris. They go deep on discussing their thoughts about Piotr’s latest Cut to the Point video: “Why Editing Feedback is Key for your Film (Especially if You’re the Director).” The guys go back and forth on whether directors should even edit their own films and how they’ve convinced directors to work with them in the past. Piotr edited the short film he wrote/directed and Erwann asks if, in hindsight, Piotr should’ve had someone else edit it. The guys then touch on their process before diving into the edit. Then they comment how Cate Blanchett was named jury president of the main competition at Camerimage 2024, the film fest that celebrates cinematographers. Did you know she considers herself “middle class?” The dudes riff on that, too. Then they get into movie watch lists - Piotr watches Punch Drunk Love and the Polish film, Sonata (spoiler alert), Ricky is still watching Fallout and Erwann saw The Old Oak and cried. To conclude, Piotr and Erwann talk about American Fiction which Ricky still hasn’t seen. What are you watching?
Here are links to most of the things we mentioned in the episode:
CTTP - Why Editing Feedback is Key for your Film (Especially if You’re the Director) - https://youtu.be/_h2uqNMgsmw?si=gY30Je2gMbtkDOtL
Sean Baker - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048918/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Alex Gibney - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316795/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Jim Cummings - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526993/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Kevin Smith - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003620/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Charlie Kaufman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442109/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The Old Oak - https://boxd.it/AEng
Sonata - https://letterboxd.com/film/sonata-2021-3/
American Fiction - https://boxd.it/DYHm
The Last Black Man in San Fransisco - https://boxd.it/iWAw
Sound of Metal - https://boxd.it/i7Q4
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In episode 9, Piotr is on vacation leaving Ricky and Erwann to fend for themselves. Ricky talks about currently working on his first narrative feature and Erwann shares his experience cutting promo trailers for a French TV station. They both concur on how by starting to work on their own projects and low/ no budget projects it helped them become better problem solvers. Plus, Erwann and Ricky get into how their career paths haven't followed a straight line and that project constraints are a good thing. Then they wrap it with their watch list from the week: Ricky - Furiosa & Late Night with the Devil; Erwann - Concrete Utopia.
Here are links to things we mentioned in the episode:
Late Night with the Devil (trailer) - https://youtu.be/cvt-mauboTc?si=qG86HUOAhJ5aVYNf
Furiosa (trailer) - https://youtu.be/FVswuip0-co?si=AlPjd-XbA5VDk7B6
Concrete Utopia (trailer) - https://youtu.be/LB7Dtqm4zo8?si=ucbr6hIyVnCnQex7
Tim Biedron (tattoo artist) - https://timbiedron.com/
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In this episode of CTR Erwann Kerroc’h joins Piotr and Ricky on the podcast! He is welcomed with open arms and they discuss a few projects Erwann is working on and the CNC. Piotr wants to know what the Cannes film festival means to someone from France…and from America and how every movie played gets a minutes long standing ovation. Ricky brings up the crazy drama behind the scenes of the move Chinatown, wading the episode out into the dark deep end discussing actors and directors behaving (very) badly. The conversation then wanders into thoughts on reality TV and how Ricky surrounded the Real-World house in Chicago along with a 100 other punk kids. Piotr and Ricky recount last weekends 10K and disc golf tournament and they all discuss their watch lists from the week: Ricky - Fallout (tv), Erwann - Punch Drunk Love & Boy Kills World, Piotr - Molly’s Game. There’s probably more things mentioned in the episode but you’ll have to listen to find out!
