@Loster21′s Tweets O’ the Week – Special 2010 Emmy Nominee Mark Goldman Edition from July 3/4, 2010

Hello, LOST fans!  I hope that July, Month 2 Since the Finale, is treating you well so far.  Speaking of treats, we had one last weekend when 2010 Emmy nominated LOST editor Mark Goldman returned to Twitter after taking a brief hiatus, and answered a few great questions from fans.

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman And one question. Was that MiB or Jacob in the Cabin in 3×20? Thats the only thing i just cant bend my mind around 3:15 PM Jul 3rd

mjgoldman – GREAT question; the kind I would ask the Prods in the cutting room. RT @lostqu4d: Was that MiB or Jacob in the Cabin in 3×20? 11:35 PM Jul 3rd

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d And they would smile like cheshire cats & say “Who indeed?”And that would be that. I’ve the same question as you but, alas, dunno. 11:39 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

aohora – @lostqu4d @mjgoldman 50 bucks says we figure it out during rewatch! #LOST 11:45 PM Jul 3rd

mjgoldman – I would take that bet. But how will we know if you’re right? RT @aohora: 50 bucks says we figure it out during rewatch! #LOST 12:04 AM Jul 4th

aohora – @mjgoldman You’ll have to force them to talk. It’s the only way. [Psst - I'm already pretty sure, so I'm cool with waiting!] 12:41 AM Jul 4th in reply to mjgoldman

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman I heard that filming on 35mm costs about 70$ a minute. I guess you have about 60 minutes per episde which gets cut down to 42. 3:13 PM Jul 3rd

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman So a BTS question. How much material do you get to work on? Scenes are shot several times. About how often? 10 times each? 3:12 PM Jul 3rd

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman Are these numbers somewhere near the truth? That would already be quite expensive. 3:14 PM Jul 3rd

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d I’ve no idea what a minute of film costs; luckily, I don’t have to worry about that part of the process (I’d be a lousy prod) BUT- 11:42 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d For one episode, we usually got about 20-25 HOURS of film (not including takes shot but not sent to editing). Almost every scene~ 11:47 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d is shot from several angles. A simple sc maybe has 2 or 3; a huge scene maybe 20-25; a GIANT scene maybe 50. 11:49 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d A sc with lots of actors or lots of action will need lots of set-ups. I think the Jack-Locke fight had about 30. 11:54 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d Then of course, each set-up may have only 1 take, or it may have 4 or 5. So some sc. will have 5 min. of dailies; others – 3 hrs. 11:56 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d The scene in the sub probably had 1 hr for the 1 pt (arguing over dismantling the bomb) then 90 min of explosion and aftermath. 11:59 PM Jul 3rd in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d After going through all the footage, & cutting all the scenes, my first version of the show is (hopefully) 5-10 minutes long. Then 12:02 AM Jul 4th in reply to lostqu4d

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d we start cutting & trimming to make it sing. That’s the best part! 12:03 AM Jul 4th in reply to lostqu4d

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman Wow… really. That are huge numbers. Up to 25 hours. And there have been 121 episodes and all the mobisodes. What a load 12:04 AM Jul 4th

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman Did you also work on “the man in charge” epilogue? There were many rumors about its running time. 20 mins here. 10 mins there. 12:06 AM Jul 4th

lostqu4d – @mjgoldman Is cutting such stuff more fun? I guess there are less restrictions. 12:06 AM Jul 4th

mjgoldman – @lostqu4d Robert Florio cut the awesome mobisodes, and ABC produced the awesome recapping shows. We just stuck with the actual awesome eps. 12:26 AM Jul 4th in reply to lostqu4d

LucasBenica – @mjgoldman the last episode had many scenes that ended up deleted? 11:51 PM Jul 3rd in reply to mjgoldman

mjgoldman – No, I think just one or two. That’s why it grew to 2.5 hrs!! RT @LucasBenica: the last episode had many scenes that ended up deleted? 12:06 AM Jul 4th

jopinionated – @mjgoldman Hi Mark! I’ve always wanted to ask you what it was like to edit Juliet’s death scene in the S5 finale. Excruciating, challenging? 12:31 AM Jul 4th in reply to mjgoldman

mjgoldman – @jopinionated I’d need 140 pages to answer that, but yes – very challenging & very depressing. I was angry about Juliet dying. 12:43 AM Jul 4th in reply to jopinionated

mjgoldman – @jopinionated Both Liz & Josh brilliant; when I first saw him breaking down (in his final, astonishing, take), I almost burst into tears. 12:46 AM Jul 4th in reply to jopinionated

mjgoldman- It’s way too late, but how remarkable is it that I’m chatting with Germany, Brazil, and…uh… San Diego…..all at the same time. 1:01 AM Jul 4th

Hey, San Diego – squee, that was me!  What a fantastic editor, and what a generous tweeter.  Thanks so much to Mark Goldman and to the fans who tweeted to him for these great insights into behind-the-scenes at LOST!