Cutting Class

A podcast about film and video editing. Interviews with the best editors across a variety of fields, from features to TV to commercial to art, telling the stories of how they got where they are and what they’ve learned along the way.

Cutting Class is a tv podcast hosted by John McSwain, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

John McSwain hosts Cutting Class, a tv show with 20 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  CC_S01_B_EP06_JasonStewart

  Dec 3, 202430 minS1

  <p>This is it! The last of the bonus episodes and the last of "Season One." 3 years later, what a trip. To round out these bonuses I've got a great guest to talk about the art of editing podcasts. </p> <p>Jason Stewart (aka DJ Them Jeans) is the co-host and editor of the podcast How Long Gone, which, along with co-host Chris Black, has released three hour-long episodes a week for the last four years, covering all things culture, fashion and entertainment. Prior to How Long Gone he was also the host & editor of two other podcasts, Tall Tales...

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  Episode #17

  CC_S01_B_EP05_DanielWohl

  Nov 27, 202436 minS1

  <p>Daniel Wohl is a Paris-born, LA-residing, award winning composer who has scored many notable TV shows & films, had his works performed publicly by symphonies and has had his solo albums given high marks and praise from New York Times and Pitchfork alike. He’s scored multiple seasons of the hit show Search Party, the Mark Ronson show “Watch the Sound” the Morgan Neville-directed docs “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead” and “Shangri-La” as well as Tales of the Walking Dead, Robert Zemeckis’ Project Blue Book and many others. In 2023 he composed the score for the art installation Luna Luna and his sc...

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  Episode #4

  CC_S01_B_EP04_ZakStoltz

  May 31, 202434 minS1

  <p>*More Bonus content from the Non-Editors Talking About Editing series* Zak Stoltz is the brilliant VFX supervisor known for his work on Everything Everywhere All at Once and an all-around excellent motion graphics artist and director. Zak introduced me to Paul Rogers, the Oscar-winning editor of Everything Everywhere and former Cutting Class guest, and I thought it would be interesting to hear a little bit from his side about working on that film. Plus he’s worked with The Daniels for ages including on the Turn Down For What music video so there’s a bit more crossover. Great conv...

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  Episode #15

  CC_S01_B_EP03_JeffKling

  Apr 15, 202432 minS1

  <p>Bonus Round Interviews, non-editors talking about editing:</p> <p>Jeff Kling is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Das Favorite. He has previously been CCO of Lightning Orchard, CCO of Fallon Worldwide, and ECD of Wieden Kennedy among many other roles in his storied history. Jeff is responsible for the universally beloved Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World campaign, the Miller High Life Errol Morris campaign, the Arby’s “We Have the Meats” campaign, he’s responsible for that hilarious Loctite Super Bowl commercial from 2014 and in his own words he “rubber stamped” the Nike “Write the Future” comm...

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  Episode #14

  CC_S01_B_EP02_KateAspell

  Dec 5, 202327 minS1

  <p>A good post-producer is hard to find. They have such a difficult job of managing budgets and clients, scheduling, finding talent for jobs and keeping everyone involved happy, fed, on track to finish and doing their best work. And to us editors they can and should be our main line of defense against clients overreaching, to deliver more than they agreed to or work more hours or whatever it may be. </p> <p><br></p> <p>My guest, Kate Aspel,l is one of these great producers who has the ability to stay on top of a project and c...

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