Here are links to most of the things we talked about in the episode (in no particular order):
Centre National Du Cinéma et de L’image Animée (CNC) - https://youtu.be/0cumzf_Q4u8?si=w7sbmUIVCMChBMNz
Cannes Film Fest - https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
EO (trailer) - https://youtu.be/ii0gjj963ZY?si=qojqt7xduND96heG
Furiosa (trailer) - https://youtu.be/XJMuhwVlca4?si=zuYACx7fhqdy9qWT
Anya Taylor Joy - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5896355/
What Went Wrong podcast (Chinatown Ep) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/10cQHxTNM5lrSjVUBbq3m5?si=76c66a2f4ee34f87
UnREAL - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3314218/
Real World Chicago - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_World:_Chicago
Jerry Springer Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jerry_Springer_Show
Roman Polanski - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski
Gérard Depardieu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu
Anora - https://letterboxd.com/film/anora/
Megalopolis (trailer) - https://youtu.be/x5ouDGB6xyU?si=N0ES_3jkCxp0ktVi
The Room (trailer) - https://youtu.be/cG_e8k9PILM?si=CPIizhbh1p9A3c_0
Hydro-Riddle or Hydro-Puzzle - https://letterboxd.com/film/hydro-puzzle/
Klaus Kinski - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski
Werner Herzog - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog
My Best Fiend (trailer) - https://youtu.be/Lae8FewbnuU?si=HcvQ7J-HCnnf1uEv
Molly’s Game (trailer) - https://youtu.be/Vu4UPet8Nyc?si=ginI_h9kFDXH4U5N
Punch Drunk Love (trailer) - https://youtu.be/KGqn5k227HY?si=jZ9esTcWQ9QfWy4t
Boy Kills World (trailer) - https://youtu.be/z6NibtjmjOk?si=BXaGdhVVsWObYImb
Fallout (trailer) - https://youtu.be/V-mugKDQDlg?si=GisD5g_shiCveOiU
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Lucky episode 7! This week Piotr and Ricky share a few funny/ embarrassing work stories, sing Soundly's praises to the high heavens (not a sponsor), mention the outrage of a recent iPad commercial that has people panties in a bunch. Plus their latest watch list: The Last Movie Stars and Last Stop in Yuma County. Also, Alex Familian's bizarrely awesome Taco Bell Film Fest short is up on vimeo! And last but not least: Ricky and Piotr are stoked to share that famed editor Erwann Kerroc'h will be joining them on CTR as an additional host!
Here's are links to the things we mention in the episode:
Soundly - https://getsoundly.com/
Apple iPad commercial write-up - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/apple-apologizes-ipad-pro-crush-ad-criticism-1235895327/
The Last Movie Stars - https://youtu.be/gaFAvN-DnH0?si=-WQlyPQn_d-WF-B3
Last Stop in Yuma County - https://youtu.be/gaFAvN-DnH0?si=-WQlyPQn_d-WF-B3
Mr. Chihuahua presents: Backrooms Vacation - https://vimeo.com/929435484
If we forgot anything, let us know!
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In this episode, Ricky and Piotr have a good conversation on the exciting world of outreach emails! And by these they mean reaching out to professionals you admire, who had a similar career trajectory as yours for advice/ guidance. Ricky mentions why it's not a easy and Piotr tells his own tale of successful outreach. Also, they talk about the short films "Clock" and "Appendage," short films that were turned into features. Plus Ricky gushes about "The New Look," a limited AppleTV series from the mind of Todd A. Kessler, about the rise of fashion designer Christian Dior & fall of Coco Chanel during and after WW2.
Here are links to the movies and people we talk about:
Clock (short) - https://youtu.be/k9m4J8vIvzM?si=3No3jI_NOvN0SVt2
Clock (feature trailer) - https://youtu.be/dsmuf95eshk?si=D0doXDlYFoXA1zP8
Appendage (short) - https://youtu.be/5ftbicaFntQ?si=lhOTJ_IrtY1B40R1
Appendage (feature trailer) - https://youtu.be/iqowBGrKzuU?si=KbR--8QAIP9CWK2j
Joe Walker - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907863/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739894/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Zach Arnold's Optimize Yourself - https://optimizeyourself.me/
The New Look - https://youtu.be/lXN5Ws7LxkA?si=eDqkhjmgV6ovzQtw
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This week Piotr confesses that he hasn't seen as many Polish films as American films. So he's created a list of films from his home or by Polish directors that he has seen and recommends. Ricky reads all the synopsis; they discuss how the films influence Piotr as a film maker and how cultural differences might pass over viewers heads.
Here is the list of films we discussed in no particular order. Add them to your list and let us know what you think.
