Blog update July 12th 2012 -
In May Terry Rawlings gave a talk to a sell out audience at Signals. If you were there you may want to relive the day. If you were not, this is your chance to see some of what you missed. Use this link to see the first part of his talk.
Sadly if you were not there you will still have missed the full talk and having a look at the 'Alien' shooting script he brought along.
Terry wanted everyone to know he really enjoyed meeting the enthusiastic audience and thought Signals was great. You are welcome back any time Terry!
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Original Blog:
Signal Media Arts Centre is honored and delighted to announce that Film Editor Terry Rawlings will be coming to Colchester to give a talk on Saturday the 19th of May at the Signals Studio.
Terry Rawlings edited a number of great films in his long career both the UK and Hollywood, some of the best known are: Blade Runner, Alien, Alien 3, Watership Down, Goldeneye and Entrapment.
Terry Rawlings was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA for best Editing on the 1981 film Chariots of Fire (which is due to be re-released on the 13th of July to Celebrate London 2012).
Chariots of Fire was one of five BAFTA nominations for Terry Rawlings, the other nominated films were; Alien, Blade Runner, Women in Love and Isadora. He is a member of Academy of Motion Pictures, which means he votes in the ‘Oscars,’ and in 2006 he received the prestigious American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.
This is an amazing and rare opportunity to hear from one of the great British craftsmen in cinema. Terry will be providing insights in to his career and methods. The talk will be in a small and informal environment where the audience will be able to ask questions about Terry’s career and work.
Terry Rawlings, A.C.E. began his work in the film industry in 1955. In 1957 he got his first editing job on with Town on Trial as a Second Assistant Sound Editor. From then he worked for several years as a Sound, Music and Dubbing Editor. During this time credits included The Great Gatsby, and The L-Shaped Room. In 1977 he had the opportunity to picture edit The Sentinel, that started a 27-year editing career.
A love of music can be seen though out Terry’s career; his choice of film work includes musicals The Phantom of the Opera and Yentl, as well as working with the most famous Vangelis film scores.
Terry Rawlings will be giving this rare talk about his career and experiences as an editor to a small audience at Signals, Colchester on the 19th May at 3.00pm Signals will then be screening the original Alien at 5.00pm
This talk and screening comes just 2 weeks before Director Riddly Scott’s long awaited Alien prequel Prometheus, due for Cinema release on the 1st June.
