Category - Craft

Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro

Tips for Better Editing in Premiere Pro In this 30 minute webinar editor Richard Harrington shares a ton of tips for better editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015, from which you are guaranteed to...

The Making of The Martian

The Making of The Martian I really enjoyed The Martian, starring earth’s most expensive rescuee – Matt Damon. Him and a host of Go-Pro cameras. Strangely what I appreciated most about the...

The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite

The Best Studio Monitors For An Edit Suite Update July 2022: My personal recommendation for the best studio monitors for your edit suite would be the Yamaha HS7s, which I have used happily for years...

FCPX Tips and Tricks

FCPX Tips and Tricks With FCPX more than any other NLE, there always seems to be new things to learn, even for old hands like the crew of the Final Cut Virtual User Group. Although these shows are...

Sight, Sound and Story 2015

Sight, Sound and Story 2015 – Watch it now! Sight, Sound and Story is an annual, all day event hosted by the very excellent Manhattan Edit Workshop, and features a rare opportunity to hear from...

A Documentary Editing Masterclass

A Documentary Editing Masterclass If you’re new to the world of documentary editing then this hour long conversation with 22 year veteran Frontline editor Steve Audette, will serve as...

The Making of Mad Max: Fury Road

The Making of Mad Max: Fury Road If you’re as excited about Mad Max: Fury Road as the rest of the world, then this round up of behind the scenes interviews, scene breakdowns and making of...

How To Be A DIT – The Complete Series

How To Be A DIT – Series Table of Contents I’ve written up a fair few posts in my ‘How To Be A DIT’ series here on the blogs, and it was wisely suggested that I put together a...

5 Books on The Craft of Film Editing

5 Books on The Craft of Film Editing In this fourth instalment of books on film editing for film editors are a five more books that you may want to read to improve your understanding of the craft...

What’s New in Final Cut Pro 10.2?

What’s New in Final Cut Pro 10.2?   It’s always a pleasant surprise when Apple updates Final Cut Pro X and they chose to coincide with NAB 2015 for their latest release, which brings...

Inspirational Filmmaking Craft Round Up

Inspirational Filmmaking Craft Round Up Every now and then, you just need to see something inspirational about the craft of filmmaking that leaves you wanting to get up and make better films, tell...

Tips from Colour Grading Breakdowns

Tips from Colour Grading Breakdowns One of the most interesting things to invest your time in as a budding colorist is examining, frame by frame and node by node, the work of professional colorists...