Exec Director of Integrated Production
BSSP
1) Creatively I think this is the year where innovation and emotion merge. We’ll see compelling storytelling through techniques such as experiential, VR, and AI. This trend will build stronger connections between brands and audiences that are measured, refined and targeted to emotional influence. Clearly the challenge for all us content creators is to tell authentic stories that generate a wide variety of entertainment at a price that makes everyone happy. The old adage of FAST-CHEAP-GOOD, you only get two. Is now FAST-CHEAP-GREAT – how do we deliver all three?
2) There’s amazing talent out in the world and I want to find the right people for the job. It’s not always the most obvious choice, sometimes the riskiest approach can provide the most unique outcome. My resolution is literally thinking outside the box as much as possible.
3) It’s not as much about keeping up with current trends as it is adapting them into the most effective work. Yes, you could create an innovative idea but if you don’t know what do with it, it falls flat.
Juliette Welfling Takes On A Musical, A Crime Thriller, Comedy and Drama In “Emelia Pérez”
Editor Juliette Welfling has a track record of close-knit, heartfelt collaboration with writer-director Jacques Audiard, a four-time BAFTA Award nominee for Best Film not in the English Language--starting with The Beat That My Heart Skipped in 2006, then A Prophet in 2010, Rust and Bone in 2013, and Dheepan in 2017. He won for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet.
Welfling cut three of those features: A Prophet, Rust and Bone, and Dheepan. And that shared filmography has since grown to most recently include Emelia Pérez, the Oscar buzz-worthy film from Netflix. Welfling herself is not stranger to Academy Award banter. In fact, she earned a Best Achievement in Film Editing Oscar nomination in 2008 for director Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Emelia Pérez is a hybrid musical/drama/thriller which introduces us to a talented but undervalued lawyer named Rita (portrayed by Zoe Saldana) who receives a lucrative offer out of the blue from a feared drug cartel boss who’s looking to retire from his sordid business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he’s always dreamt of being (Karla Sofía Gascón in a dual role as Manitas Del Monte/Emilia Pérez). Rita helps pull this off, orchestrating the faked death of Del Monte who leaves behind a widow (Jessi, played by Selena Gomez) and kids. While living comfortably and contently in her/their new identity, Pérez misses the children. Pérez once again enlists Rita--this time to return to family life, reuniting with the kids by pretending to be their aunt, the sister of Del Monte. Now as an aunt, Pérez winds up adopting a more altruistic bent professionally,... Read More