Here are some of the best things I’ve found on the art, craft and power of storytelling. Storytelling Bobette Buster and the Arc of Storytelling gives a 15 minute overview of what Hollywood...
Category - Editing
Learning ‘Why’ To Edit
Learning the logic of film editing Check out these beautifully put together videos by Joe LaMattina, featuring Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter talking about editing The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, and...
Common sense business help for creative people…
Business basics for creatives Creative Mornings is a world wide community based catalyst for city living creatives who gather for breakfast and some brain food on a monthly basis. In this talk from...
Compositing Breakdown – Understanding the hidden magic
Layer by Layer Compositing Breakdown In this great tutorial from Nick Campbell of GreyScaleGorilla, he walks through the many layers of an after effects project, demonstrating how different tricks...
Using Technicolor Cinestyle LUT in DaVinci Resolve Lite
How to apply the Technicolor Cinestyle LUT in DaVinci Resolve Lite… If you’re shooting with the Technicolor Cinestyle LUT on your HDSLR and want to apply the correct S-curve to your grade...
Interviews with film editors
DP/30 has a whole host of candid 30 minute interviews with many film editors including the legendary Michael Kahn and Thelma Schoonmaker. Here are a selection of my favourites. There is also a...
How to be a DIT – Part 2
Learning to be a DIT If you’re impressed by things like the LightIron’s onset post production labs and want to learn more about what it takes to be a DIT then check out this free webinar...
FCP7 editors moving to Avid or Premiere Pro
Moving from FCP7 to Avid MC6 If you’re thinking of moving to Avid Media Composer 6 then this free white paper from Avid should give you a heads up on what you’ll need to know to make the...
More Smoke 2013 Tips
Smoke 2013 Tutorials More and more Smoke 2013 tutorials are hitting the web. Not least from Autodesk itself. There are now 32 how to tutorials on their youtube channel. Premium Beat has also got some...
Tutorials for Colorists
A fistful of colour grading tutorials Presynkt Post always have good DaVinci Resolve tutorials and here is their latest quick tip on how to reframe RED EPIC footage and use vignettes to help draw the...
Post production tips from Larry Jordan
5 great tips for post from Larry Jordan Larry Jordan, the grandaddy of FCP editors/trainers has a hugely useful blog, forum and training warehouse, with excellent video tutorials on just about every...
Editing The Amazing Spiderman
The Amazing Spiderman post production Alan Edward Bell is the lead editor on Sony’s tent pole film this summer – The Amazing Spiderman. In this interview on the Digital Production Buzz...
Free Lightworks 11 video tutorials
10 free Lightworks NLE video tutorials Lightworks is a free NLE from Editshare, which, while not as well known as Avid or FCP, has a long cinematic heritage. You need only check out the banner image...
Free 120 page Final Cut Pro 7 editing ebook
Over 170 tips, tricks and techniques for FCP7 Digital Heaven (a UK company that also runs finalcutters.com) has just added Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets (formerly a £9.99 ebook) to their selection of...
Filmmaking Masterclass – 2 hours with Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and JJ Abrams
Steven Spielberg on a lifetime of directing The Directors Guild of America hosted this event last year where James Cameron and JJ Abrams (along with Michael Apted) interviewed Steven Spielberg on his...