Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Joe Murphy about editing the new Zach Cregger movie, Weapons.

We last spoke to Joe and director Zach Cregger about their last collaboration, Barbarian. Joe’s other editing work includes features like Swallow, Don’t Come Back from the Moon and Beach Rats. His TV episodic work includes A Friend of the Family.

This week’s episode features an in-depth discussion of how to maximize a jump scare, the benefits of working with the director on multiple projects, and the value of NOT temp scoring the movie.

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Today on Art of the Cut I’m speaking with Emmy-nominated editor, Susan Vaill, ACE, who’s joined by her assistant editor, Stephanie Goldstein to discuss editing the HBO series, Hacks.

Susan edited 70 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and also directed three episodes. She won an ACE Eddie for editing Hacks, and this is her second Emmy nomination for the show. She’s also edited Abbott Elementary, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Space Force, and This is Us.

Stephanie has been an assistant editor on Gotham, Brooklyn 9-9, and Single Parents. She was bumped up to the editor’s chair on that show for 2 episodes.

On this episode, we talk about how an editor transitions to directing, understanding the process of notes and revisions, and - since this episode of Hacks is nominatead for an EMmy, how do you judge editing?

Today on Art of the Cut, Eric Kissack, ACE is here to discuss his Emmy-nominated editing on Seth Rogen’s TV series, The Studio.

In addition to his Emmy nod for The Studio, Eric’s been nominated for three ACE Eddies and an Emmy for The Good Place, and an Emmy for Veep, among lots of other films and TV series.

In this episode, Eric discusses the difficulties of editing a show that’s supposed to basically look like a oner for every scene, the fear of not being the funniest guy in the cutting room, and being on-set to essentially edit LIVE.

You can read along with this podcast and see great exclusive images, trailers and more at borisfx.com/blog/aotc.