Nothing Funny - https://letterboxd.com/film/nothing-funny/
Knife in The Water - https://letterboxd.com/film/knife-in-the-water/
Corpus Christi - https://letterboxd.com/film/corpus-christi-2019/
Tess - https://letterboxd.com/film/tess/
Sweat - https://letterboxd.com/film/sweat-2020/
Ida - https://letterboxd.com/film/ida/
Debt - https://letterboxd.com/film/the-debt-1999/
Three Colours: White - https://letterboxd.com/film/three-colours-white/
Gods - https://letterboxd.com/film/gods-2014/
The Pianist - https://letterboxd.com/film/the-pianist/
Carnage - https://letterboxd.com/film/carnage/
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We are on a roll!
In episode 4, Piotr and Ricky talk deep about the expectations of the Harry Potter TV series slated for MAX.
They chat about a listener submitted topic (Thanks Erwann!) about editors who cut for influencers and how "retention editing" is changing.
Plus, content platforms like Vimeo training AI with all their content, The Royal Tenenbaums (Ricky's favorite film), The Shogun finale (Piotr loved it) and more!
The is the link to the Washington Post article about influencer editing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/30/video-editing-mrbeast-retention/
Here's a link to Vimeo's CEO blog about what they're doing with AI: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/note-on-ai
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After a long time between episodes, Cut To Reveal is back!
In the 3rd episode of the new season, Piotr and Ricky talk about film festivals, AI-tools and what it means for editors, and Shogun: The Official Podcast.
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After a long time between episodes, Cut To Reveal is back!
In the 2nd episode of the new season, Piotr and Ricky talk about exporting low-res timelines from Premiere, getting paid with Wise instead of PayPal, Ricky's new project, Letterboxd and the latest movies they've seen. Plus, Piotr plugs his Premiere Pro seminar!
This season will be a little more off-the-cuff AND weekly! So expect more about editing, film making and what Ricky and Piotr do in real life!
Links mentioned in the episode:
https://cuttothepoint.gumroad.com/l/powerplay
https://wise.com/
https://letterboxd.com/
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Eddie Hamilton, ACE is known for working on some of the biggest action movies in the last 10 years. And even before he graced the screen with his work on the Mission Impossible movies, he was already a master of the countdown sequence. In this episode, Eddie gives a behind-the-scenes commentary on two incredible scenes from Tom Gun: Maverick, tells his expectations of AI and how he learned the language of film.
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Cut To Reveal is produced and edited by Ricardo Cozzolino and Piotr Toczyński.
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Alex Gibney is the guy behind such great documentaries as "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "Citizen Kane" and "The Forever Prisoner." In this CTR Quick Cut episode, Piotr talks with Alex about using editing to tell the story in a documentary and what he looks for in an editor.
This is a short segment from a longer conversation.
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Piotr talks with Richard Schwadel about his work on the first episode of "Lucky Hank" starring Bob Odenkirk. He takes Piotr through the process of editing the opening scene.
This is a short segment from a longer conversation.
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Piotr talks with the renowned editor and author, Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Tomorrowland) about his process in editing a scene.
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Rodrigo Brazão is an Emmy Award winning Brazilian/ Latino editor who recently helped cut Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me. Rodrigo has worked on some of the biggest shows in Brazil and many documentaries since coming to the states. One, "Dreams from the Deep End - Modupeola Fadugba ," he won an Emmy for! We talk with him about the challenges of moving from Brazil to the US and finding work, the feeling of winning an Emmy and how an editor is like an archeologist. Plus, how he doesn't like edit reels and much more!
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me is out now on AppleTV.
You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/of32sI9jw5Q
You can watch a sample of "Dreams from the Deep End," here - https://vimeo.com/359045960
This is the last "limbo" episode before we get into Season 2. Get Hyped!
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Piotr talks with Daysha Broadway, the editor on the Whitney Houston biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody." According to her IMDB, this is her first lead on a feature. Previously, Daysha work primarily on episode television working on such titles as HBO's "Insecure," "9-1-1," "Between The World & Me" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show," which she won an Emmy for. Piotr and Daysha get deep into her process, what it was like switching gears from episodic to a feature and more!
