A commercial case study
Ever since the RED Digital Cinema Camera Company started to ship its innovative RED One camera, producers have been challenged with the best way to post produce its footage. Detractors have slammed RED for a supposed lack of post workflows. This is in wrong, since there are a number of solid ways [...]
Archive for the ‘My Projects’ Category
RED Post – the Easy Way
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, My Projects, RED, color grading, editing, video, tagged Avid, color grading, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, RED, workflows on March 28, 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 [...]
Music Video Fun
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, My Projects, color grading, editing, tagged Apple Color, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, music videos on March 1, 2009 | Comments Off
The internet is a great place for discovering new contacts. Music video post lets you extend your creativity. This intersection brought me in contact with G.No, a fellow Final Cut Pro enthusiast. G.No is a French R-n-B artist, whose soulful, Latin hip-hop riffs complement his moniker of “The Latin Bird”. After a few e-mail exchanges, [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
