Cut to Reveal

Episode 11 finds Ricky, Piotr and Erwann start off talking about the trailer Ricky’s cutting for a feature film with no dialogue. To title card or not to title card? Erwann, who’s cut many trailers for French TV and action-films, gives advice and insight on cutting a compelling and honest trailer. The dudes go down a rabbit hole of dishonest trailers, trailers that are better than t...

Episode 10 - we’re into double digits folks! Erwann and Ricky fill in Piotr on meeting up in Paris. They go deep on discussing their thoughts about Piotr’s latest Cut to the Point video: “Why Editing Feedback is Key for your Film (Especially if You’re the Director).” The guys go back and forth on whether directors should even edit their own films and how they’ve convinced directors to work with th...

In episode 9, Piotr is on vacation leaving Ricky and Erwann to fend for themselves. Ricky talks about currently working on his first narrative feature and Erwann shares his experience cutting promo trailers for a French TV station. They both concur on how by starting to work on their own projects and low/ no budget projects it helped them become better problem solvers. Plus, Erwann and Ricky get i...

In this episode of CTR Erwann Kerroc’h joins Piotr and Ricky on the podcast! He is welcomed with open arms and they discuss a few projects Erwann is working on and the CNC. Piotr wants to know what the Cannes film festival means to someone from France…and from America and how every movie played gets a minutes long standing ovation. Ricky brings up the crazy drama behind the scenes of the...

Lucky episode 7! This week Piotr and Ricky share a few funny/ embarrassing work stories, sing Soundly's praises to the high heavens (not a sponsor), mention the outrage of a recent iPad commercial that has people panties in a bunch. Plus their latest watch list: The Last Movie Stars and Last Stop in Yuma County. Also, Alex Familian's bizarrely awesome Taco Bell Film Fest short is up on vimeo! And...

In this episode, Ricky and Piotr have a good conversation on the exciting world of outreach emails! And by these they mean reaching out to professionals you admire, who had a similar career trajectory as yours for advice/ guidance. Ricky mentions why it's not a easy and Piotr tells his own tale of successful outreach. Also, they talk about the short films "Clock" and "Appendage," short films that...

This week Piotr confesses that he hasn't seen as many Polish films as American films. So he's created a list of films from his home or by Polish directors that he has seen and recommends. Ricky reads all the synopsis; they discuss how the films influence Piotr as a film maker and how cultural differences might pass over viewers heads. Here is the list of films we discussed in no particular order....

We are on a roll! In episode 4, Piotr and Ricky talk deep about the expectations of the Harry Potter TV series slated for MAX. They chat about a listener submitted topic (Thanks Erwann!) about editors who cut for influencers and how "retention editing" is changing. Plus, content platforms like Vimeo training AI with all their content, The Royal Tenenbaums (Ricky's favorite film), The Shogun finale...

After a long time between episodes, Cut To Reveal is back! In the 3rd episode of the new season, Piotr and Ricky talk about film festivals, AI-tools and what it means for editors, and Shogun: The Official Podcast. -- We'd love to hear from you! Questions? Comments? Improvements? Episode ideas? Shoot us a message at podcast@cuttothepoint.com Or you can send us a voice message here: https://www.spea...

After a long time between episodes, Cut To Reveal is back! In the 2nd episode of the new season, Piotr and Ricky talk about exporting low-res timelines from Premiere, getting paid with Wise instead of PayPal, Ricky's new project, Letterboxd and the latest movies they've seen. Plus, Piotr plugs his Premiere Pro seminar! This season will be a little more off-the-cuff AND weekly! So expect more about...

Eddie Hamilton, ACE is known for working on some of the biggest action movies in the last 10 years. And even before he graced the screen with his work on the Mission Impossible movies, he was already a master of the countdown sequence. In this episode, Eddie gives a behind-the-scenes commentary on two incredible scenes from Tom Gun: Maverick, tells his expectations of AI and how he learned the lan...

Alex Gibney is the guy behind such great documentaries as "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "Citizen Kane" and "The Forever Prisoner."  In this CTR Quick Cut episode, Piotr talks with Alex about using editing to tell the story in a documentary and what he looks for in an editor.  This is a short segment from a longer conversation. For Piotr and Alex's full...

