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...
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Best of BVE2013
Catch up on the best presentations of BVE2013 Online If you couldn’t make it to BVE2013 this year, then fear not you can still catch up on some great presentations thanks to the wonders of...
Diary of An Avid Switcher – Part 2: Wrestling The Basics
Working with Avid Media Composer 6.5.2 First of all thanks to all those who have been commenting and tweeting and helping me out while I’m trying to get to grips with working with Avid Media...
How To Be a DIT – Part 3
How To Be a DIT – Part 3 I’ve blogged a few times about how to become a DIT or a Digital Imaging Technician, bringing together the best things I can find from the internet to help those...
Best 5 Books On Marketing For The Digital Creative
Best 5 Books on Marketing for the Digital Creative Here are my best 5 books on marketing for the digital creative, which should hopefully inspire you to better ‘sell’ your digital talents...
Spielberg’s Editor – Michael Kahn on Editing
Michael Kahn’s Insights on Film Editing Michael Kahn has been Spielberg’s editor since Close Encounters of the Third Kind, collaborating together for over thirty years. I can only think...
Why now is a good time to buy Avid
Why you might want to think about buying Avid Media Composer 6.5 I’ve been a Final Cut Pro editor for my whole working life, which is inching towards a decade which isn’t that long in the...
Improve Your Film Editing – Advice from Seasoned Professionals
How to be a better film editor – learning the craft The most recent episode of the That Post Show hosted by Kanen Flowers was an incredibly insightful discussion between Norman Hollyn, Alan...
An Editor’s Epic Christmas List
What to buy a film editor for Christmas? The Christmas is almost upon us and you’re thinking about just how much you love, value and appreciate your humble film editor. You want to show them...
Dealing with difficult clients
How to deal with difficult clients I’ll be the first to admit I like laughing at the silly things ‘clients’ say and on the internet you don’t have to look very far for plenty...
How to become an Assistant Film Editor
How to become an Assistant Film Editor If you’re interested in learning how to become an assistant editor then there are quite a few resources out there to help you get started, or at least...
Preparing for a Grading Session
Questions to ask during the Creative Brief Patrick Inhofer from Taoofcolor.com is (hurricane Sandy not withstanding) about to release his grade along training series in which you get to grade an 8...
Books On Film Editing – Part 2
More Books on Film Editing A while back I listed my ‘Top 5 Books on Film Editing‘. Since then I’ve read a few more and thought I’d list them here. There really is a wealth of...
Conforming in Resolve
How to use a Reference Movie in Resolve Warren Eagles from the ICA has this 10 minute tutorial inside the latest version of Resolve – 9.0.2. Warren talks through the importance of using a...
Editors Craft Round Up
Editors on their craft Here’s a round up of some of the most recent articles on the internet on editors speaking on their craft… Being an editor Dad Kylee Wall has written up one of the...