HOLLYWOOD — Hula Post (http://hulapost.com), which has offices in Burbank and West Los Angeles, provided equipment, facilities and support to the editorial team for Nightcrawler. The new thriller from director Dan Gilroy and Open Road Films stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a freelance photojournalist, who becomes embroiled in the LA crime scene. The film also stars Renee Russo, Bill Paxton and Riz Ahmed.
Hula provided Avid DX editing systems, Avid Unity storage, and editorial suites on Los Angeles’ Westside, as well as round-the-clock technical support for the project, which had a post schedule that spanned eight months. John Gilroy, whose credits include Pacific Rim, Warrior, Salt and
Michael Clayton, and who is the twin brother of the director, edited the feature, which he describes as “dark, anxious and riveting.”
Nightcrawler, he says, required a taut, aggressive style of editing. “I approached it the way I do any film,” says Gilroy. “I tune into the director and the script, and find the best movie I can. Danny’s film required controlled chaos. It was fun.”
As an editor, Gilroy takes particular satisfaction in a montage sequence in which Gyllenhaal’s character, Lou, records a home invasion burglary and then sells the footage to a television news producer, played by Russo.
“There is a lot going on in that scene,” Gilroy recalls. “There is the invasion footage itself, the people in the control room, and Lou watching it all. It captures the complexity of the situation. I’m really happy with that scene.”
Working at Hula, Gilroy describes the arrangement as “an incredibly comfortable, secure environment. The people were very helpful in setting us up and accommodating our needs. Whatever we needed, we got. It was fun to go to work every day.”
Gilroy’s crew included assistant editor Kevin Hickman, music editor Nick Ratner and production assistant Samara Kelly.