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The way of the scissor people! https://cuttingroomtales.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/the-way-of-the-scissor-people/

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Timeline Tuesday!

Having fun cutting my wedding video. 

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MC8 Error 7.13.15?

Another Monday....  

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Started listening to this podcast today. So far is a refreshing take from most edit podcasts. Some of the discussions include post production beyond the desk, demo reels, when to say no to jobs and more. All while sprinkling in nuggets of technical how-tos and actionable tips. I think you should give it a listen.

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Recently my office has been undergoing some changes. Stay tuned for the Machine room’s final transformation soon!

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Informative read. Love this:

What are some steps that companies/employers could take to equal out the ground and to improve the representation of women in the industry?

One thing everyone can do is just be aware of the casual sexism in their daily lives. I think everyone is clear on overt sexism, and I would hope that you don't put up with any of that. But a subtle gender bias is really difficult to detect. It can even be something so simple as walking into a post house and assuming a woman is a producer or a PA or secretary, when really she's an editor. It seems harmless, but it's indicative of a major problem of assuming things about women in the industry.

If someone is in a position to hire or promote women, try to do it. If your applicant pool has very few women, you should be figuring out why. Go to universities and women in film groups and encourage women to apply for your jobs. Adjust the language of your postings. When a woman's resume crosses your desk, think about it twice. Are you dismissing it because it's not the best candidate, or is a gender bias making you judge it more harshly than the male candidates? Find qualified women in your organization and promote them. Don't assume they don't want it.

I'm not saying you should go and find women and hire them over men. I'm just saying go and find them and consider them. In a male-dominated field that is shaped by many years of sexism, nepotism, and traditional gender roles, your talent pool is always going to be mostly men. When you try to compensate for that by actively seeking qualified women, you'll undoubtedly find that many of them are the best candidate, and the balance will start to correct.

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Whenever my boss enters the AE bay and sees a bunch of hard drives hooked up to the computer

S/he’s like: 

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Some sweet Apps for Editors. I’d also add to this list “Templater” and “Post Haste.” They help quickly set up your projects if you have a template you often use.

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When Tom Cross won best editing at the Oscars and thanked his AEs

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So What SHOULD An Editor Know About the Horror Genre?

Carrie among a range of other successful horror films all employed and balanced both techniques to great commercial and artistic success. It is only more recently that horror films have relied too heavily on the ‘shock cut’. I would argue that the best horror films can ‘creep out’ the audience and frighten them merely through suggestion, sound and the ‘fear of the unknown’, but they combine this style with the ‘shock cut’ to get maximum impact.

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MC7 Error 2.20.15?

Let me tell you from statically shorting out computers, (and an elevator once,) to receiving an error message that included "at your earliest convenience please" I've seen some glitchy stuff. I have always said I should start a collection documenting the unusual and unseen errors that I always seem to stubble across. So today is that day.

P.S. The work around I found, since this would not let me make a new mixdown, was to simply make a mixdown of the previous mixdown. This only worked because I was just adding slates to the ends, so not a real solution.  If any one has a real solution any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

#EditError #PostHelp #TechnicalGlitch #MC7

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Let me tell you from statically shorting out computers, (and an elevator once,) to receiving an error message that included "at your earliest convenience please" I've seen some glitchy stuff. I have always said I should start a collection documenting the unusual and unseen errors that I always seem to stubble across. So today is that day.

P.S. I still haven't solved this one so any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I will post solutions when I have one...

#EditError #PostHelp #TechnicalGlitch #MC7

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When I have to sync footage without timecode or a reference track and I get it exactly right

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When producers check up on me every ten seconds to ask, "is it done yet?"

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How I sometimes feel about being an AE

On really good days:

On really bad days:

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The Edit Button

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going to have to try editing some things like this. Looks like a super fun exercise.