Project Detail

Her Name Was Moviola

Synopsis

A cinematic love letter to the Moviola film editing machine, led by Academy Award winning editor Walter Murch, detailing how it dominated English-language filmmaking for most of the 20th century.
Invented in 1922, the Moviola remained for a long time the dominant machine for editing film in English-language cinema. Mastering it allowed an editor, in tandem with the director and producer, to create a language and rhythm within a film. Her Name Was Moviola sees Academy Award® -winning sound and film editor Walter Murch working with a team to rebuild a Moviola editing suite to take us through the process of how a film was pieced together. Using two scenes from Mike Leigh’s 2014 drama Mr. Turner – reverse-engineered from digital to 35mm prints – Murch and his collaborators take us through the way the Moviola was employed to bring a multitude on individual shots together into one cohesive narrative. It’s a riveting deep-dive into a process that is key to every form of filmmaking.
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2024 - World premiere

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 min
Format
Digital, 4K
Director
Howard Berry 1st Feature
Producer
Howard Berry
Co-Producer
Richard Craske
Editor
Howard Berry
Screenwriter
Walter Murch
Director of Photography
George Nicholls
Sound
Mike Wyeld
Principal cast
Walter Murch, Dan Farrell, Howard Berry, Mike Leigh

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

The Curators! Ltd.

2 Beecroft Lane
Walkern
Herts
SG2 7PE

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