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We talk with Nicholas Monsour about collaborating with Jordan Peele on Us and Nope. How he prepares for each editing project and improvising in the edit bay. Nicholas as worked with Jordan since Key & Peele and up until "Us" cut mostly comedy. He gives us some insight on how similar cutting comedy and horror are. Also, we ask him about editing the first season of Cobra Kai.
This is the last episode in Season 1 of Cut to Reveal. Let us know what topics, themes and guests you'd like us to have on the podcast for Season 2!
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Ep. 28 with Mike Sale, ACE on the importance of mentoring editors, lessons he learn as an assistant editor, nurturing the story UNDER the story to create something timeless & cutting Black Adam. Plus the impact that just a dash of comedy makes to any story.
Mike Sale ACE started his editing career in the late 80s assisting on The GarbagePail Kids Movie - arguable one of the worst movies of all time. A badge that he now where's with pride, the man could only go up from there and has cut & been involved in movies and series we all know and love: The Wonder Years, LA Law, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bridesmaids and Red Notice just to new a few. Eclectic, right? Hear about this and more in one of our favorite episodes to this day.
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Welcome to the very first CTR holiday episode - the Halloween Special! Piotr and Ricky are joined by editor Erwann Kerroc'h to talk about horror films, play a Halloween edition of The Game and Piotr reveals some exciting upgrades to The Editing Chef program. Plus, we ponder why Halloween is so big in the US compared to Europe and Erwann shows us just how much we DON'T know about horror films.
Check out the special Halloween SFX site from Soundly (while it lasts) here - https://getsoundly.com/spookly/?v=2022
Here are links to some trailers of the movies we talked about:
X -- https://youtu.be/Awg3cWuHfoc
Silence of The Lambs -- https://youtu.be/W6Mm8Sbe__o
Deadly Stream -- https://youtu.be/6NGnOyNhQ5w
Barbarian -- https://youtu.be/Dr89pmKrqkI
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Thomas Percy Kim is an up-and-coming Korean-American filmmaker who's won film awards even before he was out of high school. Thomas shot his recent short film, "Buson, 1999" on location in Korea and he isn't even out of film school, yet! Now Thomas is taking his awarding withing short film, "Si" and making it into a feature titled "Isle Child" about the Korean-American experience. Piotr and Ricky talk with him about the challenges of editing your own films, relationships over networking and how WeFunder is helping him realize his feature film aspirations. Also, Thomas gives us some actionable tips for aspiring filmmakers.
Learn more about Thomas Percy Kim here: https://www.thomaspk.com/
and about his WeFunder for "Isle Child" here: https://wefunder.com/islechild
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We talk with first-time director Pantelis Roumanis about working with Piotr editing his shirt film, Cold Little Bird. Cultivating a working relationship 100% remotely, the film was cut across three continents. Piotr and Pantelis pull back the curtain on the challenges and benefits of their workflow, What they learned and why Pantelis feels this is the best way to work for independent filmmakers. Aspiring editors and filmmakers will get a lot out of this episode!
Watch Cold Little Bird here: https://youtu.be/Yx5LksKW33Q
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What ground rules should a film/ video editor follow when dealing with clients' notes?
Ricky and Piotr discuss the dos and don'ts of dealing with client feedback. How they successfully navigate it and how communication is key. Plus the two reveal a couple of the most memorable feedback notes they've received.
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Ricky and Piotr talk with ACE editor Zack Arnold about landing this dream job cutting Cobra Kai, why he says it's his side-hustle and how Myagi-do lessons apply to our work as editors. Plus, the respectful power of the word, "No," the keys to optimizing yourself as an editor and more!
Below are the articles and websites we mendtion in the episode:
Zack's article "Tired of Life Kicking Your Ass? Learn to Fight Back Like a True ‘Cobra Kai’": https://optimizeyourself.me/cobra-kai-review-netflix/
Zack's Optimize Yourself program: https://optimizeyourself.me/
Interview Zack did with Walter Murch: https://optimizeyourself.me/walter-murch-podcast-interview/
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In this episode, Ricky and Piotr discuss the skills needed to successfully transition and thrive from a staff position into freelance. It's more than just code-breaking and bow staff skills, people! We talk about time management, book keeping, negotiating & more fun things.
