For the final part of my write-up of EditFest London we come to the highlight of the day for many people, the panel with the legendary Anne Coates and Tom Rolf. As with the other blogs I’ve written about EditFest, I’m writing from notes I made on the day, so this will again be lessContinue reading “EditFest Part 3 – A Conversation with Anne Coates and Tom Rolf”
Author Archives: Richard Leverton
EditFest Part 2 – Dailies to Delivery: Editing Features
The panel on editing features was the one I was most looking forward to in the day. Even though I’m hugely excited by the possibilities of web series and short-form series like we make at Twist & Shout, features are still where the prestige is – they’re an epic challenge from a storytelling standpoint andContinue reading “EditFest Part 2 – Dailies to Delivery: Editing Features”
EditFest Part 1 – Small Screen, Big Picture
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to spend the day at ACE EditFest London and the AOTG Pub Night afterwards. I’d been looking forward to the event for months, and it didn’t disappoint. To say it was inspiring feels like an understatement in so many ways. I had planned to try to Tweet out someContinue reading “EditFest Part 1 – Small Screen, Big Picture”
John Powers
A couple of weeks ago we at Twist and Shout finished putting together a short set of comedies for Tripwire over in the US. The idea is simple – our hero is *so* good at his job that nobody else at the company can believe it, so they create elaborate theories about how he doesContinue reading “John Powers”
Raw video and Obsession with Tech Specs
The buzz over the Magic Lantern hack of the 5Dmkiii has dominated my Twitter feed over the past week to such an extent that it’s even drowned out the obsession with Adobe’s Creative Cloud (which is of course another blog post, but I’m waiting to actually use it before I really get into it!). AndContinue reading “Raw video and Obsession with Tech Specs”