9-1-1: Lone Star editors Charles Little II and Bryan Colvin make their debut on The Rough Cut to describe both their workflow for the Fox procedural drama as well as the career paths that lead them there.
From 9-1-1 co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, 9-1-1: Lone Star follows a sophisticated New York firefighter who, along with his son, relocates from New York City to Austin, Texas. He must try to balance the duties of saving those who are at their most vulnerable and solving the problems in his own life. He is joined by other firefighters as well as members of the police department and emergency medical services.
CHARLES LITTLE II ACECharles is an accomplished motion picture editor, television producer and an award-winning multimedia creative. In 2008, Charles received the Best Editing Award for The Luminaries' inspiring music video entitled Peace at the fifth annual Elevate Film Festival which challenged international filmmakers to create works of social and environmental importance. In 2012, Charles directed and edited a series of short brand films for ad agency Gertude, Inc. which earned him a bronze Telly Award. Charles' credits also include unscripted series for networks like Showtime, Discovery, NatGeo and VH1; including Ru Paul's Drag Race and MTV Networks' 1 World Hip-Hop Championship where Charles wore several hats including Editor, Director and Executive Producer. Charles is an active member in various post-production groups promoting diversity and advancement within the film and television industry; and is a proud member of the Motion Picture Editor's Guild (I.A.T.S.E. Local #700).
BRYAN COLVINBryan is an up and coming motion picture editor, currently working on 9-1-1 on FOX (created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Tim Minear), with his roots in all forms of media creation growing up. From music performance, composition, video editing, motion graphics, even adobe flash before that went the way of the dodo. Any art form that involved media placed over a timeline, was of interest in his upbringing. At the age of 19 Bryan cut a web series called Noah’s Arc created by Patrik-Ian Polk that was picked up by LOGO Network. He’s cut many music videos, short films, and a sum of 7 indie feature films since his first, and 2 more as Additional Editor. In 2013 Bryan cut his first feature film Blackbird, starring Mo’Nique, Isaiah Washington, and new comer Julian Walker, which even got a small theatrical release in major cities. Always striving to dig deeper into story and plot, and engage the audience better with edge-of-your-seat excitement and empathy for the characters. Always striving to learn new tools and improve the time it takes for thought to be built in the timeline for real, all while guiding the collaborative synergy at the edit bay to keep it flowing all the way to lock picture.
Editing 9-1-1: Lone StarIn our discussion with the editors of 9-1-1: Lone Star, we talk about:
- Snapchat editorial setups
- Trolling Twitter for audience feedback
- Taking the mad scientist approach to remote "Parsec" workflows
- Loving the trim tool and 3-band EQ
- Being an "emotional DJ"
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