Avid Honored by National Academy of Television...

January 8, 2011, 09:23 AM

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BURLINGTON, Mass, January 6, 2011—Avid today announced that it will once again be honored for its innovative technology by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with an Emmy award. The award is for the "Development and Production of Portable Tapeless Acquisition," which the company created in the mid 1990s with partner Ikegami to improve the way production teams capture and edit video content in the field. The award, which will be presented in a special ceremony in Las Vegas...

Free Monthly Final Cut Studio Newsletter Interacts

January 8, 2011, 09:23 AM

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Larry Jordan, digital media analyst and world-renowned Final Cut Studio expert and teacher, just released the December edition of his free monthly Final Cut Studio newsletter. Published each month for the last six years, each issue is packed with valuable techniques, tips, product reviews, responses to reader questions and the latest industry news. Containing 40 pages, the December issue is designed to help editors get the most out of Final Cut.

Editing Tip: Using Shot Logs

January 8, 2011, 09:22 AM

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Shot logs are a great tool to have when editing. A shot log is usually compiled during production and will provide you, the editor, with important information about each shot such as scene information, time code in and out points, and notes on the quality of the take. However, not all production teams feel the need for shot logs, or sometimes forget to fill them out. In the case of one-man bands, there just aren’t enough hands to direct, operate the camera, monitor...

Schlepping My Way to the Top

January 7, 2011, 11:13 AM

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I love movies and TV shows. I love watching them and I love making them. I always have, for as long as I can remember. My career as an editor would have been just about perfect if I could have slept my way to the top. Unfortunately, with my looks, I was destined for a more conventional approach.

Sparring with Technology

January 7, 2011, 11:13 AM

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So what’s with editor Pamela Martin decked out in boxing togs and gloves and adopting an appropriate stance on our cover? Well, aside from editing David O. Russell’s latest film, The Fighter, which looks to be an awards contender, Martin also had a bout of sorts in the edit suite. As she relates to our writer Michael Goldman in this issue’s cover story, Martin had to construct crucial boxing sequences that would resemble actual filmed matches, while incorporating archival fight footage of....

GETTING ORGANIZED

January 7, 2011, 11:12 AM

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Conflicts in Kentucky coal mines in the early 1930’s produced a pro-labor folksong that famously asks, "Which Side Are You On?" We work in a different time, place, and industry––but the question remains relevant. Conflicts of interest still arise between the bosses who sign our paychecks and the colleagues alongside of whom we work. In such conflicts, we must make a choice: Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them.

'The Tempest' Tossed

January 7, 2011, 11:10 AM

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By now, revealing the gender change of the driving character of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Julie Taymor’s new film is no spoiler for audiences. The wronged and sometime Duke of Milan, Prospero, has become the wronged Duchess of Milan, Prospera, in the person of Helen Mirren.

January 7, 2011, 11:09 AM

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In the summer of 1982, Disney and director Steven Lisberger introduced TRON, a landmark special effects film that took us into a dangerous, groundbreaking computer world. Computer graphics were in their infancy, and nearly every frame also featured hand-drawn and rotoscoped animated effects. The film was ahead of its time, and some audiences didn’t know what to make of it.

BOXING PAMELA Editor Martin Goes the Distance...

January 7, 2011, 11:08 AM

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If ever a single feature film illustrated the painstaking effort editors go through to bring disparate parts together to create a greater whole, David O. Russell’s The Fighter would be that film. The movie, after all, details the story of real-life boxer "Irish" Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), but it also tells the story of his troubled brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), their giant family (their mother, father, and seven sisters all play key roles), and a love story between Ward and his...

A Balancing Act

January 7, 2011, 11:08 AM

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With the advent of the digital nonlinear editing technology, the workflow in the editorial suite dramatically changed. And it’s never stopped changing. With each new format, new camera and new digital capability, the editorial workflow undergoes an evolution. Most recently, more tasks that once went out-of-house are now being done in the edit suite. Online editing, temp sound mixes and color grading have found a home in editorial. On the positive side, these tasks stay in the hands of...