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INFLUENCES
"An ideal cut is the one that satisfies all the following six
criteria at once: 1) it is true to the emotion of the moment; 2) it advances the story; 3) it occurs at a moment that is rhythmically interesting and 'right;' 4)
it acknowledges what you might call 'eye-trace'-the concern with the location and movement of the audience's focus of interest within the frame; 5)
it respects 'planarity'-the grammar of three dimensions transposed by photography to two (the dimensions of stage-line, etc.);
6) and it respects the three-dimensional continuity of the actual space (where people are in the room and in relation to one another)."
~Walter Murch
"When I start cutting a movie, I always cut with ambivalence. I have a definite intention, a definite starting point: the dramatic function of the scene;.
the psychology of the characters, etc. But when I become absorbed in the material, I suddenly see all the possibilities the material contains.
The unexpected, intended and unintended possibilities. I can't help wandering into the material. I milk the material for all the small possibilities
I see in it. A look, a smile - after the director has said "cut!", an unintentional juxtaposition of two images. Afterwards I form a general view again.
But it is in the ambivalence, in the collision between the general strategy and the pleasant distractions along the way that constitutes editing as
art; the true life of the film."
~Dede Allen
EDUCATION
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, May, 2005
- Bachelor of Media Arts with a minor in Journalism
- Overall GPA: 4.0 Summa Cum Laude
REFERENCES
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
- Director's workshop at Sedona Film Festival - March 2005
- Larry Jordan's "Supercharge Your Editing" - February 2006
- Larry Jordan's "The High End of FCP" - February 2006
- Moviola Digital Education Center "Final Cut Pro" - August 2007
- Women In Film Entertainment Forum - October 2007
CREDITS AS AN EDITOR:
- A Warrior's Journey Home (Documentary) (Assist Edit) | Running time 115 minutes Starring Alan Young & Jonathan Shay
- Cast This (Webisode series, Comedy) | Running time 30 minutes (broken down into 2 & 1/2 to 3 minutes per webisode) Starring Julia Flint
- My Life with 6 Months To Live (Documentary) | Running time 63 minutes
- Kids & Strangers (Instruction Video) | Running time 57 minutes Guest Starring Henry Simmons & Cristina Perez
- The Catholic Church of Elvis (Comedy, Drama, Semi-Auto Biographical) | Running time: 93 mins Starring Mercy Malick
- The Making Of: Father Xmas (Documentary) | Running time 9 minutes Starring Dakota Fanning & Marie Rose
- Due (Foreign, Drama) | Running time 12 minutes Starring Claudia Ruffo & Mario Opinato
- Bling (Action, Adventure, Heist) | Running time 6.5 minutes Starring Sierra Fisk & D.C. Douglas
- The World Is My Drum Vol. 2 (Instruction Video) | Running time 116 minutes Starring Mike Wittmers
- Autonomy (Drama) | Running time 11 minutes Starring Stella Tryon & Karnell Matthews
- Think About Your Body (Documentary) | Running time 5 mins Starring Caroline Sutherland
- Totally Baked (Stand-up Comedy) | Running time 10 mins Starring Tom Rhodes & Doug Benson
- Spirit In A Bottle (documentary) | Running time 26 mins Starring Jim Clendenen
RELEVANT COURSE WORK
- Video, Film and Audio Production
- Media and the Law, Business Ethics
- Exhibition Management and Professional Practices
- Feature Writing, Screenplay Editing and Idea Development
- Sociology of Religion and Criminology
HONORS
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Summa Cum Laude |
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Graduation - May 2005 |
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Sigma Alpha Lambda |
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Inducted 2005 |
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Golden Key International Honors Society |
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Inducted 2004 |
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Phi Theta Kappa Society |
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Inducted 2003 |
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National Dean’s List |
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2002 2003 |
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Honors Independent Study Tour of England, France |
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2002 |
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