How to become a DIT If you want to learn how to become a DIT or are wondering what it takes to be one then check out this creative cow article by Von Thomas, an LA based DIT (Digital Image...
Category - Craft
The Avengers Sound Design
Sound Design on The Avengers Michael Coleman of the Soundworks Collection has several interesting behind the scenes featurettes on the sound design and music production of many the latest Hollywood...
Edit Suite Design
Designing your own edit suite Oliver Peters has a great blog post with some tips on designing your own edit suite covering everything from un-interruptable power supplies to acoustics and how to best...
Editing Moonrise Kingdom
Editing Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom Andrew Weisblum has edited for Wes Anderson’s last two films (Fantastic Mr Fox and The Darjeeling Limited) as well as for Darren Aronofsky (The...
The Art of Film & TV Title Design
PBS Off Book short doc on the art of film and tv title design featuring three of the best in the business discussing some of their most famous titles; Mad Men, Blue Valentine and Zombieland. Watch...
Interview with Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan is undoubtably my favourite director. I’ve enjoyed every one of his films and I love that he’s a stickler for doing things properly – like actually shooting on...
Editors on Editing
Editors on Editing Mastering Film.com is Focal Press’s taster site to get you to buy their books, and the free content they offer is well worth checking out. These excerpts from Cutting Rhythms...
Books on Film Editing
Top 5 Books for Film Editors Here are my top 5 books for film editors that focus specifically on the art and craft of film editing, rather than on how to use any one particular piece of software...
Editing Inception
How to edit a $200 million dollar movie Here is an in-depth interview from Studio Daily with film editor Lee Smith and assistant editor John Lee discussing their workflow and creative process for...
Batman The Dark Knight Post Production
Editing Batman The Dark Knight I’m a big fan of Christopher Nolan’s movies, I can’t think of one I haven’t enjoyed both from an entertainment perspective and a craft or...
How to become a film editor
If you’re just starting out in the film business and are wondering how do you get from where you are, to where you want to be – in my case working full time as an editor and getting paid...
Setting up a Colour Grading Suite
How to set up a colour grading suite… Carey Dissmore and Steve Oakley present a very down to earth run through, of what it takes to set up a colour grading suite based on DaVinci Resolve. They...
Walter Murch on Sound Design
An hour with Walter Murch discussing Hollywood sound design…
Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen
Studio Daily has a great interview with Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen about his instinctive process of cutting, reliance on Avid Script Sync and combining Oscar nominated performances with...
Edit Suite Etiquette
How to keep your editor happy Joy Moeller shares what to do and not to do in an edit suite to keep your editor happy. It’s funny because its true!