I've never seen so many cool antique toys and little
Moviolas and furniture," Black said.
What I realized later was this: he worked with two moviolas--and I work with two
moviolas; Welles marked film in a certain way--and I mark it the same way.
Voce podia trabalhar o que quisesse, entao tinham duas
moviolas pra atender a oito, dez producoes.
Between the thirties and seventies, films were usually edited at first on
Moviolas, and editing a film was analogous to sewing, or stitching (hence the "suture" theory of the seventies).
"I started out with upright
Moviolas and flatbeds, and then we bought a Synclavier (an early digital recording and sound-manipulation tool).
It involved two
moviolas, one with a sound head for synchronization with the track.
We were on Avid when everybody else was on flatbeds; we were on flatbeds when everybody else was still on
moviolas. As a result, we help bring about the birth of new industries and businesses in L.A."