Rocco Rocco
Forum Replies Created
-
That’s a good one… We often get a big laugh at screenings when the list of Associate Producers pops up. We have close to 100. (If you donated at least $1 you got a credit. We raised quite a bit this way, as it happens….)
-
I cut a 90 min feature, and one guy edited a two minute scene. He was rightly credited with additional editing credit (back end) because he did some additional editing. Just like your guy. He didn’t assist me, so shouldn’t be credited as an assistant. Is it really worth kicking up a fuss like some kind of Hollywood starlet? Is it really important? ;o) Probably not. You are credited as editor after all. They could have put EDITED BY: then your name and his name if they wanted to, but they didn’t. Take the money, take your credit, put it on your reel, be kind and move forward.
-
There’s a wicked-cool scene in The Pianist where the sound goes out. Check it out.
-
Floria Sigismondi is an incredibly talented artist and Director! I’m sure she has many secrets up her sleeve to obtain the looks she gets.
That said, it looks like some pretty intricate speed ramping coupled with very specific direction for the band members. I looks like it’s shot at a high shutter speed, then slowed down, then sped up again. Add blur, add camera shake, add grain, add horse and you’re rockin & rolin, yeah
-
There’s no magic formula, but for what it’s worth I personally think the best route is forging friendships with established editors / directors / producers. So do whatever it takes to meet as many people as possible. If you haven’t already, get yourself a Macbook Pro and a copy of Final Cut of Media Composer and literally “be” an editor. Say “I am an editor” not “I want to be an editor” and work will come your way. Build a reel like that.
The more traditional route – which may not be economically viable – is to get a low-end job in a post house and, ya know, work your way to the top without passing Go this time.
GOOD LUCK
-
Tomorrows features will look like todays trailers.
-
“Top Gear” is my current obsession. I’m building a feature documentary and my work has been greatly inspired by the editorial and visual style of Top Gear. If I can recommend two episodes in particular, they’d be the “Polar Special” [Season 9 finale] and the trip in Africa [S10E03]
-
Ugh… This “feature” has been ruining every day for me now since the update. I am so frustrated. It affects me thus: I always OPTION CLICK to zoom out of the timeline and every time I do so snapping turns itself back on!
I absolutely hate it and I’m really pissed at Apple for fucking up my work flow. I have to now hit CMD-Minus to zoom out of the timeline which still feels unintuitive for me.
Some days I have to put it into perspective a little and think about all the starving people in the world when it gets too much.
-
Yeah; I downloaded these guys for a long plane trip. Interesting stuff from some old-schoolers:
Enjoy.
https://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/audio.html
-
That’s nice, I will remember that…. (I think I may have read that somewhere too – maybe a Walter Murch book or something?).
Similar options are watching it without the sound and watching it in reverse. My very first teacher in a film class when I was 16 urged us to watch title sequences without the music. Something I still do today.