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...
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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...
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...
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...
Paperman – Oscar Nominated Animated Short Film
Paperman – Pushing animation boundaries Paperman is the latest B-movie (in the traditional sense of the word) to play before a Disney film (Wreck-it-Ralph) and is director John Kahrs first...
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...
Zero Dark Thirty – Post Production
Behind the Scenes on Zero Dark Thirty I really enjoyed Kathryn Bigelow’s previous film The Hurt Locker – mostly for the thrillingly suspenseful action. So I’m really looking forward...
Learning to edit documentaries – Respect the process
Free Seminar on how to edit documentaries If you’re looking to learn how to edit documentaries and want a full run down of a tried and tested documentary editorial process then Richard...
Sound Design on Star Wars, Flight & Looper
Creative Sound Design on Star Wars This is a great video featuring sound design ‘godfather’ Ben Burtt on the sound design needed to create the Star Wars universe. Ben Burtt also did the...
Indie Feature Film School – How to fix it in post
Editorial & VFX tricks to fix your Indie feature in post production Editor/Director Ken Simpson has put together an hour long look at the raw, unvarnished truth about fixing your indie feature...
Short Film Inspiration – Coward
Short Film Inspiration – Coward Coward is a stunningly shot (35mm anamorphic) World War One short film by director David Roddham and shot by Stephen Murphy. Check out the 28 minute short film...
Color Grading Peter Jackson Movies
Colour Grading The Lord of The Rings & King Kong A few more youtube gems of color grading Peter Jackson’s epic The Lord of The Rings and also King Kong. These have been taken from the...
Cutting an Oscar nominated documentary – ”If a tree falls”
Editing a documentary – Director & Editor Interview Johan Walters has a superb interview with Marshall Curry & Matthew Hamachek who both wrote and edited Oscar nominated documentary If...
Interviews with Christopher Nolan’s Editing Team
Editor Lee Smith & Assistant John Lee in Interview Christopher Nolan is undoubtably one of my favourite directors and his editing team – Editor Lee Smith and Assistant Editor John Lee...
Professional Color Grading Tips
Improve your Colour Grading – Professional Tips Steve Hullfish gave this half hour presentation to the Editors Lounge on how to get the best out of your edit with simple but effective colour...