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| Thelma Schoonmaker |
I'll openly admit that I've been a sucker for the films of Martin Scorsese for a long time. "Casino" is hands-down my favorite movie. During the last few years I've come to realize that a major reason for this (especially in the case of "Casino") seems to be his go-to editor Thelma Schoonmaker. She has edited all of Scorseses movies since the late 60s, won an Oscar for "Raging Bull" (edited on film) and switched to editing on a computer in 1995 for "Casino" using the Lightworks system (and sticking to it) and she recieved two more Oscars for "Aviator" and "Deaparted".
Since 2010 Editshare has turned Lightworks into an open system with a free version available to everybody. I'm only mentioning this because their website was nice enough to use screenshots of "Hugo Cabret" in their ads, providing the editing community with 15(!) screenshots of various workspaces from Thelma Schoonmaker's edit.
A grain of salt though: This is advertising material. So some of the screenshots serve more to advertise the features of said NLE then to give an insight into the creatvie decisions that shaped the film.
Okay two grains: I had to upload the screenshots myself since Ligtworks has since removed them from their site. You're welcome. If you are Editshare and object to this, please contact me before sueing.
FOOTNOTE:
I said, I was only mentioning Lightworks because of the screenshots but actually I'm quite hyped to be able to edit on the same system that Schoonmaker is crafting my favorite films. As soon as the Mac-version will go public in about a month. I don't get paid by Lightworks for saying so , though.
Here are the screens in no particular order:
