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If you wish to participate to an editing festival (categories: title sequence, advertisement, movie trailer), here is a link to the Filmsupply Edit Fest page:
Here is another link to an article about this from No Film School ("Think You've Got Killer Editing Skills? P...
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A film we did VFX on last year that was released theatrically is now on HBO MAX! We were so honored to work on a show produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Paul Schrader! Had our boy OSCAR ISAAC in it as well as Willem Defoe, Tye Sheridan and Tiffany Hadish! We had a ton of fun pretty much eit...
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Congrats!
Hi, Steven Blasini. I remember talking to you way back. How are you doing?
We're putting our movie on AppleTV/iTunes and our captions were made by Rev.com. Our aggregator suggested we use another company for captions as they claimed Apple was "picky." I went and got a quote for the company suggested and It was $650 for captions, where Rev charges about a fraction of that.
Any luck using Rev captions on Apple?
I have found the need to carefully scrutinize the work on rev.com. Since you're going to Apple, go with a caption service that will meet higher standards. Simple DCP does CC. You could get a quote from them and their quality should be good.
Thanks, Philip. Just sent them an e-mail for a quote.
Never had an issue with Rev -great company!
S1 + S2 = S3
I have like, conservatively, at least 500 examples. And I'll keep posting on STAGE32. The tools I use to create these effects are the program called PICASA 3 (to create a vignette around any image plu...
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4 Examples.
For the vignette effect from camera, you would have to improvise by actually covering the lens with a pinhole made up using opaque black paper, tape, needle, etc. i.e. any way you can. Not as easy as it sounds but I suspect a very good result...
So you like to do it all in camera then? Is there a reason for doing it that way as opposed to doing the vignette in a program? I think it definitely adds a unique look if you do it your way. Adds some texture to the film.
Going out on the neon streets at night (or on the plains of UTAH by day) with a Vignette Camera will be a REVELATION FOR MANY. Mark my words. :) I used SW but HW (camera) is next.
Hey friends, just a heads up that you can get Film Crux's SOL VFX pack (it's a bunch of Sci-Fi stuff like planets and such) for $5! But it's only for 24 hours.
*I am not affiliated with NFS or Film Crux, jus...
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Hey friends,
This October we are going to be hosting a DaVinci Resolve training event that will be streamed live for 2 days! For FREE. There will be a ton of guest speakers and also some chances to win some really cool prizes!
Here's a video explaining the whole thing: https://youtu.be/rqvRY3XBB9gIs...
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The IIPG would love to help publicize this. Contact me here or through the IIPG website independentproducersguild.org
Hello Stage 32 community, I hope your days are long, and nights are pleasant. I wanted to share this article from sound veteran Jerry Ross. It's fairly parenthetical to all things related to working in the film industry past, and present. There were a few things that stood out to me, and one being a...
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Ooo, I love this! Especially since it's such a unique corner of filmmaking that allows for such a wide range of creativity. Thanks for sharing!
Any good suggested reading, videos, etc. on here or otherwise? I've read On Film Editing by Edward Dmytryk and I appreciated broadening my horizons on different editing concepts. Any recommendations appreciated!
A pretty standard go-to for editing is Walter Murch's In the Blink of an Eye. And as for videos, you can usually find some great stuff on YouTube that will explain the basics, Film Riot is always a so...
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How are you, Christopher Harris? The Stage 32 blogs.
Studying edits/cuts in movies is a great idea, Kyler Boudreau. I'm starting to learn more about editing so I can write better scripts. "Man on Fire" has my favorite two actors (Denzel and Dakota).
Definitely In the Blink of an Eye. If you're thinking of sound, consider The Sound Effects Bible. How often to you watch the "behind the scenes" of things? I've learned SO much from those! As an edito...
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Hello my name is Justin Harrell Jones and I am a sound designer and foley artist and the owner of J.H.J SFX. I would love to help out with and of your sound effects, I have included a link to my website below with sound examples.
https://jj49087.wixsite.com/my-site-1...
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So Blackmagic just released the Beta for Resolve 18 yesterday. There are some nice new features, some are more quality of life, but also some exciting new tools to play with.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/What are you most excited about? For us, we are looking forward to t...
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I tend to agree with Kyler Boudreau. What BM has done in the last couple of years is amazing and they keep on doing it.
I remember my experience when we decided to get the Pocket 4K when it came out an...
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Kyler Boudreau same here. No tools except Pinnacle Studio and an SD DV consumer camera. It sucked!
Really grateful for what they have done, but at the same time I'm actually a little afraid of what con...
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Thanks for sharing, this is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty with editing. Even if you don't make it into the finals, this is a great experience using footage and just testing your ability...
Expand commentThanks for sharing, this is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty with editing. Even if you don't make it into the finals, this is a great experience using footage and just testing your ability to tell a story. Anyone wanting to get further with editing I encourage you to check this out.
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Sam Chambliss , you' re welcome. You can see this like an editing exercise too. You can participate to this just to tell the story you wish to tell (with the footage you find there) and not to think a...
Expand commentSam Chambliss , you' re welcome. You can see this like an editing exercise too. You can participate to this just to tell the story you wish to tell (with the footage you find there) and not to think about winning or proving something.
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exactly, it's great practice material!