TABLE OF CONTENTS


EDITORS GUILD MAGAZINE
March-April 2008 : Volume 29, Number 2


On the Cover: Editor Jeff Buchanan, photographed at KZNY Studios, New York, NY in January 2008.
Photo by Kfir Ziv

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Video Savant
Jeff Buchanan's Fast-Forward to Features

by Rob Feld - portraits by Kfir Ziv

In Love with the Artist's Process
Assistant Editor Alex Kopit
by Rob Feld - portrait by Kfir Ziv

Improv Ability
For Tass Filipos, It's as Vital for Music Editors as It Is for Musicians
by Rob Feld - portrait by Kfir Ziv

Tales from the Vault
Guild Librarians’ Stock is Rising

by Michael Kunkes

Hi-Def@Home
A Sound Editor Updates His Entertainment System
by Michael Hertlein, MPSE

TECH TIPS

Mocha-AE Caffeinates Workflow
Motion Tracking in After Effects Made Easy
by Ben Bardens

Audio Repair Shop
Soundtrack Pro 2 has the Tools
by Larry Jordan

NEWS


Some scenes from NAB 2007: the main entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Photo by Pam Malouf, A.C.E.

Dede Allen Receives Guild Fellowship and Service Award
Photos by Wm. Stetz

NAB Report
Colossal Content Confab
Even Without Avid, NAB 2008 Looks to be Bigger Than Ever
by Dan Ochiva

Wham, Bam, Thank You, NAMM!
A Music Editor's Take on the Noisy Annual Trade Show
by Michael Jay

Tomorrow's Tech Today
CES Gadgets with Post-Production Applications
story and photos by Roger Cooper

3-D More than an Illusion
Lenny Lipton Brews Up Interest in Stereoscopic Cinema
by Debra Kaufman

DEPARTMENTS

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -Lisa Zeno Churgin, A.C.E.

EDITOR'S NOTE - Tomm Carroll

TALK TO THE SPROCKET - Jane Sprocket

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PASSAGES

NEW SIGNATORIES

COLUMNS

UNION MADE
Going 'Round in Circles'
The Symmetry of an Editing Career
by David Handman, A.C.E.

THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY
Triumph of the Shill
by Kevin Lewis

CUT/PRINT
The Eye is Quicker
review by Ray Zone

LABOR MATTERS
Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck
by Jeff Burman

MAGGIE'S CORNER
by Maggie Ostroff

TAIL POP
DA Pennebaker's Dont Look Back (1967)
by David Timoner

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