Piotr talks with Richard Schwadel about his work on the first episode of "Lucky Hank" starring Bob Odenkirk.  He takes Piotr through the process of editing the opening scene. This is a short segment from a longer conversation. For Piotr and Richard's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/o9wN4BqRPzM -- We'd love to hear from you!  Que...

Piotr talks with the renowned editor and author, Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, Tomorrowland) about his process in editing a scene.  This is a short segment from a longer conversation. For Piotr and Walter's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/oLFgZtVos0w -- We'd love to hear from you!  Questions? Comments? Improvements? E...

Rodrigo Brazão is an Emmy Award winning Brazilian/ Latino editor who recently helped cut Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me. Rodrigo has worked on some of the biggest shows in Brazil and many documentaries since coming to the states. One, "Dreams from the Deep End - Modupeola Fadugba ," he won an Emmy for! We talk with him about the challenges of moving from Brazil to the US and finding work...

Piotr talks with Daysha Broadway, the editor on the Whitney Houston biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody." According to her IMDB, this is her first lead on a feature. Previously, Daysha work primarily on episode television working on such titles as HBO's "Insecure," "9-1-1," "Between The World & Me" and "A Black Lady Sketch Show," which she...

We talk with Nicholas Monsour about collaborating with Jordan Peele on Us and Nope. How he prepares for each editing project and improvising in the edit bay. Nicholas as worked with Jordan since Key & Peele and up until "Us" cut mostly comedy. He gives us some insight on how similar cutting comedy and horror are. Also, we ask him about editing the first season of Cobra Kai. This is t...

Ep. 28 with Mike Sale, ACE on the importance of mentoring editors, lessons he learn as an assistant editor, nurturing the story UNDER the story to create something timeless & cutting Black Adam. Plus the impact that just a dash of comedy makes to any story.  Mike Sale ACE started his editing career in the late 80s assisting on The GarbagePail Kids Movie - arguable one of the worst movies of al...

Welcome to the very first CTR holiday episode - the Halloween Special!  Piotr and Ricky are joined by editor Erwann Kerroc'h to talk about horror films, play a Halloween edition of The Game and Piotr reveals some exciting upgrades to The Editing Chef program.  Plus, we ponder why Halloween is so big in the US compared to Europe and Erwann shows us just how much we DON'T know about horror...

Thomas Percy Kim is an up-and-coming Korean-American filmmaker who's won film awards even before he was out of high school. Thomas shot his recent short film, "Buson, 1999" on location in Korea and he isn't even out of film school, yet! Now Thomas is taking his awarding withing short film, "Si" and making it into a feature titled "Isle Child" about the Korea...

We talk with first-time director Pantelis Roumanis about working with Piotr editing his shirt film, Cold Little Bird. Cultivating a working relationship 100% remotely, the film was cut across three continents. Piotr and Pantelis pull back the curtain on the challenges and benefits of their workflow, What they learned and why Pantelis feels this is the best way to work for independent filmmakers. A...

What ground rules should a film/ video editor follow when dealing with clients' notes? Ricky and Piotr discuss the dos and don'ts of dealing with client feedback. How they successfully navigate it and how communication is key. Plus the two reveal a couple of the most memorable feedback notes they've received.  -- We'd love to hear from you! Perhaps you have questions or comment...

Ricky and Piotr talk with ACE editor Zack Arnold about landing this dream job cutting Cobra Kai, why he says it's his side-hustle and how Myagi-do lessons apply to our work as editors. Plus, the respectful power of the word, "No," the keys to optimizing yourself as an editor and more!  Below are the articles and websites we mendtion in the episode: Zack's article "Tired of...

In this episode, Ricky and Piotr discuss the skills needed to successfully transition and thrive from a staff position into freelance.  It's more than just code-breaking and bow staff skills, people!  We talk about time management, book keeping, negotiating & more fun things. AND If that isn't mind-blowing enough, we then play movie/ tv trivia in "The Game!" Here's our...

Ricky and Piotr talk with editor, Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir! You may know her work from John Wick, Kate, Atomic Blonde, and the up-and-coming, Bullet Train. They talk origin story, honesty in collaboration, the joy of working with director David Leitch, having fun, being brave, not overworking....oh! and Bullet Train (no spoilers) plus more!  Check out Elísabet's IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/...