BlogLive@Sundance 2008 Podcast: Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Editors Julie Lombardi and Gavin Coleman

Jan 19, 2008 12:00 PM

Sundance 2008: Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? Editors Julie Lombardi and Gavin Coleman

One of the more highly anticipated documentaries appearing this year at the Sundance Film Festival is Morgan Spurlock’s Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? The movie was largely shot by Spurlock’s small crew using primarily a Sony HDW-F900 camera system as they literally traveled the world attempting to unravel the mystery of the notorious terrorist’s whereabouts. He returned from his adventure with hundreds of hours of HD footage to sort through as he built the movie, and much of that job fell to co-editors and frequent Spurlock collaborators Julie Lombardi and Gavin Coleman. Along with co-editor Sean Frechette and two assistants, they spent months sorting their way through “pieces of a thousand-hour puzzle,” as Lombardi explains it, working primarily on four Avid Xpress Pro systems (three running with Avid Mojo acceleration systems) and a Unity server system at Spurlock’s editorial headquarters in New York. As the Sundance Festival was about to begin, Lombardi and Coleman spoke with millimeter Senior Editor Michael Goldman about the project’s challenges and their creative approach to cutting the documentary together. To listen, click here