What's the BuZZ?

Eddie Hamilton - Editor, Kick Ass The Movie

Eddie Hamilton is a highly experienced film editor. He has cut 15 feature films and five feature-length TV dramas, and worked on both sides of the Atlantic in a wide variety of genres, from action to comedy to thrillers to family drama, as well as editing multi-award-winning short films and TV documentaries. He recently completed editing Kick Ass, joins us this week to talk about how he gets ready to edit a feature-length project and what he looks for during editing.

The BuZZ Beat

Commercial BuZZ -- Kay McEvoy, Owner, Sunny Mac Films

Kay McEvoy owns Sunny Mac Films and has been in the film/video production business for 20 years. She began her career as an assistant editor at Instant Replay in Cincinnati, Ohio. When Universal Pictures came to town to shoot the movie Public Eye, she got an internship in the cutting room, syncing sound to picture. Today, she works with many advertising agencies producing regional and national commercials. We talk with her about the challenges of commercial production and what it takes to be successful.

Anthony Deptula - Filmmaker

Anthony Deptula is a native of Steubenville, Ohio, currently residing in Los Angeles. He’s a writer, producer and casual actor. Inspired by the mumblecore movement, Deptula believes in making movies no matter what the budget is. He spent the last two years making One Too Many Mornings, supporting himself with random jobs, such as researching pipes for a History Channel show, researching pine nuts for the show Food Tech, and producing a weight loss show for TLC. He also walked Danny Elfman’s dog once.

Stacey Parks - CEO, Film Specific, Inc.

Yay! Stacey is back - fresh from the Berlin Film Festival. Stacey Parks, CEO of Film Specific Inc., joins us again, at long last, to bring us up to date on the wacky world of distribution. Nobody explains distribution better than Stacey - if money is your goal, you need to listen.

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