#448 – Treasures old and new...

Do you know how to get the most out of Cut/daily?

In this Issue I'll give you:

• A guided tour of the Archive
• Point you in the direction of a few special features
• Share one simple trick that will elevate your weekly reading experience

However, if you really want to get the most out of Cut/daily, all you need to do is hit Reply and ask a question, share a recent learning or whisper an insider secret from a cool project you just worked on.

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The Archive

While signing up to Cut/daily is totally free and gives you access to over 150 concise post-production insights, for a one-off investment of $49, you can secure lifetime access to all 450 previous issues.

That way, you can take your time to comb through the archive, discovering treasures new and old from the past four years of research, learning, and sharing, and apply this knowledge to your day-to-day editing at your own pace.

450 post-production insights sounds like a lot (it is); what's actually in there?

I'm glad you asked!

What follows is a smash-and-grab selection to give you a small taste of what's available. There are about 35 links below, which represent less than 10% of the entire Cut/daily archive.

So this is only scratching the surface! Explore the entire archive here.

Or start with #001 - A Free App that Gives Back and work your way through from beginning to end.

Treasures from the Archive

• Cut/daily Meets... 60+ interviews with Post-Production professionals including:
  • Joe Walker (Dune Part 1&2, The Creator, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049)
  • Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir (John Wick, The Fall Guy, Bullet Train, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde)
  • Nick Emerson (Conclave, Eileen, Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang)
  • Simon Smith (Chernobyl, Andor, 3 Body Problem, The Last of Us)
  • Wendy Hallam Martin (The Handmaid's Tale, American Gods, Dark Matter)

How Other Editors Do It

• #288 - How to Edit Under Pressure – Inside the insane editing of Saturday Night Live.
• #411 - Eddie Hamilton edits $180 million movies with this? – How Eddie Hamilton cuts these massive Mission: Impossible movies.
• #419 - Read 10 free chapters of Art of The Cut Vol. 2 – Read 10 free bonus chapters online, then read the whole book.
• #311 - Annoying Things Editors Do – I am consistently guilty of #5.
• #235 - Cut It Down: 3 Lessons from Walter Murch – Make it shorter.
• #140 - Five Things Editors Should Watch (Not what you think!) – I often fail to do #3.
• #261 - Documentary Story Structure – Strategies and tactics for storytelling.