Age can sometimes be an impediment to inspired filmmaking, but Francis Ford Coppola, who recently turned 70, has tackled his latest endeavor with the enthusiasm and creativity of a young film school graduate. The film Tetro opened June 11th in New York and Los Angeles and will enter wider distribution in the weeks that follow. [...]
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Reliving the Zoetrope tradition – Walter Murch and Tetro
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, directing, editing, film student, films, tagged directing, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, Francis Ford Coppola, Walter Murch on August 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Scare Zone
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, My Projects, color grading, editing, films, workflows, tagged Apple Color, Avid, color grading, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, workflows on March 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Anatomy of posting a digital, indie feature film
This blog is named Digital Films and today’s post is definitely in keeping with that title. I wrapped up last year cutting an indie feature, called Scare Zone – a comedy/horror – or horror/comedy – film that is the brainchild of writer/director Jon Binkowski. Jon and I [...]
Oscar nominations
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, editing, films, tagged Avid, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, Oscars, Slumdog, Walter Murch on January 24, 2009 | Comments Off
It’s awards season again. I was checking out the nominations for the 81st Academy Awards – The Oscars – and happy to see a few names jump out at me. One of the fun things I get to do is interview some of the leading editors around the world for many of the articles I [...]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, editing, films, tagged David Fincher, editing, films, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio on December 27, 2008 | Comments Off
If hitting the theaters is a Christmas Day tradition in your family, then David Fincher has a holiday treat for you. This innovative filmmaker brought us the first uncompressed digital film in Zodiac, and is now set to outdo that effort in his newest tour de force production, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring [...]
12 Tips for Better Film Editing
Posted in editing, film student, films, tagged editing, films, Walter Murch on December 16, 2008 | Comments Off
I’m currently cutting a digital feature and this has made me think about editing styles. Here are an even dozen tips that I feel will make any budding film editor better at this craft. I’m sure not everyone will agree with all of these points, since they come out of my own approach and style. [...]
