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 [...]
Archive for the ‘documentaries’ Category
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
Shine A Light
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Studio, documentaries, editing, films, tagged Avid, documentaries, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, Martin Scorsese on April 6, 2008 | Comments Off
Once again the Rolling Stones rock the house. First in Berlin to open the 58th Berlin International Film Festival and now around the country. I’m not talking about stadiums, but rather Martin Scorsese’s new concert film Shine A Light. Scorsese was instrumental in inventing the rock ‘n roll concert film genre as an editor on [...]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down A Dream
Posted in Final Cut Studio, documentaries, editing, films, tagged documentaries, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro on January 16, 2008 | Comments Off
Epic documentaries about iconic personalities invariably take longer to post than first anticipated. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down A Dream certainly became a prime example. What started out as potentially a fifteen week project ended up taking nearly two years of editor Mary Ann McClure’s time. Like many a good documentary, Runnin’ Down [...]
The Billy Graham Library Project
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, My Projects, documentaries, editing, special venues, tagged documentaries, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, special venues on September 16, 2007 | Comments Off
One of the interesting aspects of being based in central Florida is that the area is home to many themed attraction design companies. These developers supply ideas and creative content to museums, parks and entertainment venues around the world. Nearly everyone involves one-of-a-kind presentation formats that are designed to display memorable programming to entertain and [...]
