» Local News — Not!
Mar 18, 2010 8:37 AM from Splice Here
It probably won\'t come as a surprise to you, but local news in Southern California is pretty much devoid of … well, news. Now, a recent study out of the Annenberg School of Communication at USC looks at 11,000 news stories and quantifies how devoid it is. Average nightly coverage of local gove..
» Inglourious Basterds camera slate fun
Mar 17, 2010 9:18 AM from The Editblog
Here\'s a great video making the rounds on Twitter this morning. It\'s some camera slate fun from the set of Inglourious Basterds . Apparently it\'s on the DVD. Check it out before it gets taken down and probably NSFW.
» March Linkage 2010
Mar 13, 2010 8:41 AM from The Editblog
Transcriptize looks sweeeeet, and ingenious. So Cineform is now realtime in Final Cut Pro . I must try this out. Videoguys talks about Avid\'s Mix-and-Match feature in Media Composer. Here\'s a nice post on a 7D/5D workflow . An interesting FCP 6 vs FCP 7 speed test. So Paramount Pictures is going to..
» Conforming on the Desktop
Mar 12, 2010 11:04 PM from Splice Here
NAB is only a few short weeks away, and I\'ve heard very little about Adobe\'s Mercury technology, slated for a “future release” of Premiere Pro. There\'s a video demo and a blog page on the Adobe site (and a couple of other videos here and here), but no word of when the technology will mak..
» What\'ll You Give Me for an Hour of Prime Time?
Mar 10, 2010 11:44 AM from Splice Here
Somebody has finally done the math. The calculation is simple, but I\'ve never seen it in print before. How much does a network make for an hour of primetime — per viewer. Take the total value of the ads run during that hour and divide by the total viewership. Eduardo Porter has done this for a..
» One-Step Prelap
Mar 08, 2010 2:02 PM from Splice Here
Overlap cuts (split edits) are fundamental for any editor. Most people create them in a two-step process, making a straight cut first and then overlapping it using Trim Mode. But there\'s a hidden, one-step way to do it that you may find very intuitive. It only works at the end of your sequence, but ..
» Farrah Fawcett Snub
Mar 08, 2010 1:07 PM from The Director\'s Chair
This has nothing to do with television news, but I had to make a comment on the Oscars from last night. There is no defense for NOT including Farrah Fawcett in the memorial montage at the Oscars. She was a film, TV, and stage actress who was obviously well known in the United States for her m..
» Can we help Walker figure out what this FCP symbol is?
Mar 07, 2010 3:28 PM from The Editblog
Walker over at the I\'m Not Bruce blog has posted a screenshot that someone sent him of a strange symbol in a Final Cut Pro timeline that appears next to a thumbnail image. It looks somewhat like this: ? I\'ve never seen it before and no one has commented on his site thus far about what it might be e..
» Gary Allan 5D multicam show
Mar 04, 2010 10:29 PM from The Editblog
Yesterday I posted a article over at the Editblog on PVC about a recent Canon 5D multicamera show that Premieres Saturday night on GAC. Gary Allan: Live From the House of Blues is one of the first 5D multicamera shows that I am aware of. To get a taste of the show check out the song “Today..
» Today is Backup Day! March 2010
Mar 01, 2010 9:33 AM from The Editblog
Those photos aren\'t going to backup themselves!
» Gary Allan 5D multicam GAC show preview
Feb 25, 2010 11:08 PM from The Editblog
Late last year I edited a multi-camera concert for country artist Gary Allan . It was shot at the House of Blues in Chicago on Canon 5Ds. The 5Ds gave us some really great images that\'s kind of unusual in a live show. It will premiere on Saturday March 6 at 9:00 PM central on Great American Country..
» Beware Of False Prophets…
Feb 24, 2010 11:55 PM from The Director\'s Chair
Beware Of False Prophets… …and false profits too. You might notice during financial reports, many companies are reporting profits for the last quarter of 2009. Some financial gurus are even proclaiming that the recession is over. I don’t believe it. &..
» What Defines Terrorism?
Feb 18, 2010 2:22 PM from The Director\'s Chair
That question is pretty self explanatory. What DOES define terrorism? Today, a plane crashed into a building in Austin, Texas. Federal law enforcement officials said they were investigating whether the pilot crashed on purpose in an effort to blow up IRS offices. Apparently, the pilot, ..
» Blizzard Aftermath
Feb 17, 2010 6:26 PM from The Director\'s Chair
The aftermath of the blizzard still remains with us. Traffic has been a big problem since everyone started reporting back to work. A co-worker just gave up going home for dinner. The ride from the TV station to the River Road Maryland/DC border took over 40 minutes. River R..
» Avid Receives ACE\'s First-Ever Tech Award
Feb 15, 2010 1:28 PM from Splice Here
The American Cinema Editors held its 60th annual Eddie awards ceremony last night with Bob Murawski & Chris Innis taking home the prize for “The Hurt Locker,” Debra Neil-Fisher winning for “The Hangover” and Kevin Nolting winning for “Up.” Alan Heim and Lee Pe..
» Valentine\'s Day Linkage: February 2010
Feb 14, 2010 11:41 AM from The Editblog
I recently wrote some ideas about the upcoming Apple iPad in post production. And how might screenwriters use the iPad ? Here\'s some fantastic links if you\'re getting started with After Effects . Here\'s some nice advice about not using Save As… while working in FCP. The February 5, 2010 FCPUG..
» Letterman gets a date wrong
Feb 13, 2010 10:36 AM from The Editblog
I had the tv on Letterman the other night and he was pimping the premiere of the new Survivor series. He apparently got the date wrong as I heard a really bad audio dub go by in the background. I rewound and yep, it was bad. If you\'ve ever been to a Letterman taping you know they like to do the sho..
» In the Editblog garage: Euphonix MC Color
Feb 13, 2010 10:12 AM from The Editblog
A package arrived yesterday that contained a shiny, new MC Color control surface from Euphonix . We have the unit under our roof for a month of testing. This surface has been eagerly anticipated by Apple Color-using community for quite a while. First glance right out of the box feels like a very so..
» Gigabit to the Home
Feb 12, 2010 11:42 AM from Splice Here
On Wednesday, Google announced plans to build a pilot project that will install high speed fiber-to-the-home in select locations. They\'re projecting gigabit speeds for this network and are planning to open it up, meaning that they\'ll lease it to many service providers. I once participated in a works..
» Whoosh! The short film for editors
Feb 11, 2010 9:27 PM from The Editblog
Here\'s a funny little video about a producer and editor searching for the perfect sound effect. It made the Twitter rounds today. It\'s cute …. and true: Whoosh! – watch more funny videos