This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on January 24, 2025.The film follows a lonely gravedigger (played by Glowicki) who finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.Editor Lev Lewis worked closely with Glowicki to create the film’s colorful spectrum of creative influences – from disco to German Expressionism to sketch comedy to Bugs Bunny. Because the film was shot in only 16 days and almost entirely on a black soundstage with minimal backgrounds to differentiate scenes, Lewis relied on the fluidity of Premiere Pro to organize takes, streamline his workflow, and bring this genre-bending, “cinematic fever dream” to the big screen.How did you first get involved with this project?I’ve known one of the producers, Yona Strauss, for a number of years and she contacted me to manage their dailies and put together an assembly—a small job, as Grace, the director, initially wanted to edit the film herself. Being a fan of Grace and Ben and the whole team, I accepted and quickly found myself quite taken with the footage. After the assembly was completed, I handed the project over and went off to do another film, but after a couple of months, Grace and Yona re-contacted me to see if I would be interested in taking over the edit and I happily...
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