Post Production Workflow for a Netflix feature film

Calvin CHOI September 11, 2019

Although this video is a soft-sell for an online class, it's a great look into a feature film post production workflow (with #Avid of course)

Editor Lawrence Jordan, ACE masters the Netflix show Sextuplets. Compete in FilmSupply Edit Fest ($80K prize pool): https://thisguyedits.com/editfest Become an Assistant Editor with Master the Workflow (course): https://thisguyedits.com/mastertheworkflow Use Discount Code: TGE50OFF Lawrence Jordan, ACE is a veteran feature film and television editor who has worked with many of the top creatives at the world's largest entertainment companies, including Time Warner, Sony, Fox, MGM, HBO, Netflix and Disney.

What's New with DaVinci Resolve 16.1

Calvin CHOI September 8, 2019

The day I'll use DaVinci Resolve as my primary NLE is coming closer and closer.

Paul Saccone returned to LACPUG to show off the just announced Resolve 16.1Beta including the much maligned "Boring Detector." Paul also showed off "things you might not know Resolve 16 can do." Hosted by Michael Horton. In Collaboration with Surf Theater Productions

The Relationship Between Director and Editor Is Essential →

Calvin CHOI August 14, 2019

“While some could argue that anyone is capable of picking up a camera and pressing the record button, not everyone can take a vast amount of footage and mold it into a compelling story.”

Answer to Why the Relationship Between Director and Editor Is Essential for Emmy-Nominated Documentaries is obvious if you’ve worked on documentaries, and reality series.

Tales of Two Timelines #TimelineTuesday

Calvin CHOI August 6, 2019

By fortuitous circumstances, I happen to edit two different projects on two different editing programs, on two different operating systems over the month of July. Although many editors-including yours truly, likely to claim that our skill sets are not tied to a particular program or a platform, but the harsh truth is that the post production is heavily technical, and dependent on technical expertise even if only to edit faster.

An opportunity/experience like this lends only to a freelance editor like myself, I reckon, and offers fresh perspectives on post production workflows.

ART OF THE CUT with “Chernobyl” editor, Simon Smith →

Calvin CHOI July 5, 2019

“Feature films tell the story in act one, act two, act three and kind of wrap it up nicely and that’s what you go for. But television is experiential. It’s not about necessarily a start, a middle, and a conclusion. It’s about experiencing something. TV is at its best when it’s experiential, and this was one of those scenes where my goal was to just make you feel like you were experiencing it.”

The entire article is so, so good if you are a fan of this miniseries.