2015 ‘Ellie’ Awards Winners

December 7, 2015, 06:26 PM

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The Australian Screen Editors Guild proudly congratulate the winners of the 2015 Australian Screen Editors Guild ‘Ellie’ Awards (winners in red)     Feature Film Dany Cooper ASE, Holding the Man Ben Joss, Is This the Real World David Ngo, One Eyed Girl Nick Meyers ASE, Paper Planes   Short Film Agnes Baginska, Milkmaid Danielle […]

When video editors need to deliver a CALM-complain

December 7, 2015, 06:26 PM

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Outpost Worldwide is a Kansas City-based production and post company that creates content for a variety of TV series, network game shows, reality shows, commercials and corporate videos. Their television work includes shows like Strange: Exorcist, Garden Earth and Project Runway Latin America. Documentaries they have worked on include The Barber’s Diaries, No Shortcuts and Let Freedom Ring. Films include Fight Night, Dogs of Eden and Last Ounce of Courage. With the passage of the CALM....

‘Room’ Editor Nathan Nugent Interview

December 7, 2015, 06:25 PM

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Irish-born editor Nathan Nugent always is up for a challenge. He’s collaborated with director Lenny Abrahamson on his last three features, including the heavily dramatic What Richard Did, the tonally complex Michael Fassbender-vehicle Frank, and now Room, which presented the most logistically challenging edit to date. In the film, Brie Larson portrays a young woman who was kidnapped and held captive in a garden shed by a predator for seven years.

Even Faster Snapshots in Final Cut Pro X

December 7, 2015, 01:35 PM

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Archive Media Using PreRoll Post

December 7, 2015, 01:35 PM

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We all know we need to archive our projects for the long-term. But…how? What’s the best option for smaller workgroups on limited budgets that still need to preserve their critical media and project files? In our "Protect Your Stuff – Archive" webinar, Larry Jordan shows both the hardware and software needed for long-term archiving.

Archive Media Using BRU PE

December 7, 2015, 01:35 PM

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We all know we need to archive our projects for the long-term. But…how? What’s the best option for smaller workgroups on limited budgets that still need to preserve their critical media and project files? In our "Protect Your Stuff – Archive" webinar, Larry Jordan shows both the hardware and software needed for long-term archiving.

REVIEW: Movcam Top Handle, Base Plate and Shoulder

December 7, 2015, 01:34 PM

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Media Composer Safe Title, Safe Picture & Grid Set

December 7, 2015, 01:33 PM

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Editors live and die by their safe titles and safe pictures guides. In Avid Media Composer, though, tracking down where to set them up properly can be a little tricky. That’s why in this lesson, we’re going to take a look at turning the Grid on, and adjusting its settings.

Contender – Editor Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury

December 7, 2015, 10:24 AM

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When director George Miller was looking for an editor to coalesce the wild ride that is Mad Max: Fury Road, he knew there was only one woman strong enough for the job: Margaret Sixel. The woman whose influences were Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), My Brilliant Career (1979), and Breaker Morant (1980). He knew she wouldn’t be easy to get. She also just happened to be married to him. More importantly, she initially turned the job offer down flat. The post Contender – Editor Margaret Sixel,...

Christmas Gift Ideas for the Editor - 2015 Edition

December 6, 2015, 06:16 AM

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It’s time once again for the 6th annual, often imitated but never duplicated Christmas Gift Ideas for the Video Editor in Your Life column. Don’t be fooled by the other similar columns that pop up on other post-production blogs around the internet as the Editblog is the original going back to 2010 with our first installment in this annual series. Hit up 2011, 2012, 2013 or 2014 for other ideas. Of course at this point in the life of the series there’s only so many things one can really...