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Continuing our Sundance coverage in episode 608 of the No Film School podcast, we sat down with editors and sound teams from films premiering at the festival. In addition to unpacking post production \u2014 the final and critical phase of filmmaking \u2014 we uncovered possibly the biggest work crushes in the film industry. In this conversation, you\u2019ll hear from:\xa0\n\n\nEmmy-winning editor, Taylor Mason - Editor for the psychological horror film Birth/Rebirth which premiered in the Midnight section on say one of Sundance. Mason\u2019s previous work includes the Netflix mini-series Dahmer \u2013 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and Pose, as well as the variety show A Black Lady Sketch Show, for which Taylor and her team of editors became the first all-Black team to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing.\n\n\n\nJon Philpot - Editor for the mockumentary film Theater Camp. Jon previously worked on beloved comedy series like Hacks, Search Party, Broad City, and Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, and At Home With Amy Sedaris.\xa0\n\n\n\nMike James Gallagher and Anthony Vanchure - Part of the sound team on Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman, the pair also recently worked on the biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, as well as Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me and their collaboration on the documentary Lucy and Desi earned the pair an Emmy nomination.\n\n\n\n\nIn this episode, we discuss\u2026\n\nBreaking story as an editor\n\nThe emotions of door sounds\n\nTemp sound and editors hoping to impress the sound designers and vice-versa\n\nFiguring out the most interesting way to keep people engaged\n\nThe great thing about low budget projects\xa0\n\nBalancing the tone of a more dramatic story with moments of levity\n\nThe great combination of laughter and fear\n\nHow sound design can affect people psychologically\xa0\n\nWhy it's so fun for editors and sound designers to collaborate\n\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cIs this a scene? Is this supposed to be entertaining? What does this have to do with anything?\u201d [16:14]\n\n\u201cI wanna do a great job. I wanna do that on every project I work on. You don\u2019t just want to half ass it.\u201d [21:38]\n\n\u201cThe idea of mixing comedy and horror together is phenomenal.\u201d [31:00]\n\n\u201cI love working with editors that take sound seriously.\u201d [41:35]\n\n\n\nMentioned:\nTaylor Mason Instagram\n\nJon Philpot Instagram\n\nMike James Gallagher Instagram, website and sound design deconstructions\n\nAnthony Vanchure Instagram\n\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nGet your questions answered on the podcast by emailing editor@nofilmschool.com!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices