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Hitchcock and The Kuleshov Effect

Posted on April 19, 2011 in Editing | No Comments

In this classic interview with Alfred Hitchcock he demonstrates the Kuleshov Effect. This is a film editing montage effect named after Russian filmmaker Lev Kuleshov who first illustrated it in the 1910s and 1920s.

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David Dessel Streamlines with Adobe Premiere Pro

Posted on April 14, 2011 in Editing | No Comments

David Dessel, owner of the boutique production firm in Manhattan called Metaphor Pictures, discusses how Adobe Premiere Pro integrates in his workflow.

…He stresses that clients come to him for his vision and style, not for his use of a particular technology, but he adds that it certainly helps in today’s rapidly changing world that he [...]

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Color Correction by the Numbers

Posted on April 14, 2011 in Digital Effects, Editing | 6 Comments

Michael Devowe goes through an in depth process of how to use Photoshop and AfterEffects to dial in to the proper color.

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Your Editing Lacks Continuity

Posted on April 6, 2011 in Editing | 5 Comments

Can you spot all the inconsistencies? Probably not.

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Adobe Premiere Tutorial: Editing Concepts and Techniques

Posted on April 4, 2011 in Editing | No Comments

Here is a simple tutorial covering basic editing techniques and concepts with Adobe Premiere. This will cover a small project from start to finish, and includes going over Project Setup, Interlacing VS Deinterlacing, Editing, Audio, and Rendering.

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Sony Vegas Tutorial: Editing Concepts and Techniques

Posted on April 4, 2011 in Editing | 1 Comment

Here is a simple tutorial covering basic editing techniques and concepts with Sony Vegas. This will cover a small project from start to finish, and includes going over Project Setup, Interlacing VS Deinterlacing, Editing, Audio, and Rendering.

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Filmmaking in the Dark – Behind the Scenes on Pitch Black: A Short Film

Posted on April 1, 2011 in Casting Directors, Cinematography, Editing, Filmmaking 360, Music | No Comments

Working on a microscopic budget and small crew is always a challenge. But for almost a decade, I’ve been able to make it work for my commercial filmmaking business and my own personal narrative short films. Over the past 9 months, I’ve chronicled my experiences on my latest 23 minute short film “Pitch Black” here on FilmmakerIQ.com…

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55 Re-edited “Inception Style” Movie Trailers

Posted on February 21, 2011 in Editing, Trailers | 4 Comments

In an effort to prove that people on the internet have way too much free time on their hands, we’ve collected 55 films trailers re-cut using the Hans Zimmer’s heart pounding score from Inception.

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Final Cut Tutorial: Basic Editing Tips

Posted on February 11, 2011 in Editing | No Comments

In this Final Cut Tutorial they cover the basics of FC such as the interface, importing and organising footage, and more. Hope you enjoy and find this helpful.

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Create HDR time-lapse video with a digital camera

Posted on February 10, 2011 in Digital Effects | No Comments

Mike Curtis of MacWorld demonstrates the technique and tools behind creating High Dynamic Range timelapse videos.

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Optimizing Performance for Premiere & After Effects

Posted on February 1, 2011 in Digital Effects, Editing | 5 Comments

Todd Kopriva from Adobe hosted a one-hour session about optimizing for performance of both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. In case you missed it, here’s the recording.

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Understanding Video Compression: Codecs and Transcoding

Posted on December 16, 2010 in Editing | No Comments

What happens to the image once it’s captured by an image sensor? Well it’s compressed of course – the data is twisted and hammered and forced down to size in what is really the greatest bit technical wizardry in all of filmmaking. But that mathematical miracle known as compression isn’t always cooperative.

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Are You Ready to Create in 3D? Not Tomorrow. Today.

Posted on November 8, 2010 in Cinematography, Editing, Filmmaking 360 | 1 Comment

Today’s content creator must be well versed in 3D — it’s a key factor in theatrical releases and now it’s headed to screens of every size and dimension. 3D isn’t a mystery, but rather art and science fully impacting the workflow and story — from the emotional to the pragmatic.

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How to Spot Reality Show Editing Tricks: Creating Conflict

Posted on November 3, 2010 in Editing | 1 Comment

And the winner and next great FilmmakerIQ member… IS… going to be revealed after the break.

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A Rolling Shutter Fix… in iMovie 11

Posted on November 2, 2010 in Digital Effects | 4 Comments

Philip Bloom demonstrates a new feature in iMovie 11 that gets rid of the skewed motion artifacts that are plaguing HDSLR and other CMOS cameras.

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