Smith and Lee synced Media Composer to run the day’s work directly onto the big screen, after which Lee would report his dailies. “The collaboration features allowed everyone across our team to access material whenever, wherever, fast and efficiently.”Ī screening room was set up in the editorial department to run the dailies for the director and producers. “ISIS shared storage was great,” explains Lee. Shared Storage facilitated real-time collaboration between the editorial, sound and marketing departments. It was a tight schedule for the editorial team, with a turnaround time of just 11 months from the initial shoot in August 2014, to the final edit and wrap in July 2015. Some units traveled to various locations, including Austria, Italy, and Mexico, but our team remained at Pinewood Studios for the duration of the edit.”Ī typical set-up consisted of the editor, his associate, and various assistant editors, who would receive, log and send content to bins to work with across five Media Composer systems. ![]() Working with other assistants on a job allows you to pick up new tips and tricks as they always bring new ideas to the table, which I shamelessly steal for next time!” Lee continued, “We shot over 128 days in the main unit and 97 days in the second unit. With continuous and regular updates, I’m always learning new things. When discussing how he shapes a workflow on a project like Spectre, Lee adds, “I’ve used Media Composer for so long now that I’m very comfortable with it and wouldn’t choose another system. I started out learning Lightworks, then Avid came along and really took off and I’ve been using it ever since.” Associate editor John Lee says, “I’ve worked for Lee Smith for many years now, managing a busy cutting room and creating the workflow for projects. Building Bond for the silver screenĬutting Spectre on Avid Media Composer, the industry’s leading editing solution was a given for the editorial team. To overcome a challenging edit on Spectre, the video and sound teams embraced Avid Everywhere, relying on solutions from the Avid Artist Suite and Storage Suite, powered by the Avid MediaCentral platform. They headed a highly acclaimed audio team to create the perfect soundtrack to echo the high octane adventures of James Bond. ![]() This included dealing with a huge volume of footage and ensuring seamless collaboration between the director and editorial teams.Ĭontinuing their work with Mendes after winning an Academy Award for Achievement In Sound on Spectre’s preceding film, Skyfall, were supervising sound editors, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg ( The Bourne Ultimatum, Ray, and Black Hawk Down). The movie’s evil masterminds are played by Sherlock star Andrew Scott, portraying MI6-infiltrator Max Denbigh, and Christoph Waltz, taking the role of the malevolent leader of Spectre, supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.Īward-winning editor Lee Smith ( Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises), his longtime associate editor, John Lee, and their acclaimed team faced their own mission to weave the complex narrative of Spectre. Many familiar Bond characters return, including M, played by Oscar-winner Ralph Fiennes British actor Ben Whishaw as the scientific sidekick Q and Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny. ![]() ![]() Spectre is 007’s first encounter with the international crime syndicate since 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, in which-following defeat-the organization disbanded. With its overarching story-line reflecting on the past, present, and potential future of Craig’s Bond portrayal, the movie also bids a nostalgic nod to the villains from Agent 007 past. Various strands of his character’s history entwine in Spectre. Venturing with Bond towards the heart of the SPECTRE, we learn the chilling connection between Bond and the enemy he seeks a familiar character from his past.ĭaniel Craig reprises the role as Bond a fourth time. Back in London the UK's fictional Secret Intelligence faction, M16, is in turmoil as questions of relevance arise about the Double 00 spy operative, and its place in the modern-day British Reconnaissance. The plot for the for the 26th installment in the franchise sees Bond posthumously receive a message from Judi Dench's M, which in turn leads him on the trail of the criminal group. Taking up the mantle of director for the second time, Sam Mendes’ latest James Bond adventure is an around-the-world mission that sees 007 uncover the cryptic web of the SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion: sinister global-crime organization, SPECTRE.
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