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Marty, Life is Short

Marty, Life is Short13 aug37 min

<p>Today on Art of the Cut, editor Sierra Neal, ACE, discusses her Emmy-nominated work on the Netflix documentary <em>Marty, Life is Short.</em></p><p>Sierra has been on Art of the Cut several times on the documentaries, <em>Jim Henson: Idea Man,</em> for which she received an Emmy, and for three other documentaries, <em>Music by John Williams, Pavarotti</em>, and <em>The Beatles: Eight Days a Week</em>. She was also an additional editor on the documentary <em>Carlos</em>, about Carlos Santana, which was also covered on Art of the Cut.</p><p>Today’s discussion is about the importance of structure and when things are revealed to the audience, the use of selects reels as a muse, and the importance of tone.</p><p>If you want to read along with this podcast and see images from Sierra&#39;s cutting room and from the documentary, please check out the BorisFX.com blogsite:</p><p>borisfx.com/blog/aotc</p>