TABLE OF CONTENTS


EDITORS GUILD MAGAZINE
May-June 2006 : Volume 27, Number 3


On the Cover: Director Robert Altman at the Berlinale International Film Festival in
February 2006. Photo by Kurt Vinion / WireImage.com.

FEATURES

Film History Grows in Brooklyn:
Original Vitagraph Studio Enters Its Second Century
by Kevin Lewis

As the World Turns Nonlinear:
New, Improved Editing Tool for Venerable Soap Opera
by Kevin Lewis

COVER STORY: Robert Altman: The Sound Crew's Best Companion
by Kevin Lewis

Altman's Sound Theory
by Kevin Lewis

The Self-Composed Music Editor:
Scott Stambler Knows the Score
by Debra Kaufman

Conformalize This!
New Killer App Meets the Killer Ape
by Michael Kunkes

TECH TIPS

Thank You for Smoke-ing
New Courseware, Classes Available to Guild Members
by Rainer Standke

Particles of Incorporation
After Effects Filter Provides Playground of Possibilities
by Ben Bardens

NEWS


Alan Heim, ACE, center, moderates a panel of the six Oscar nominated editors
photo by Gregory Schwartz

Future of DI, Film Discussed at HD Expo
by Bill Stetz

West Coast Training Update
by Serena Kung

Special Section:

Motion Picture Editors Guild Winners Circle for 05

Academy Award for Best Editing
by Kevin Lewis

Academy Awards for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
by Michael Kunkes

A Crash Course in Editing:
Six Oscar Nominees Reveal Their Secrets of Success
by Michael Kunkes

American Cinema Editors Award Winners

Cinema Audio Society and British Academy of Film and Television Award Winners

Motion Picture Sound Editors Award Winners

DEPARTMENTS

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS -Cathy Repola

EDITOR'S NOTE - Tomm Carroll

NOR'EASTER - Martin Levenstein

GETTING ORGANIZED - Tris Carpenter

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SHORT ENDS

PASSAGES

NEW SIGNATORIES

COLUMNS

UNION MADE
Networking Sure Beats Not Working
by Chris Willingham, ACE

THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY
An Affair to Remember?

CUT/PRINT
Cut to the Chase
Review by Ray Zone

LABOR MATTERS
IA Endorses Angelides for California Governor
by Jeff Burman

MAGGIE'S CORNER
by Maggie Ostroff

TAIL POP
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Christopher Cooke, ACE

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