Creative Inspiration
“Da 5 Bloods:” How to Mix Materials and Deliver a Message That’s More Relevant Than Ever
“Only Spike will jump up and celebrate like the Knicks have scored when it’s a great edit.”
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How HBO’s “Watchmen” Is a Masterclass in Nonlinear Storytelling
Alongside films like "Memento" and "Pulp Fiction," Damon Lindelof’s graphic novel adaptation breaks new ground.
Creative Inspiration
“Random Acts of Flyness:” Terence Nance Defines a New Visual Language
The HBO series "incorporates and commingles animation, documentary, confession, satire, music video, and magic-realist fantasia."
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How Documentarian Matthew Wolf Tackled an Archive of 70,000 VHS Tapes for “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project”
A visionary media critic and public access television host, Marion Stokes sought to create a comprehensive archive of American television that would one day...
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Watch: The Scary Precision of ”Parasite”
Exploring the "perfectly calibrated" tempo of Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite"
Creative Inspiration
“Spaceship Earth:” When the Story You’re Telling is True… and Also Science Fiction
“I assumed these images were staged for a science fiction film, but when I learned that this is in fact a real structure, and...
Product Reviews
Why We All Need to Think About Taking Editing Workflows to the Cloud
"Editing in the cloud provides the ability to be in any location and work on any machine and mimic on-premise workflows with fine grain...
Expertise
A Timeline of Single-Take Cinematography
Here's a history of films that have used long takes to pack a powerful punch.
Creative Inspiration
One Big Score: Capturing the Frenetic Pace of The Safdie Bros.’ “Uncut Gems”
Filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie team with acclaimed cinematographer Darius Khondji for a high stakes thriller set in the Diamond District of New York...
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How “Honey Boy” Was Rewritten in the Edit Room
"When we started to blend the two it felt like the past and the present were in dialogue together, the way it feels like...
Product Reviews
Productions in Adobe Premiere Pro: This Collab Tool Couldn’t Come at a Better Time
The Productions feature is specifically geared towards multi-editor projects working from shared storage
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Sounds and Silence: Designing the Dread for “A Quiet Place”
"We were all very excited about the idea that in this film, the audience is really going to pay attention to every sound in...
How To
Crafting a Literal Political Thriller: Alex Gibney’s Documentary “Citizen K”
Editor Michael J. Palmer blends archival footage with newly-shot interviews for prolific filmmaker Alex Gibney’s portrait of the disgraced Russian oligarch-turned political dissident who...
Product Reviews
Stay Indoors Education: Learn FCP X With a (Free!) 90-Day Trial
“The trial is a full working version and is not limited or watermarked in any way.”
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See How a Kendrick Lamar Video Gets Edited in Two Minutes
How editor Vinnie Hobbs cut together Kendrick Lamar's much lauded music video for "Alright"
Product Reviews
Download a Free Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 16
The in-depth 400+-page PDF goes over everything from picture editing, audio work in Fairlight, creating special effects in Fusion, and—of course—color correction.
Expertise
Codecs and Compression: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Understanding audio and video signals are encoded into digital files using codecs—shorthand for compression/decompression.
How To
“Parasite” Editor Jinmo Yang Teaches Us How to Edit Without Coverage (No Film School)
"Parasite" editor Jinmo Yang talks intertwining the story of three different families, effectively conveying the film's twists, and maximizing the story's tension in the...
Creative Inspiration
When Your Documentary Looks Like a Renaissance Painting: The Cinematography of “Honeyland”
“Visual and visceral communication draws the audience closer to the protagonists, and more importantly — closer to nature.”
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Editor Jennifer Lame on Managing the Many Layers of “Marriage Story”
As Noah Baumbach’s longtime editor, Jennifer Lame started working on the Netflix feature well before principal photography, spending hours with the director breaking down...
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The Tonal Trick of Editing “Jojo Rabbit”
“As much as we've talked about it, I don't see such a huge gulf between comedy and drama.”
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“Marriage Story” Editor Jennifer Lame on Her “Stacking” Method of Cutting Dialogue Scenes
Lame describes her method of "stacking," where she and director Noah Baumbach go line-by-line in a scene, choose their favorite line reading, and then...
Creative Inspiration
“Queen & Slim” Sets Love on the Run in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Delivering a visual and emotional powerhouse, acclaimed director of Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ teams with ‘Master of None’ writer Lena Waithe and British cinematographer Tat Radcliffe...
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Life as Art: ‘Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures’ Follows the Photographer’s Gaze
The film draws on archival materials and features never-before-seen photographs and footage as well as intimate revelations from nearly 50 family members, friends and...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: Documenting the Innovation and Influence of Eva Hesse
"Because it’s a film about art and artists, who are very controlled in their work, I wanted the look of the interviews to have...
Product News and Reviews
Every NLE Is a Database (digitalfilms)
"The bottom line is that under the hood, all NLEs are still very much the same."
Creative Inspiration
The “Cold, Foreboding” (But Cinematic) Look for “Life Below Zero”
"This is not a vacation spot – this is the tundra of Alaska."
How To
How “Terminator: Dark Fate” Made Adobe Premiere Pro Into a Better Multi-Editor Program
"Whenever you set out to use a new workflow — not to say Premiere is new because it's been around a long time and...
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“Birdman” Editors Mirrione and Crise on Working Hard to Make It Look Like They Did Nothing
The editors discuss the magic behind their "one-take" movie.
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Apple and the PC Landscape
Going into 2020, Apple is offering a better line-up of professional Mac products than it has in years.
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Sharing Storage
Thanks to advances in networking and Ethernet technology, shared storage is accessible to any user.
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“Queen & Slim” Editor Pete Beaudreau on How He Managed the Film’s Workflow
"You don’t have a second opportunity to show the film to the director for the first time," he says. "It can be crushing."
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Editing Software
Four editing applications dominate the professional market: Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, and Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve. Established...
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The Seven Commandments of Becoming a Better Editor
His first rule: Watch every frame of raw footage twice.
How To
Top Ten Lessons Taken From the World’s Best Editors
In this video, Steven Hullfish discusses the top ten lessons he's taken away from interviewing top film editors
News
A Look Behind the Scenes of “Joker” with Editor Jeff Groth (Frame.io)
"Getting the tone and arc right was as much of a chess game as anything I’ve ever worked on in terms of how one...
Product Reviews
Review: Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 16 and Editor Keyboard (Definition Magazine)
DaVinci Resolve 16's new Cut page and the company's Editor Keyboard are both designed to optimize speed for creators who need to get content...
PR Wire
Company 3, Subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services, Acquires Sixteen19
This strategic acquisition expands editorial, VFX and mobile dailies services
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Blackmagic Releases Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
In a livestream announcement on Thursday, Aug. 8, Blackmagic Design highlighted a trio of newly updated and released products for production and post applications.
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Giant Steps Are What You Take: Managing the Amazing Material in “Apollo 11”
"What started out as a simple editing exercise—could we tell the entire story of the mission using only archival materials—turned into a cooperative effort...
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“Mike Wallace is Here” and Why Those Tough Questions Really Matter
Director Avi Belkin examines how Wallace's work changed the standards of broadcast journalism, while unpacking the personal qualities that made him tick.
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Solving the Puzzle of “Bandersnatch” Post
"Bandersnatch" editor Tony Kearns: "It's a different kind of storytelling pressure that you have to deal with, mostly because you have to trust your...