One of the coolest projects I’ve ever worked on is about to enter its tenth year. In 2009, the nighttime lagoon show at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT theme park enters what may well be its last year in this current version. Many theme park attractions are refreshed or changed periodically and I suspect that, the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
IllumiNations 2000: Reflections of Earth
Posted in Avid, My Projects, editing, media, special venues, tagged Avid, Disney, editing, EPCOT, IllumiNations, Reflections of Earth on November 28, 2008 | Comments Off
Final Cut Pro as a Platform
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, editing, tagged Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio on November 23, 2008 | Comments Off
I’ve had a lot of hits on my Avid vs. FCP post, but when I showed it to some of my friends over at Apple, they suggested one point-of-view that I hadn’t considered. Namely, that Final Cut Pro should be viewed as not just another NLE, but rather a development platform. I think that argument [...]
Apple Aperture 2 for Video Pros
Posted in Final Cut Studio, graphics, workflows, tagged Aperture, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, graphics, photography on November 9, 2008 | Comments Off
Programs for two-dimensional graphics fall into three categories: design, paint and photography. Adobe Photoshop has been the “Swiss Army Knife” software that most video professionals rely on to do all of these functions, but its main strength is image layout and design. Realistic painting that mimics natural media like oils and chalks continues to be [...]
Blindsided – Case Study of Editing a Documentary
Posted in Final Cut Studio, My Projects, documentaries, editing, film student, films, tagged documentaries, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio on November 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Walter Murch has explained film editing as part plumbing, part performance and part writing. Plumbing is understanding the workflow. Performance is the inherent feeling of knowing where to make the best cut to establish pace and rhythm, much the same as a musician. The third component – the film editor as writer – is most [...]
