Video Editing on the iPad

November 12, 2010, 10:31 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/technology/perso...

You can do very basic video editing on the iPod Touch: trimming the beginning or end of your clip. In the Photos app, open the video you want to edit from the Camera Roll album, and then tap the screen to bring up the playback controls, including the frame-viewer bar at the top of the screen.

Terence and Philip Episode 13: Deliverables!

November 12, 2010, 10:30 PM

http://www.theterenceandphilipshow.com/2010/11/epi...

Terry starts the discussion about audio levels and the perception of loudness, in the wake of the recent FCC ruling. This leads to the main discussion of deliverables: aka "pining for PAL vs NTSC"! Formats and deliverable metadata add to the complication that delivering a program has become.

November 12, 2010, 12:18 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

The IATSE has confirmed that it is on strike against the reality series The Biggest Loser, and its production entities, Reveille Productions, 25/7 Productions and 3 Ball Productions. This top-rated show for NBC is now filming its 10th season. The work action follows a vote by 100 percent of the production crew members to support the IA. AFTRA and DGA already have agreements with the production.

Eisenstein on the Breach

November 12, 2010, 12:17 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

The Battleship Potemkin, or Potemkin as it is generally known, galvanized filmmakers around the world because of the audacity of its film editing––especially in the iconic Odessa Steps massacre. Its impact on editors and directors since its premiere in Moscow on Christmas Eve, 1925 is immeasurable. Though Sergei M. Eisenstein transformed the possibilities of film language and technique far beyond previous expectations, he generously gave credit to American film director D.W. Griffith...

POST PRODUCTION WEEK POST 5: GEEK HUMOUR

November 12, 2010, 12:17 PM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/post-production-week-po...

Don’t worry, I’m writing a proper post for today, but since it’s friday, I always think it’s better to kick off with something fun. This is a parody music video that references stuff only nerds will get. I’m a nerd. I get it. It made me laugh. You might not. In which case, read the previous posts in this series. Then you’ll get it. Congratulations you’re now a post nerd. Have a cookie!

They’re Assistant Editors, Not Gofers

November 12, 2010, 12:15 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

According to the California Employ-ment Development Department, the way to become a film editor is to follow the career path from apprentice editor to assistant editor to full editor. By its calculation, this process should take about five years.

World’s First Low-Latency Full HD 3D 4:2:2 Encod

November 12, 2010, 12:14 PM

http://3dcinecast.blogspot.com/2010/11/streambox-r...

Streambox announced the release of the world’s first low-latency full resolution 4:2:2 HD 3D 1-RU Encoder/Decoder. The Full HD 3D Encoder/Decoder is built on the company’s award-winning ACT-L3 video compression technology, and includes all advanced video and networking features found in existing Streambox professional video products.

It’s Mixers vs. Editors as Audio Post Budgets

November 12, 2010, 12:13 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

The Editors Guild held a roundtable discussion on industry trends in sound post-production over the summer––and heard an earful. Passionate professionals described how shrinking post-production budgets and a lack of understanding about the sound post workflow have created difficult situations for editors and mixers alike, as well as threatened the integrity of the creative process.

November 12, 2010, 12:13 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Created by former Sopranos writer Matthew Weiner, AMC’s acclaimed Mad Men unveils the curiously alluring world of Don Draper, a top New York advertising man in the 1960s who has built his life around a series of lies. Nominated for 49 Emmys, and collecting 13, Mad Men has won both Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmy Awards and Best Television Series – Drama at the Golden Globes for the last three years in a row. As the fourth season was winding down, Editors Guild Magazine spoke with severa...

'Bored' to 'Rock'

November 12, 2010, 12:12 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

What do NBC’s 30 Rock and HBO’s Bored to Death have in common? Both are award-winning half-hour comedies that poke fun at their creators/head writers/executive producers (Tina Fey and Jonathan Ames, respectively). Both just had their season premieres in September. More interesting from a post-production perspective, however, is that both shows are cut by the editing team of Ken Eluto, A.C.E., and Meg Reticker, who work 11 months out of the year on the two series.