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Editors? We don’t need no stinking editors!
This article by Dan Selakovich makes the strong case for why films benefit from a skilled editor, separate from the director: http://www.watchindie.net/2015/10/27/why-a-director-shouldnt-edit-their-own-movie/ It boils down to objectivity, to getting away from all the baggage of remembering what happened on set. He makes a compelling case, and his advice is the conventional wisdom. It reminds me of WIlliam…
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The Joys of Post Production
I have nearly completed a rather large project – a DVD of Video Killed the Fairytale Star, Sunnyside Environmental School’s Spring musical. I ended up only editing one complete performance, rather than cutting together bits and pieces. But that is a two hour show, with a three camera shoot and 14 channels of field audio in Pro…
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Time remapping: Final Cut beats Avid and Adobe by a couple of lengths
It seemed so simple… Just speed up some clips, creating a faux-time-lapse sequence. It would be cute, save some space. It seemed so simple… I am editing the DVD (and BluRay) packages for Sunnyside Environmental School’s Spring musical, Video Killed the Fairytale Star. Three performances, each shot with three cameras – plus an 8 or…