Alison Michaela Borodzicz 🎨

Location scout continues — scouring the land, the light, and the sound of a place. Following a kind of yellow brick road.

A real pleasure seeing @pedro.a.silveira ‘s short film, Sound and Vision screened at UCLAxFilmFest this weekend. There was a wonderful dynamic between the two leads on screen — the nervous romantic energy of a possible fledgling relationship, and an audience visibly recognising the awkward choreography of trying to appear composed around someone you’re drawn to. An extra treat to see my editing credit appear up on the big screen, and to reconnect with fellow Australian and cinematographer @oliver.image Grateful to have contributed editorially to the film and to see the work shared with an engaged audience of filmmakers in such a grand old theatre setting. Congratulations again Pedro on a successful screening. Almost caught up with producer @samcyyu on the day as well — let’s all have a reunion sometime soon.

Since watching Gloria Bell, I keep thinking about the way the film periodically returns to Gloria singing along to music in her car. There’s something deeply recognizable about those moments. Singing in the car is such a private, uninhibited form of self-expression — a small sealed-off space where someone can disappear into the traffic, into their own feeling, without being watched. At first it simply feels observational — a small behavioural detail, almost casual in its recurrence. Gradually, though, it becomes an emotional gauge running quietly beneath the film. Later moments where she no longer sings land differently because the repetition has taught us what she looks like when she feels most free and alive. While the car scenes build this emotional pattern across the breadth of the film, there’s another scene-sized moment that stayed with me, too. Gloria becomes completely absorbed in the intimate story her beautician tells during a bikini wax. The camera moves gently towards a close shot of her transfixed face. Suddenly the wax strip is ripped away, abruptly snapping Gloria out of that emotional immersion. There’s a dash of humour in the moment, but more importantly I realised the film is quietly establishing a rhythm between growing intimacy and sudden rupture that continues through Gloria’s relationship later on. I love filmmaking that builds meaning gradually through rhythm, revisiting an idea and emotional association rather than overt explanation. Those accumulations of detail are often the moments that stay with me most afterwards. #GloriaBell #FilmEditor

A great night was had at The Broadwater Theater for the screening of Emily McLeod’s web series, When Mary Met Betsy — a friendship rom-com with real heart. The theater was filled, which made it all the more enjoyable to feel how the audience responded in real time — collective laughter and comedic timing landing alongside heartfelt storytelling. Though I joined Emily’s team later in the post production process, I was glad to contribute to dialogue editing, finishing credits, and trailer creation. The heart of a show is in its ability to resonate with an audience, and it was gratifying to see Emily’s work do exactly that. @whenmarymetbetsy

Taking a photo is like making an editorial cut. The scene ends at the four edges of the frame. Never mind the traffic racing meters behind me, or a rumbling passenger plane cutting through the cotton wool sky. Inside this frame, no one will ever know.

First location scout for the short film. Looking for a place with a strong birdlife presence—particularly waterfowl—who respect the filmmaking process and are willing to hold for dialogue. 🎥🎬 #shortfilm #locationscout #locationsound

An engaging panel presented by American Cinema Editors on “Invisible Art, Visible Artists.” I particularly enjoyed hearing writers/editors Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie discuss their process on a group dialogue scene set during a restaurant conversation, which they described as involving “subjective emotional cubism.” Their approach broke the scene into multiple emotional perspectives, allowing the audience to experience the conversation through shifting subjectivity while preserving empathy for each character. The creative duo also shared how they actually enjoy dismissing their own writing in the edit, mining the footage for new ideas so that the edit becomes another pass of storytelling. As moderator Sabrina Plisco, ACE, put it — editing is “writing with pictures.” Sabrina also shared that although she once considered becoming a cinematographer, she realized editing was where she felt most fulfilled, because it’s where the architecture of the story really takes shape. Always inspiring to hear editors talk about the craft this way.

Congratulations to @itsemilyandroses on the festival screening of her friendship rom-com web series When Mary Met Betsy at the TCL Chinese Theatre! Very glad to have contributed finishing edits and to meet some of the warm and welcoming cast. #goldenstatefilmfestival

This week I let a film run free on FilmFreeway. That’s hard to say fast! 🛣️

Nature is wild—and so, nonetheless is this squirrel. May he inspire your inner champion. 🏆 A fun exploration of picture and music editing. Shot on iPhone—because sometimes the moment doesn’t wait for the ‘right’ camera. #shortfilm #pictureeditingandsound #musicediting #LAbackyard

Last night Michael and I visited the Burny Mattinson Theatre at Disney Animation Studios to learn about the art and craft of animation sound. One of the evening’s revelations came from watching classic Disney scenes with the music and dialogue removed—revealing how sparingly sound effects are used, and how deliberately they guide the story. Then came the pink-noise demonstration: a single static tone directed around the theatre, showing how sound can haunt a space, lead the eye, or place a ghostly voice just out of frame. Suddenly, the sound transforms a flat image into something that extends into the room. A great reminder that sound design can be choreography for the ears.

Make Friends like a Muscovy Muscovy ducks have a reputation for being unusually curious and calm, and this socially courageous Muscovy had no hesitation about being the first to wander over. I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite so interesting. Disarmed by his curiosity-first approach, I felt he had something meaningful to impart about social dynamics. #muscovyduck #makingfriends #parkcinema