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...
Category - Editing
Editing – Django Unchained
Fred Raskin – Editor of Django Unchained AOTG.com has a great interview with the incredibly enthusiastic Fred Raskin, editor of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained and...
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...
Crafting a 1 Minute Film
How to cut a short film South African editor Johan Walters has a fascinating interview with director/editor Bauke Brouwer on what it takes to craft a one minute short film for the International One...
Color Grading a Fincher Film
Color Grading on Panic Room & Se7en A few youtube gems on color grading a David Fincher movie. About 5 minutes into the Panic Room featurette world class colorist Stephen Nakamura color corrects...
Film grain and light leaks
How to get a film look Everyone shooting digital wants their stuff to look like film. (Why not shoot film then?!) There are several footage packages that allow you to overlay real or simulated film...
How to Fix Red Exclamation Mark Error in FCP7 Log & Transfer
Solving Log and Transfer Error – The Red Exclamation Problem This particular FCP7 quirk can be frustratingly mysterious, yet the solution is incredibly simple. It happened to me the other...
The Post behind Life of Pi, Cloud Atlas & Hitchcock
Feature Film Editorial Round Up One of the things that’s great about the online post production community is getting insights into the latest interesting feature films even before they hit the...
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...
2 Hours with Veteran Film Editor Dede Allen
Dede Allen, Film Editor Interview Dede Allen was a veteran of the golden years of 60-70’s Hollywood, editing films like The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Serpico as well as other classics like The...
Getting your project into Resolve v9
Importing your edit into DaVinci Resolve If you’re looking for a one stop place to find out how to import your project into DaVinci Resolve this quick post should get you in and out in any NLE...
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...
Comparing Final Cut Pro X vs Premiere Pro CS6
Which is better? FCPX or Premiere? No Film School posted a write up about this 45 minute presentation from Ric Lanciotti of the The Pacific Northwest College of Art. Its an in depth video with point...