Cutting Class

This is it! The last of the bonus episodes and the last of "Season One." 3 years later, what a trip. To round out these bonuses I've got a great guest to talk about the art of editing podcasts. Jason Stewart (aka DJ Them Jeans) is the co-host and editor of the podcast How Long Gone, which, along with co-host Chris Black, has released three hour-long episodes a week for the last four years, covering all things culture, fashion and entertainment. Prior to How Long Gone he was also the host & editor of two other podcasts, Tall Tales and The Stew, so he’s really a podcast editing veteran. How Long Gone has risen to the top of the podcast charts because of the funny fast-paced conversations of Jason & Chris and their guests, and a lot of that has to do with Jason’s editing style which is brisk, but not noticeable. The result is 700+ episodes of sharp-witted dialogue that makes the listener wish that they were also in the conversation. The conversations don’t drag on, they whiz by, and some of my favorite parts are the songs he chooses to end each episode on as well as where and how he places their ad reads, which we get into a little bit in this episode (cause that's all editing, baby!) Thanks again, everyone, for listening and supporting this podcast. It's been a really great experience and I'm looking forward to Season Two!

Bonus Round Interviews, non-editors talking about editing: Jeff Kling is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Das Favorite. He has previously been CCO of Lightning Orchard, CCO of Fallon Worldwide, and ECD of Wieden Kennedy among many other roles in his storied history. Jeff is responsible for the universally beloved Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World campaign, the Miller High Life Errol Morris campaign, the Arby’s “We Have the Meats” campaign, he’s responsible for that hilarious Loctite Super Bowl commercial from 2014 and in his own words he “rubber stamped” the Nike “Write the Future” commercial. And this is just the surface of all of the insane spots he’s worked on or created.

Hey everybody, welcome to the Bonus Round of Season 1 of Cutting Class. As I mentioned at the end of Jen Dean’s episode I’m doing something a little different with these bonus episodes and I’m hoping it proves to be interesting and of value to you: I’m speaking with non-editors about editing. People who work closely with editors and likely have never really expressed out loud some of their feelings about editing and editors. And first up is really top notch: Crystal Moselle is the celebrated director of The Wolfpack, Sophia, The Skate Kitchen and HBO’s Betty. And though she is a director she does have some editing experience. Also since we talk a good amount about it, a little refresher: The Wolfpack is the 2015 documentary about the Angulo family, whose seven children were confined to their lower east side apartment by their overbearing father. They learned about the outside world through watching films. On one of their few breakaways from they home Crystal ran into them and struck up a friendship then began filming them for many years. The result was Crystal’s debut film which ended up winning the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and was bought by Magnolia Pictures and the rest is history. Stay tuned for more of these bonus episodes. HMU @cuttingclassediting on IG

Paul Rogers is an LA-based editor best known for his astonishing work on the breakout hit film Everything Everywhere All at Once. His wild resume also includes The Eric Andre Show, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, The Death of Dick Long, Dream Corp LLC, and a number of great music videos notably including DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s extremely viral “Turn Down For What”, Haim ft A$ap Ferg’s “My Song 5” and Lauv ft. Julia Michaels “There’s No Way.” He, along with his partners at Parallax Post, co-edited Sampha’s beautiful album film “Process” as well as “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story.” (As we get into later, who from Parallax worked on what is not entirely clear for me and I’m going off IMDB and I know there’s way more than what’s listed there so my apologies if any of that isn’t fully correct but it’s an interesting story to stay tuned). In this episode we discuss: -a life changing viewing of Flying Lotus' Until the Quiet Comes -Editing with "The Swarm" -Why all editors should be in therapy -Premiere Gang -The Rocks ************ For more information and supplemental video clips visit cuttingclass.fm Connect with us on IG @cuttingclassediting Questions, Comments, Criticism: cuttingclassediting@gmail.com Cutting Class is produced, hosted & edited by John McSwain

Jason Goldwatch is a Los Angeles-based Director and Editor best known for his music videos for some of hip hop’s finest rappers. A brief collection would include Nas, Jay-Z, Kid Kudi, Common, Schoolboy Q, Pusha T, Alchemist, Evidence, Conway the Machine, Atmosphere, The Roots, Action Bronson and Kool Keith.  In this episode we trace his career, from making Beastie Boys tribute videos in high school to being the youngest signee to Spike Jonze’s production company to starting his own company and record label to now returning to being a one-man show, culminating in his recent album length video for Atmosphere, The Day Before Halloween. A few topics covered in this episode: Jason’s thoughts on why you should absolutely not go to film school. But maybe. But definitely not. digging in the YouTube crates editing in the pocket creating a visual language spirituality in the edit For more information and supplemental video clips visit cuttingclass.fm Find Goldwatch online @goldwatch or goldwatching.com Connect with CC on IG @cuttingclassediting Questions, Comments, Criticism: cuttingclassediting@gmail.com To Support this podcast visit anchor.fm/cuttingclass/support Cutting Class is produced, hosted & edited by John McSwain

Kimmy Dubé is a Los Angeles-based commercial editor, known for her comedic and action spots. After starting out as an intern at Lost Planet in NY she rose the ranks to become a rostered editor, cutting excellent work like AT&T's "It's Not Complicated" campaign with SNL's Beck Bennet (very few commercials make me laugh like those do) and eventually departed for Cosmo Street in Los Angeles, where she now works. Her wonderful sense of humor has garnered her many friends and fans in the industry and her distinctive voice has landed her a number of voice-over roles as well. In this episode we cover: -Will Kimmy ever learn to play an instrument? -Crying with Hank Corwin -How to become a famous voice-over artist -Budweiser, fighter jets and desert horses For more information and supplemental video clips visit cuttingclass.fm Connect with us on IG @cuttingclassediting Questions, Comments, Criticism: cuttingclassediting@gmail.com To support this podcast visit anchor.fm/cuttingclass/support Cutting Class is produced, hosted & edited by John McSwain

Colby Parker Jr is a Los Angeles-based feature editor known for his high adrenaline action cutting for films like Ant-Man, Friday Night Lights, Patriot’s Day, Deepwater Horizon, Hancock and the pilots for The Leftovers and Ballers. Some of the topics covered in part one: Learning from Marvel editors Adding emotion to an action story Cutting music videos in the middle of the night with Diddy Why he didn’t want to work with the Beastie Boys For more information and supplemental video clips visit cuttingclass.fm Connect with CC on IG @cuttingclassediting Questions, Comments, Criticism: cuttingclassediting@gmail.com To support this podcast visit anchor.fm/cuttingclass/support Cutting Class is produced, hosted & edited by John McSwain Visit vctns.com or @vacationsonline for more info