Back up Tapeless Media

December 26, 2009, 05:59 AM

http://neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com/2009/12/backup-f...

Many film-makers have begun to shoot on tapeless media. XDCam Ex, P2, video on DSLRs, Red, AVCHD, hard disk camcorders, and such like. So, naturally, where they would store tapes in a cupboard, they now have all their 'rushes' as digital video files sitting on hard disks.

Interview with Mick Audsley Pt. 2

December 25, 2009, 05:57 AM

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

In part one of Garrett Gilchrist’s interview, veteran British film editor Mick Audsley talked about his work on Terry Gilliam’s upcoming The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. His second collaboration with Gilliam will always be remembered as Heath Ledger’s last film but, according to Aubrey, salvaging both Ledger’s performance and, in the process, the film itself, will serve as a lasting memorial to the actor, who died during production at the age of 28.

Simmons Wishes Happy Holidays

December 25, 2009, 05:56 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2009/12/24/have-a-...

Check out Scott Simmons Holiday Message to his readers!

VLC Releasing Video Editing Software

December 24, 2009, 05:55 AM

http://www.learningubuntu.com/news/creators-vlc-ar...

VLC Media will be releasing a new video editing software for the Linux OS. It will be titled the VideoLAN Movie Creator.

Yeah, Tapes are Infallible, Right...

December 24, 2009, 05:54 AM

http://lfhd.net/2009/12/23/yeah-tapes-are-infallib...

One argument I hear against tapeless formats OVER AND OVER again is, to paraphrase, "tapes are infallible. You can’t accidentally delete a clip from a tape. Having a PHYSICAL tape in your hand makes you sure you have the footage and it is there, and usable, and I can see it YEARS from now."

Obscure Faces

December 24, 2009, 05:53 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2009/12/10-obscure-faces...

Sometimes, you need to obscure the face of a person, be it for legal or aesthetic reasons. In this episode, we’ll do just that using a very special technique.

Heliocentric Pantheon and Walter Murch Interview

December 23, 2009, 05:52 AM

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-...

Through both film editing and sound design, Walter Murch has worked literally behind the scenes of Hollywood to give shape and structure to the films we see. In the process, he's won three Academy Awards; he's directed his own feature-length film, the creatively subversive Return to Oz; and he's worked with some of the greatest directors of modern times, including Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, on some of their greatest films, from The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now to...

Interview with Matt Chesse

December 23, 2009, 05:51 AM

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/interviewwithfilmedito...

Commentators on the Language of Film Editing

December 23, 2009, 05:51 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2209

Some filmmakers simply tell a tale and use editing, camera and sound to portray it as artfully as possible. The editing remains mostly invisible in their hands as we become absorbed in story, place and characters. Directors Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, and James Cameron fit this description. Other directors - Quentin Tarantino, Jean Luc Godard (and others in the 1950s French New Wave) Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Mel Brooks...

Avid Screencast - Red Workflow II

December 23, 2009, 05:49 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2009/12/09-red-workflow-...

This is the second of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we’ll take a sequence that was offline edited in Avid Media Composer and onform it to 4K DPX files for grading. For this, we’ll use Monkey Extract. Sorry for being late with this one, but I was not at home and couldn’t remote into my computer to upload the podcast. My bad.