Maid

Editor - Annette Davey, ACE MAID editor, Annette Davey, ACE first began her journey into post production in her native Australia.  After a stroke of good fortune led her to a program funded by a grant from the Australian government where she would learn her craft amongst sixteen women for six months, Annette began assistant editing in tv and enrolled in film school.  From there she would make the move to the U.S. so she could continue her career path, editing a variety of projects in both film and television.  Her feature film work is accented by an indie hit about a young waitress in an abusive relationship, 2007's WAITRESS.  On the tv side, Annette has worked on such series as; HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA (2010), HUNG (2009-2011), TRANSPARENT (2014), GLOW (2018), ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST (2020) and Hulu's original series, PAM AND TOMMY (2022). MAID is based on a memoir from author Stephanie Land called, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. It tells the story of a young mother named Alex (Margaret Qualley) who leaves her abusive boyfriend in the middle of the night, taking their toddler daughter with her.  Once on their own, Alex struggles to make ends meet while working as a maid and dreaming of a future as a writer. Editing MAID In our discussion with MAID editor, Annette Davey, ACE we talk about: The challenge of interviewing for jobs over Zoom Crafting multi-dimensional antagonists The benefits of at-home editing Enhancing the performances of child actors with stolen moments between takes How her own career path influenced what she looks for in an assistant The Credits Get your free 100GB of media transfer at MASV Visit ExtremeMusic for all your production audio needs See which model of Avid Media Composer is right for you Subscribe to The Rough Cut podcast and never miss an episode Visit The Rough Cut on YouTube

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