TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORS GUILD MAGAZINE
May-June 2008 : Volume 29, Number 3
 On the Cover: Speed Racer's editors Zach Staenberg, seated, and Roger Barton, photographed on the Warner Bros. Studios lot in Burbank, CA in April 2008. Photo by Gregory Schwartz |
FEATURES
Boning Up on Editing
Life in the Fast Lane
A Tale of Three Assistants Who Got the Bum
by Laura Almo photos by Deverill Weekes
Speed Racer's Post Pit Crew: Zach Staenberg and Roger Barton
by Debra KaufmanThe Fixers
The Buck Stops with Engineers
by Michael Kunkes Portraits by Gregory Schwartz
TECH TIPS
Secrets of Avid
The Best Features That Editors Don't Know About
by Robert Bramwell, A.C.E.FxFactory-Added Options to Soup Up Final Cut Pro
by Sharon Franklin
NEWS
The Secret Passion of Curtiss Clayton
by Dan Ochiva photo by John CliffordAMP'd Up
Welcome to Adobe's Media Ecosystem
by Michael KunkesSPECIAL AWARDS SECTION
Academy Award for Best Editing
by Laura AlmoAcademy Awards for Best Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
by Michael KunkesOscar's Switch Hitters: Technical Directors
by Michael KunkesThe Oscar Penultimatum: Editing Nominees Offer Insight into Their Work
by Laura Almo
DEPARTMENTS
GETTING ORGANIZED - Tris CarpenterEDITOR'S NOTE - Tomm Carroll
NOR'EASTER - Louis Bertini, MPSE
POST-PROD PUZZLER - Tiare Widmaier and Myles Mellor
COLUMNS
UNION MADE
Joy, Luck and an Altman Connection
by Maysie Hoy, A.C.E.THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY
Berkeley in the Thirties
Gold Diggers of 1933
by Kevin LewisCUT/PRINT
Coloring Book
by Ray ZoneL'Arrivée du 3-D by Ray Zone
by Betsy A. McLaneLABOR MATTERS
AFL-CIO to Define the Real McCain
compiled by Jeff BurmanMAGGIE'S CORNER
by Maggie OstroffTAIL POP
Luis Buñuel's
THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972)
by Stuart Bass, A.C.E.