This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on April 18, 2025.We sat down with the film’s editor, Isaac Hagy, to discuss how he used Adobe Premiere Pro and Frame.io to bring the story to life. With the directors in New York and Hagy in California, collaborating remotely was a key part of the workflow, including relying on Frame.io to send full and partial cuts back and forth for notes. He also relied on Productions in Premiere Pro to keep everything moving fluidly and the file size low.Hagy shares more about his editing journey below. The Friend, distributed by Bleecker Street, is now showing in theaters.How and where did you first learn to edit?My first experience with editing and filmmaking was during high school when I would make short, often very stupid, films with friends. In those days, I would edit by chaining two VHS systems together via RCA cable and using one essentially as the "source” window and the other as "record.” It was elementary, but it worked and really helped me build a fundamental understanding of how to place shots together.How do you begin a project/set up your workspace?My long-time Assistant editor, Cameron Ross, has helped me build a stock Premiere Production that we take from job to job. It includes all the bin structures that we need to start, as well as anything we might anticipate down the road, such as folders that will eventually house projects containing dailies, music, sound...
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