AND If that isn't mind-blowing enough, we then play movie/ tv trivia in "The Game!"
Here's our list of important skills to know when becoming a freelancer: - Time Managing
- Book keeping
- Negotiating
- Networking
- Clear Communicating
- Listening/ paying attention to detail
- Patience
- Humility - don’t take anything personally
Bonus tips: - Figure out WHAT is it that you actually want to work on
- And WHO do you want to work for
- Deliver proof of work if you pitch clients (and you should): Solve a problem for them.
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Ricky and Piotr talk with editor, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir! You may know her work from John Wick, Kate, Atomic Blonde, and the up-and-coming, Bullet Train. They talk origin story, honesty in collaboration, the joy of working with director David Leitch, having fun, being brave, not overworking....oh! and Bullet Train (no spoilers) plus more!
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We talk about the working relationship of director, Sarah Adina Smith, and editor Daniel Garber about editing "The Drop". A film that had its premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.
What do they value most in their collaboration? What challenges did they have to overcome? How to get your first feature film editing gig? All of that in today's episode.
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In today's episode, Piotr and Ricky answer your questions. Four questions sent in by listeners asking about editing with string-outs vs. subclips, rate cards and determining your worth as freelance editor. Plus the return of The Game! Enjoy!
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Ricky and Piotr talk with Anthony Moreschi, a New England-based, Emmy Award-winning editor who self-distributed his docu-series, "Don't Stand In Line."
They talk about Anthony's origin story, the pros and cons of self-distribution, plus why it's a good thing to learn as many NLEs as possible.
Learn more about Anthony and "Don't Stand In Line" here: www.codecprojects.com/
We talk about some books 📚 in this episode.
Buy them at the links or watch a review.
Rise of the Filmtrepreneur by Alex Ferrari: https://geni.us/filmtrepreneur
CTTP Book Club Review - https://youtu.be/U8lkyiLrg1w
Documentary Editing: Principals and Practices by Jacob Bricca: https://amzn.to/3kYaOiF
CTTP Book Club Review - https://youtu.be/neg3PslcWIo
In The Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch: https://geni.us/in-the-blink-of-an-eye
CTTP Book Club Review - https://youtu.be/tL3EgZ3B8ZA
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Ricky and Piotr talk with the very talented Audrey Simonaud. She is a French editor who cut her teeth on action films like Colombiana and Taken 2 before lead editing on 3 Days to Kill and Taken 3. Most recently you can see her work in the Netflix series, Lupin. Audrey talks with Ricky and Piotr about cutting action, editing styles, and breaking into features. Plus it's revealed that they all really likes James Cameron's Titanic and they're not afraid to say it!
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Ricky and Piotr have a great conversation with editor, Mike Hugo! The guys talk about Adobe workflows, his latest horror feature, Hypochondriac and the time he assisted Sean Baker on The Florida Project. Plus helpful insights on protecting yourself as a freelancer and more. This is a longer episode but worth every minute. Enjoy!
You can check out Mike's work here: mikehugo.com
The MPEG page Mike talks about: https://www.editorsguild.com/Wages-and-Contracts
Hypochondriac: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12186098/
The Florida Project: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5649144/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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Piotr has an early morning conversation with legend, Vashi Nedomansky, ACE. They talked origin story, storytelling, #Vashiframes, and how he became an A.C.E editor. Plus, "Big Ned," his documentary about his father being the 1st professional hockey player to defect from communist Czechoslovakia. You can watch the trailer for Big Ned here: https://bignedfilm.com/ And check out Vashi's website here: https://vashivisuals.com/ --
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Ricky and Piotr talk with fellow editor, Kyle Boberg about the power of experimentation in editing. Why it’s sometimes valuable to tear it all apart and try something totally off the wall, even if you’re farther down the line. The boys also discuss the influence of experimenting in film and TV, plus how it's impacted their own work.
