Filmmaker Archive for: Jamie Cobb

Re: Managing Expectations on the Festival Circuit

When I heard Hunter say he realized how small this industry was and how influential a very few are, I felt uncomfortable. I know how silly and uptight that makes me sound, but that’s how I felt. It’s the side of filmmaking I guess i’ve tried hard to ignore, but inevitably it has always been [...]

Editing Dramatic Improv, The Hard Way

This article by feature film editor Jamie Cobb is the first in a series of NEW BREED Critical Focus articles sharing lessons learned THE HARD WAY.
The hardest lesson I’ve learned while editing dramatic improv is to embrace the imperfections. Usually when editing a scripted scene you look through all of the coverage and pull the [...]