Jim Cummings is the hardest working filmmaker I know

Published: 20 April 2021
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I talked to Jim Cummings about his new feature film The Beta Test, film financing, and the future of the filmmaking industry.

Check out Wefunder (a platform Jim used to finance The Beta Test): https://cuttothepoint.com/wefunder

Thunder Road (Jim's Sundance-winning short film): https://vimeo.com/174957219

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Films that influenced Jim
2:32 - Editing of Thunder Road
4:02 - Screening early edits
7:01 - Blocking actors and action
10:08 - Use of ADR in long takes
12:17 - Crowd equity film financing
16:44 - Writing and researching process for The Beta Test
21:23 - Cool shots in The Beta Test
24:06 - About editing his own films
27:10 - Audio mixing in Adobe Audition
30:11 - Color grading for The Beta Test
31:16 - Restructuring in the edit
34:17 - Qualities of great editors
36:05 - Calling 'action' on set
38:12 - Film industry in the post-Covid world

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