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5 Must Read Books For Freelance Creatives
5 Must Read Books for Freelance Creatives As a freelance creative these ‘must read’ books will inspire you to see your creative business and career in a fresh and energising light. Being...
Learning Film Editing – Insights From Film Editors
Learning Film Editing From Film Editors Learning more about film editing from talented film editors is one of my favourite things to do. Finding videos, articles and interviews with working film...
5 Books on Colour Grading And Colour Science
5 Books on Colour Grading And Colour Science These days if you’re an editor you are expected to have a decent handle on colour grading and colour science. Being able to steward your project...
Color Grading Craft Stories
Insights on the Craft of Color Grading In this round up I wanted to share some of the great resources to be found online about the art and craft of color grading. While many of the grading posts...
Making of John Lewis Animated Advert: The Bear & The Hare
John Lewis Christmas Ad 2013 – Bear & Hare This advert for John Lewis (a UK department store) is pretty special. I always love seeing the intricate, passionate, endless work that goes into...
The Best Training on Lynda.com for Film Editors
The Best Training on Lynda.com for Film Editors Lynda.com is a hugely valuable resource for digital creatives the world over who want to pick up new skills, learn new software packages or hone their...
Editing Craft Round Up
Learn about the craft of film editing As an editor, learning more about the craft of film editing is one of my favourite things to do. Thanks to the great people who make up the online global post...
How To Be A DIT Part 7
How To Be A DIT Part 7 – Tips & Tech This series of How To Be A DIT posts is marching into it’s 7th instalment. Although you don’t have to be a DIT to benefit from the resources...
The Art and Craft of Sound Design
Understanding The Craft of Sound Design Sound design is 60% of any film’s construction. In many ways good sound design is more important than good picture. You might be forgiven for shaky...
The Making of A British Indie Movie – The Last Passenger
Making of The Last Passenger It’s not often that a British indie film actually looks any good but low budget thriller The Last Passenger, from first time feature director Omid Nooshin, looks...
Improve Your Edit – Insights on the Craft of Film Editing
Improve Your Edit – Film Editing Fundamentals Developing your craft as a film editor means taking the time to study and truly understand what make an edit better. Some of editing can be learned...
The Making of Gravity
Behind The Scenes on Gravity Director Alfonso Cuarón’s heart stopping Gravity is causing critics to say that they’re finally seeing a film where 3D is no longer a gimmick and that the...
A Filmmaking Masterclass From David Fincher
Filmmaking Insights from Director David Fincher Filmschoolthrucommentaries is one of my favourite sites, partly because I love every and any behind the scenes extra and especially commentaries from...
Film Editor Andrew Weisblum A.C.E In Conversation
Film Editor Andrew Weisblum In Conversation In this series of videos from the Manhatten Edit Workshop film editor Andrew Weisblum A.C.E. discusses his work with Bobbie O’Steen, covering a...