Once Upon a Timeline

Once Upon a Timeline

Hosted by: Inside The Edit

The revolutionary online editing course that teaches you the art of editing.

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S3S5. In-House vs Freelance Editing

Episode #69

Of course, there are pros and cons to both but itā€™s important to analyse every single one. We need to take a close look at how useful they are to us at every stage of our career. On this weekā€™s show I go deep into the...
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S4E4. The Art of Pivoting

Episode #68

In this weekā€™s show Iā€™ll be going deep into the art of piloting, our ability to immediately change direction after negative feedback about our work. Weā€™ll talk through what exactly pivoting is, how it works, the...
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S4E3. Creative Actions vs Creative Reactions

Episode #67

Every cut we make, every shot we make longer, every piece of body language we include or exclude has massive repercussions. Weā€™re shaping the experience of the audience with hundreds of these decisions every day. In...
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S4E2. Scene Modelling: Understanding Creative Archetypes

Episode #66

We want to build a huge creative filing cabinet in our minds that we can apply to any set of raw footage that comes into our cutting room. Iā€™ll be breaking down the key concepts, techniques and mindsets that we can...
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S4E1. The Checklist: An Essential Creative Inventory

Episode #65

On this weeks show Paddy talks through the definitive checklist of every single thing we need to consider when cutting, as well as every single thing directors and producers expect from us.Scored as always by our...
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S3E17. The Director's Perspective: In Conversation with Suemay Oram Part 2

Episode #64

We all know that the way we work with directors is essential to our career success but how does that actually work? What are the specific character traits that we need to develop? And what are the creative skills that...
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S3E16. The Director's Perspective: In Conversation with Suemay Oram Part 1

Episode #63

On this week's show we are very lucky to have the hugely talented documentary director Suemay Oram as our guest. Suemay has directed films for everyone from the BBC to Netflix to HBO. In this two part interview she...
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S3E15. The Subtle Art of Narrative Sprinkling

Episode #62

So, what is it and why is it useful? Well, this skill is about identifying, planning and deliberately constructing the subtle visual elements that reinforce the overall arc of the story. Quite simply, we sprinkle...
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S3E14. The Observer Effect: Quantum Mechanics in the Edit Suite

Episode #61

People change when they know there is a camera pointed at them and this causes all kinds of issues for us editors, especially in non scripted editing. One of the fundamental laws of our art form is the create...
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S3E13. Promo-itus: The Perilous Journey From Short to Long Form Editing

Episode #60

There's a whole bunch of barriers standing in our way in terms of designing and navigating this path successfully. But on this week's show we're going to focus more on the creative residue that needs to be discarded...
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S3E12. How I Edited Top Gun Maverick: Eddie Hamilton Exclusive Part 2

Episode #59

The pressure was immense, the hours were punishing and the shooting ratio was enormous. They had air craft carriers, F-18ā€™s fighter jets, insane arial sequences, Covid lockdown, Tom Cruise was starring, Jerry...
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S3E11. How I Edited Top Gun Maverick: Eddie Hamilton Exclusive Part 1

Episode #58

Eddie has taken time away from his Mission Impossible 7 timeline to come back on the podcast and talk through all of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of his latest collaboration with Tom Cruise.Come and join us...
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