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5 Books on Storytelling Every Creative Should Read

5 Great Books for Every Creative Storyteller Being a great storyteller is key to any creative work, whether its a song, still image or feature film. These 5 books on screenwriting and writing will help you learn how to craft, … Continue reading

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Colorist Resources Round Up

Great Resources for Colourists Another wave of great resources for new colourists has hit the web and I’ve rounded up a fair few of them here. Hopefully this melange of tutorials, tips and training will help you progress in the … Continue reading

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Interviews with Editors who are using Avid

Avid Editors – Interview Round Up I’ve been collecting a growing list of links to interviews with editors who are using Avid Media Composer to get their job done, whether thats a major Hollywood feature or a cable network TV … Continue reading

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Behind The Scenes on Oblivion

Oblivion Behind The Scenes If you enjoyed Joseph Kosinski’s Tron Legacy, then his next film Oblivion looks pretty darn good too. There are some really interesting behind the scenes featurettes appearing online ahead of the theatrical release, including one about … Continue reading

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Interviews with Film Editors on Film Editing

Editors on Their Craft Here is a quick round up of some recent interviews with incredibly successful film editors on what it takes to become an incredibly successful film editor. If you take away one thing from these interviews I … Continue reading

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A Colour Grading Round Up For Virgin & Veteran Colourists

Colour Grading in Resolve, Speedgrade & More Here’s a quick round up of some of the latest free tutorials, tips and training on the craft of colour grading that should help both those who are new to the craft and … Continue reading

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3 Essential Books on Avid Editing

3 Books on Editing in Avid Media Composer If you’re looking for some great books on learning Avid Media Composer and then, after having grasped the fundamentals, developing some mastery for it, then you wont do much better than this … Continue reading

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Dale Grahn – Colour Timing Over 200 Feature Films

Dale Grahn – Learn to Colour Time Dale Grahn was Spielberg’s color timer (the pre-digital intermediate way to colour grade your film) with over 200 feature film credits listed on imdb.com, which makes him pretty much the don of colour … Continue reading

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The Power of Subtle Filmmaking

Adam and Dog – Oscar Nominated Animated Short Film Adam and Dog is a beautiful example of the power of subtle filmmaking to convey complex ideas with simple metaphors, which is probably part of the reason it’s also nominated for … Continue reading

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Inside Pixar’s New Short Film

A sneak peak at Pixar’s latest short film Fast Company have a quick interview with Saschka Unseld, a very talented animator, director and DP who has worked on Brave, Cars 2 and Toy Story 3. He is also the man behind … Continue reading

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