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 -...

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...

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. -- We'd love to hear from you! Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas? Shoot us a message at [email protected] Or you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTR -- Cut To Reveal Instagram: https://instagram.com/cuttoreveal Cut To Reveal...

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...

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. Check out the visual version at the Cut To The Point YouTube channel:...

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. For Piotr and Alex's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/X9dCr1mQuKQ -- We'd love to hear from...

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. For Piotr and Richard's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/o9wN4BqRPzM -- We'd love to hear from you!  Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?  Shoot us a message at [email protected] Or you can send us...

Piotr talks with the renowned editor and author, Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Tomorrowland) about his process in editing a scene.  This is a short segment from a longer conversation. For Piotr and Walter's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/oLFgZtVos0w -- We'd love to hear from you!  Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas?  Shoot us a message at [email protected] Or you can send us a voice message here:...

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...

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!  -- We'd love to...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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:...

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.  -- We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you have questions or comments on how to improve the podcast or episode ideas: Shoot us a message at [email protected] Or you can send...

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’":...

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 -...

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!  Check out Elísabet's IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739894/  If you're interested in the new platform we use to record our podcasts, hit up...

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.  -- We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you have questions or comments on how to improve the podcast or episode ideas: Shoot us a message at...

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! -- We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you have questions or comments on how to improve the podcast or episode ideas: Shoot us a message at [email protected] Or you can send us a voice message here: https://www.speakpipe.com/CTR Also, the music...

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...

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!  Check out Audrey's IMDB:...

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:...

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/ -- We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you have questions, comments...