I call myself an editor. But my job title is “Media Producer” right now, which is another way of saying that I have to do everything. I cut, make graphics, mix and grade. From time to time I’m even on shoots, shooting, swinging a boom, running and data wrangling, but thankfully that’s only once everyContinue reading “Diving in Headfirst (or how I learned to stop worrying and love DaVinci Resolve)”
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Why Video Interviews?
I get that it’s an odd thing to complain about, given my profession, but I’m getting a little sick of video interviews on the Internet. To be clear, I’m not talking about a well thought-out documentary, or even a longer-form interview piece, such as Mario Muth‘s excellent series with some lesser-known faces from the worldContinue reading “Why Video Interviews?”
EditFest Part 3 – A Conversation with Anne Coates and Tom Rolf
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”
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”