by Joey Daoud | Mar 20, 2011 | Bots High
A few weeks ago we finally got an official trailer up for Bots High. There had been one up for a while (well, first it was a teaser, then a trailer). The problem is it took way too long to get to the action. Here’s the old trailer: And below you can see the hot...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 22, 2011 | Documentary, Editing, Tips, Video Apps
Have a few hacks we discovered while editing Bots High. Our main challenge was how we (Andrew the editor and I) could streamline two computers working off the same Final Cut files (not simultaneously) to access the same footage. Some reasons for this – Andrew...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 2, 2011 | Coffee & Celluloid
Never before has a piece of software put me in such an existential dilemma – the evolution (or de-evolution) of Final Cut Pro, the new software that’s so revolutionary it skipped two versions and went from 7 to 10. “Everything’s changed in...
by Joey Daoud | Jan 31, 2012 | Video Production, Documentary, Photography, Tips
While not usually a problem for fiction films (unless it’s a stylistic choice), most documentaries find the only visual media available for some parts of the film are still photos. The most common method that comes to mind to add movement to still photos is the...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 12, 2012 | Editing, Final Cut Pro X, Software
Not too long ago, I swore off FCPX as a project sabotaging POS and was trying to figure out where to go next. Today, FCPX is all I’m using and I don’t see myself jumping ship. How’d I learn to stop worrying and love the bomb? One word. Metadata. With...
