A Documentary Editing Masterclass If you’re new to the world of documentary editing then this hour long conversation with 22 year veteran Frontline editor Steve Audette, will serve as...
Category - Sound Design
Free Sound Design and Sound Editing Training
Free Sound Design and Sound Editing Training If you’ve ever wondered what a sound designer, sound editor and sound re-recording mixer does on a feature film then these free resources should...
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...
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...
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...
Amsterdam Supermeet Videos 2013
Amsterdam Supermeet Videos 2013 The 2012 Amsterdam Supermeet was a great event for seeing and hearing all about many new developments in the production and post world. Particularly note worthy was...
FCPX – Tons of Resources
Final Cut Pro X Resources for Film Editors In order to gather the best of the web for post on this blog I often store away links ready to be curated into a specific post. Lately I’ve collected...
Star Trek: Into Darkness – Post Production
Inside Star Trek: Into Darkness Post Production If you enjoyed JJ Abrams fun filled Star Trek sequel and wanted a closer look at some of the post production that went into the film then this round up...
Diary of An Avid Switcher Part 5 – Upgrades, Audio & Effects
How To Upgrade Avid Media Composer So in practice for the anticipated installation of Avid Media Composer 7 I’ve decided to actually update my Avid installation to MC 6.5.2.1. As always with...
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...
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...
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...
Creating the sound design for a promo for Sound Design
The Sound Design for a Promo for Rampant Design Film Editor’s Sound Effects Packs Alan Pfiel from Rampant Design has a good tutorial on how he created the sound design for the promo film for...
Finishing in Final Cut Pro X
Finishing Your Project in FCPX Oliver Peter’s has a great article on colour grading in FCP X to finish your project. Demonstrating just how much is possible (although why wouldn’t you...