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I Think I’m Done Editing

Jun 4, 2007 | ,

Well, I will be by 10 am tomorrow as that's when the teacher comes in to lock picture. But when you have your own schedule, it's hard to finally say, "this is it, the film is done." Each time I watch Cubicles I find something to tweak or adjust. I'll be glad to have...

Useful Final Cut Pro Shortcuts

Jun 3, 2007 |

I'm not exactly feeling too well today, so I'll just write about five keyboard shortcuts I found to be the most useful during the editing process. 'J-K-L' - Easy Playback - Typically I'll have my right hand on the mouse and left hand over J-K-L on the keyboard. These...

The Filmmaking Process

Jun 2, 2007 |

I realized that the posts are not exactly organized in the best way for someone who is trying to learn the filmmaking process step-by-step, so to make life a lot easier, I've just create The Filmmaking Process page. All past posts are organized into one of the stages...

19 Hours at the Film School

Jun 2, 2007 | ,

I left for the Film School Thursday night at 11 and didn't come home until 6pm this afternoon, thus surviving my first Film School sleep over. It wasn't that I had procrastinated working on Cubicles, I just got into the editing zone and wanted to get as much done as...

Contacting Google

May 31, 2007 |

Yesterday I decided to call Google to try to speak to their Public Relations department to see if they had some images of the Googleplex that I could use in the documentary. Surprisingly I got the typical automated machine runaround, but after punching in a few...

Mid-Week Coffee Break for 5-30-2007

May 30, 2007 |

Sonnyboo's Free Downloads - The only place where I could find the Film Festival Laurel Leaves. Also has FBI warning, color bars, storyboard templates, paper work, and more. Shooting for the Web - Nice list of tips of things you can do during production to help keep...

“There is No Rough Cut…”

May 29, 2007 |

"...always present your best cut." That was probably one of the more useful pieces of advice I got from Editing Professor Bill after I screened the first cut of Cubicles yesterday to him and Editing Professor Sandro. I felt the screening went pretty well. As always...

Get Your Office Space in a Documentary

May 28, 2007 |

During a futile attempt to contact the publisher of Office Space Planning, it hit me that I have a blog with readers (many thanks to FreshDV), so referring back to the previous post, I'm on a quest for B-roll. I've got plenty of pre-cubicle footage, but now I need...

The Hunt for B-Roll

May 27, 2007 |

This will be a fairly short post because I have a lot of work to do today. Right now I'm on a search for B-roll - any footage that will support or better illustrate the documentary. I mentioned the Prelinger Archives before, but now I've finally had time to dig...