Check out some of Kyle's at his website: http://www.kylebobergmedia.com/
The topic of this episode was sent in by producer and listener, Krisi Olivero. Thanks, Krisi!
You check out her work here: http://www.livelaughfilm.com/
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Piotr and Ricky discuss the Academy's WTF decision to exclude 8 categories, including FILM EDITING, from it's live Oscar 2022 telecast. They get down to the nitty-gritty of the reasoning and what industry heads are say.
Plus, Piotr and Ricky present their thoughts and accolades on the 5 Film Editing nominees.
The nominees are:
Don't Look Up - Hank Corwin
Dune - Joe Walker
King Richard - Pamela Martin
The Power of the Dog - Peter Sciberras
tick, tick...BOOM! - Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum
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Piotr and Ricky have a great ol' time conversing with the very talented editor, Alex Familian. They talk about his origin story, the importance of sound in a rough cut and his fantastic work on Anna Zlokovic's fun horror short, Appendage. The film was featured on Hulu and is an official selection of the 2022 Sundance Film fest.
Watch Appendage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ftbicaFntQ
To pick up a copy of the book Alex mentions,
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
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What happens when you get three editors to work on one film with two directors?
Find out when Piotr and Ricky talk with editors: Erwann Kerroc'h, Jarivan Ahmad and John Grenham about collaboratively editing their first narrative feature film, Not for Nothing.
They discuss how Sven Pape's Go-To-Editor course gave them the opportunity to work on the project, what the challenges were and how it made them better storytellers and collaborators.
Plus! Erwann, Jarivan, and John are the first guests to play "The Game" AND still wanted to come back for future episodes. (Below are the questions)
If you're interested in Sven Pape's Go-To-Editor course of which both Ricky and Piotr are students of follow this link: https://geni.us/ctr-gte
Game questions:
Three movies with Daniel Day-Lewis
Movie where the main character is traveling through a country in a car
Movie where the main character is an editor
Movie/ TV Show with a killer robot
A horror movie by Peter Jackson
Three movies by John Woo
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On this episode, Piotr talks with editor-author-entrepreneur, Jeff Bartsch about his origin story, working on reality TV shows like Super Nanny & American Ninja Warrior, plus how Covid has changed the post-production landscape of Hollywood.
They also discuss how Jeff is shifting from editor to consultant with his company, Story Greenlight (www.storygreenlight.com). Where he coaches and consults video & content creators from around the world.
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Today we talk with Jacob Bricca, the author of a great book "Documentary Editing: Principles and Practice". Jacob was kind enough to sit down with us and give some insight on his origin story, the editor's mindset and his latest documentary, "Missing in Brooks County."
Get your own copy here: https://amzn.to/3kYaOiF
1-page PDF 🧾 with the most important takeaways from the book: https://cuttothepoint.com/B-Club
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Ricky and Piotr watch and discuss editing reels!
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Ricky and Piotr discuss how you can transition from working for free to getting paid what you're worth. Also, they have a little fun with the addition of a new section to the podcast: a game! 4 questions of movie trivia!
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Ricky and Piotr discuss three things you can work on today to make your editing sessions more efficient.
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Frances Parker is an Emmy-winning editor behind shows like Band of Brothers, The Crown, and Game of Thrones to name a few.
Listen to our conversation filled with valuable insights from one of the best TV editors out there.
Ricky and Piotr discuss various factors that allow editors to charge better for their work. What is your unfair advantage? Which book about negotiation you should read?
Listen to the episode to find out and share your thoughts in the comments :)
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Jim Cummings is a director, writer, and leading actor of Thunder Road, The Wolf of Snow Hallow, and most recently, The Beta Test.
We talk about his approach to editing, blocking actors, the use of ADR in long takes, crowd equity film financing, writing, and a researching process for The Beta Test, and more.
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Ricky and Piotr talk about the most common misconceptions people have about the director-editor relationship. What it should look like. What does a director want from an editor and vice versa? What is the most important thing to accomplish during a meeting with a director? All these questions are addressed in this episode. Enjoy!
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