The ASE has a wealth of interviews and articles available for download. These interviews and articles are available through our forums. The links to interviews below are just some of the highlights...

Victorian Colourist Night by Cindy Clarkson

Digital Pictures Brett Manson and Dee McClelland wowed the ASE members on what a colourist can do when presented with different formats and intent of filmmakers covering features and TV series. read full transcript here.

The Triangle Wars: Q & A Event by Ka-Yin Kwok

The Triangle Wars (2011) documents the conflict between the local government, a property developer and the local community opposed to a massive commercial development - known as the “Triangle” – proposed for the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. read full transcript here.

Face to Face: Q & A Event by Daniela Raulli

On a blustery, stormy night in September, the ASE staged another event at VCA. Those who braved the elements were treated to a discussion about the critically acclaimed Australian feature Face to Face, with its editor Sasha Dylan Bell and assistant editor Adam McKenzie. read full transcript here.

Mary Stephen Editing Master Class, MIFF 2011 by Cindy Clarkson

For two and a half hours Mary Stephen talked about editing and her collaboration with French new wave director Eric Rohmer. She met Rohmer in the seventies when she travelled from Canada to Paris to do her masters in film. read full transcript here.

In the Cutting Room: Oranges and Sunshine with Dany Cooper ASE Interviewed by Karen Fleming

Oranges and Sunshine is the stunning debut feature of London based director Jim Loach. A British/Australian co-production set in both countries; the film was produced by Camilla Bray of 16 Films and the Award-winning producers of The Kings Speech, filmed by Denson Baker ASC and edited by Dany Cooper ASE. read full transcript here. 

Time for the Aussie Oscars? by Leon Burgher

As an Australian Film Institute member of some ten year's standing, it has been a sad lament of mine that the institute's annual screenings of features, docos and shorts rarely attract more than 10% capacity of the cinemas in which they are shown. We all know the Australian general public believes our films are 'poison' but why do so few of our screen practitioners take an active interest in the very films they make? read full transcript here.

Red Hill Q&A by Cindy Clarkson

Standing at the crossroad was Patrick Hughes.  He’d been making commercials for seven years since graduating from VCA and been trying to get a gig as a feature director.  No one was going to give him a feature till he had gone out and made one like Greg Mclean (Wolf Creek) or Clayton Jacobson (Kenny).  So Patrick set himself a goal write, produce, direct, edit a genre feature and get it in Sundance or Berlin. read full transcript here.

Experiences In Editing …with Brian Kavanagh ASE

One of my favourite film stories concerns a visiting Hollywood actress (renowned for cosmetic enhancement) while filming in Australia, retired to her caravan for the lunch break. When called later by the First AD to continue filming the same scene, she appeared in a totally different wardrobe. The AD suggested this lack of continuity was a problem only to be asked by the ‘star’, “Don’t you people know about editing?” Well we do. read full transcript here.

James Manche ASE interview by Deborah Peart

James Manche ASE is the editor of Australia's highly popular TV shows 'All Saints' and 'Packed to the Rafters'. "Editing is a whole lot of things you’ve got to think about all at once and that’s really what the craft is. There’s a whole lot of layers of storytelling, narrative, emotion, thinking about peoples perception of the geography of the situation, the relationships between people, there’s all sorts of things to think about and the craft of it is to nail it and bring all those things together and have a knack for it." read full transcript here.

Ken Sallows ASE interview by Trevor Holcomb 

Ken Sallows ASE, recent winner of the IF award for Best Editing for Gettin’ Square, is back home in Melbourne before embarking on another feature film in January. He talks here with Trevor Holcomb (ASE Vic Committee) about his experiences cutting Gettin’ Square and Missing Tom... read interview here.

Alexandre de Franceschi ASE article by Anna Craney 

A Sunday morning may not have seemed the most appropriate time to screen the controversial film In the Cut . But a respectable (and not so respectable) crowd turned up at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema on 23 November for the ASE screening, then adjourned upstairs to pry into the cutting process with editor Alexandre de Franceschi... read article here.

Bill Russo ASE interview by Michael Webb

Bill Russo was one of the first editors to be accredited by the ASE. His credits include 'Blue Murder', 'Joh's Jury', 'Scales of Justice', 'Come in Spinner', 'Police Rescue' and 'Wildside'. He's currently Head of Editing at AFTRS and his most recent editing credit is 'Young Lions'... read interview here.

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