Editor Bill Henry, ACE, Discusses a Complex Table Scene from "Succession"

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In this video Editor Bill Henry, ACE, discusses a scene from a table scene from "Succession" where he had to cut down a ton of footage and increase the pace of the scene with intense cuts, cutaways and specific use of rack focus shots.

Sight, Sound & Story event series features unique guests and subjects that vary between editing, cinematography, and all aspects of filmmaking. This video is from Sight, Sound & Story: Live: Inside the Cutting Room of "Succession" with Bobbie O'Steen featuring Editors Ken Eluto, ACE, Bill Henry, ACE, Jane Rizzo that debuted in March 2022.

Inside Episode XVIII: This panel focuses on the tragicomic saga of a super rich and powerful family that has riveted HBO audiences for the past three seasons. Join Bobbie O'Steen for a discussion with three of the series masterful editors - Ken Eluto,ACE, Bill Henry, ACE, and Jane Rizzo - who discuss the challenges and rewards of working with constant camera movement, complex plot lines, and multi-layered performances that reveal the many shifting alliances and betrayals in this highly acclaimed series.

Bill Henry, ACE, started his career in Los Angeles as a feature film assistant: beginning with a Roger Corman film cut on moviolas in an airless Venice loft. Ten years later he moved to NYC to work on “The First Wives Club,” with editor John Bloom, a collaboration that later led to Mike Nichols’ “Angels in America” for HBO. Two more Nichols’ films followed, “Closer” and “Charlie Wilson’s War” as an Additional Editor. In 2010, he cut Victoria Mahoney’s feature debut “Yelling to the Sky,” which was selected for competition in the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.

Bill’s television career highlights over the last decade include NBC’s musical drama “SMASH,” Garry Trudeau’s political satire “Alpha House” for Amazon, Netflix’s “Marco Polo,” Apple+’s “Dickinson,” HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” and “Succession” which won him an Emmy for the Season 2 Finale.

"Succession" is an American satirical black comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong. It premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO. The series centers on the Roy family, the owners of Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate, who are fighting for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy (Brian Cox).

Featuring a clip from "Succession” TM & © 2020 HBO

"Succession”. n.d. In Wikipedia. Retrieved October 17, 2023, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)

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