Documentary film editors are like crash test dummies, according to Alexis Johnson. You keep letting yourself crash, assuming the seatbelts will work, over and over again just to see what impact a scene is having on you.
“If I am going to harness a feeling, I have to feel it myself,” she said, recalling working on director Alex Gibney’s powerful 2021 documentary “The Forever Prisoner,” about the CIA’s interrogation treatment of prisoner Abu Zubaydah. In addition to the countless hours reworking scenes of waterboarding and other harsh treatments, Johnson edited a sequence that depicts the technique of playing high-decibel music to terrorize a prisoner. It was particularly grueling, as Johnson repeatedly subjected herself to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ cacophonous “Give It Away” for hours while shaping the depiction of Zubaydah being tortured by the same song.
By the end of working on “The Forever Prisoner,” Johnson said, she...
“If I am going to harness a feeling, I have to feel it myself,” she said, recalling working on director Alex Gibney’s powerful 2021 documentary “The Forever Prisoner,” about the CIA’s interrogation treatment of prisoner Abu Zubaydah. In addition to the countless hours reworking scenes of waterboarding and other harsh treatments, Johnson edited a sequence that depicts the technique of playing high-decibel music to terrorize a prisoner. It was particularly grueling, as Johnson repeatedly subjected herself to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ cacophonous “Give It Away” for hours while shaping the depiction of Zubaydah being tortured by the same song.
By the end of working on “The Forever Prisoner,” Johnson said, she...
- 6/12/2023
- by Tom Roston
- Indiewire
Film & TV Charity raising £3m for urgent industry-led, two-year action plan to address issues.
Almost nine in 10 people (87%) working in the UK’s film and TV industries have experienced a mental health problem, according to new research from The Film and TV Charity unveiled today.
That is much higher than the 65% figure for the general population in the UK.
The Charity (formerly known as the Ctbf) has unveiled its report, The Looking Glass, from the UK’s first study into the mental health and wellbeing of workers in the film and TV industries.
Nearly 9,400 industry professionals took part in the...
Almost nine in 10 people (87%) working in the UK’s film and TV industries have experienced a mental health problem, according to new research from The Film and TV Charity unveiled today.
That is much higher than the 65% figure for the general population in the UK.
The Charity (formerly known as the Ctbf) has unveiled its report, The Looking Glass, from the UK’s first study into the mental health and wellbeing of workers in the film and TV industries.
Nearly 9,400 industry professionals took part in the...
- 2/13/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Film & TV Charity raising £3m for urgent industry-led, two-year action plan to address issues.
Almost nine in 10 people (87%) working in the UK’s film and TV industries have experienced a mental health problem, according to new research from The Film and TV Charity unveiled today.
That is much higher than the 65% figure for the general population in the UK.
The Charity (formerly known as the Ctbf) has unveiled its report, The Looking Glass, from the UK’s first study into the mental health and wellbeing of workers in the film and TV industries.
Nearly 9,400 industry professionals took part in the...
Almost nine in 10 people (87%) working in the UK’s film and TV industries have experienced a mental health problem, according to new research from The Film and TV Charity unveiled today.
That is much higher than the 65% figure for the general population in the UK.
The Charity (formerly known as the Ctbf) has unveiled its report, The Looking Glass, from the UK’s first study into the mental health and wellbeing of workers in the film and TV industries.
Nearly 9,400 industry professionals took part in the...
- 2/13/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
In January 2017, 51-year-old U.K.-based locations manager Michael Harm — whose credits included the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise — took his own life in a London hotel room. Shortly before, Harm sent a note to a friend in the industry describing his work as "one of the loneliest jobs on a film," one that came with "no Hr," and urged more care on film sets.
In the three years since, a tragic procession of suicides have shaken the film, television and music industries, including those of host and chef Anthony Bourdain, manager Jill Messick,...
In the three years since, a tragic procession of suicides have shaken the film, television and music industries, including those of host and chef Anthony Bourdain, manager Jill Messick,...
- 1/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In January 2017, 51-year-old U.K.-based locations manager Michael Harm — whose credits included the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise — took his own life in a London hotel room. Shortly before, Harm sent a note to a friend in the industry describing his work as "one of the loneliest jobs on a film," one that came with "no Hr," and urged more care on film sets.
In the three years since, a tragic procession of suicides have shaken the film, television and music industries, including those of host and chef Anthony Bourdain, manager Jill Messick,...
In the three years since, a tragic procession of suicides have shaken the film, television and music industries, including those of host and chef Anthony Bourdain, manager Jill Messick,...
- 1/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Experienced location manager worked on World War Z, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Harry Potter and Match Point.
UK-based location manager Michael Harm has died unexpectedly in London aged 51.
Harm, who was born in the Netherlands and moved to the UK in the early 1990s, started his career on BBC mini-series You, Me and It before working on features such as Restoration, Bent and My Son The Fanatic.
Harm served as unit manager on UK hits including Elizabeth, Notting Hill, Dirty Pretty Things and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, before taking on location manager duties for Woody Allen duo Match Point and Scoop.
In 2009 he served as location manager on Jane Campion’s Cannes competition entry Bright Star and Rob Marshall’s musical-romance Nine.
In 2011, Harm renewed scouting for the Harry Potter franchise on Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and in the following year took on Disney juggernaut Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
In recent...
UK-based location manager Michael Harm has died unexpectedly in London aged 51.
Harm, who was born in the Netherlands and moved to the UK in the early 1990s, started his career on BBC mini-series You, Me and It before working on features such as Restoration, Bent and My Son The Fanatic.
Harm served as unit manager on UK hits including Elizabeth, Notting Hill, Dirty Pretty Things and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, before taking on location manager duties for Woody Allen duo Match Point and Scoop.
In 2009 he served as location manager on Jane Campion’s Cannes competition entry Bright Star and Rob Marshall’s musical-romance Nine.
In 2011, Harm renewed scouting for the Harry Potter franchise on Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and in the following year took on Disney juggernaut Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
In recent...
- 1/25/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Production Guild of Great Britain launches opportunity for 30 location assistants and runners to be trained and mentored by top location managers in film and TV.
A recruitment drive, designed to train a new generation of skilled assistant location managers, has been launched.
The Production Guild of Great Britain has provided the opportunity for 30 locations assistants and runners to be trained and mentored by top location managers in film and TV. The scheme is designed to meet the growing need for more experienced location department crew working in film and high-end television production.
Alison Small, chief executive of The Production Guild, commented: “Location teams pave the way for a well-managed and smooth productions and play a key role in ensuring the UK film and television production sector maintains its competitive edge and excellent delivery.
“With the new UK tax reliefs for high-end television production and the extension to the UK film tax relief, we are confident...
A recruitment drive, designed to train a new generation of skilled assistant location managers, has been launched.
The Production Guild of Great Britain has provided the opportunity for 30 locations assistants and runners to be trained and mentored by top location managers in film and TV. The scheme is designed to meet the growing need for more experienced location department crew working in film and high-end television production.
Alison Small, chief executive of The Production Guild, commented: “Location teams pave the way for a well-managed and smooth productions and play a key role in ensuring the UK film and television production sector maintains its competitive edge and excellent delivery.
“With the new UK tax reliefs for high-end television production and the extension to the UK film tax relief, we are confident...
- 6/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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