Slammed
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on February 1, 2010
I will be pretty slammed for the next week and a half so I do not intend on blogging much until after that is over. Please enjoy the random posts below and from the sidebar. If you have a guest post you would like to showcase, please send it to me at info@postfifthpictures.com and I will see if we can post it up here during this time.
Thanks!
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How to Suck at Facebook
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging, Social Media on January 29, 2010
I saw this on TheOatmeal.com after a friend posted it to his status. I got a good laugh from it and had to share. Doing a lot of social media work with people has given us the opportunity to see what people think is appropriate with their friends and sometimes there is no going back.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/facebook_suck
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From the Archive:
Spring Communications: Flirt
Posted by Bryce Randle in Commercial, Film | Video Editing on July 13, 2009
Bryce Randle, Lead Editor of Post Fifth Pictures, edited this commercial for Fifty Films in October 2007. It was shot on 35mm, edited on Final Cut Pro and sent to Betacam SP to air on television stations throughout Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Arizona.
Spring Communications: Flirt from Post Fifth Pictures on Vimeo.
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Rough Cut Lady
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 28, 2010
People have been asking me for this or where they could find it. I love this song. I first heard it while cutting with an ad agency in Salt Lake City. Gotta love it! “Why is the timecode on there?”
I Don\’t Know How to View a Rough Cut Lady
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Looking for Guest Bloggers
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 27, 2010
If you would like to be a guest blogger and write once or twice a month on something you have found useful, practical, etc, please shoot us an e-mail at info@postfifthpictures.com. Topics can be dealing with Avid, Final Cut Studio, After Effects or any workflows that you have dealt with before. Thanks!
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Canon XHA1/Gatsby Stamp
Posted by justinsmith in Film | Video Editing on January 26, 2010
My Story from Justin Smith on Vimeo.
Here is a recent piece of PFP for Hawaii based band Gatsby Stamp entirely shot on a Canon XHA1 camera. I have to say that I really liked everything about the camera except for one thing, the LCD screen is tiny and if you are like me and hate looking through the eyepiece then the LCD screen means a lot. Overall it is a versatile camera with a great picture. This footage was color corrected using Magic Bullet Looks. I have found a few techniques in filming that really help to make your shot pop. One such technique is using depth of field to make your focus really stand out. In this case the singer really stands out in his side profile shots. I found that filming with consumer cameras that don’t have the real film look to them is difficult. You need to step outside the box and really be creative . The way I tried to create the depth in these shots was to stand a considerable distance away maybe even 30 to 40 feet and zoom almost all the way in that way you create some serious space between the focus and the background. Another technique is to find high contrast natural lighting. Find an area that is relatively dark with a light source that is strong enough to light your character. In these shots we had no lighting other then the natural light coming through the window. We found that early morning gave us the best natural light to light our talent.
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Doing Yourself Justice
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 25, 2010
Talking about yourself comes easy to some and harder to others. I can talk about myself for a long time- at least I can talk about my interests for a long time. I can shoot the breeze about the NHL, Disneyland and many other things, but one thing I hate to talk about is myself in interviews. I don’t want to come off as cocky and I don’t even want to name drop. It isn’t classy. You can do two big damages by doing so; 1) you overvalue yourself and your abilities. 2) you end up telling your possible client/employer that you think are more important that the work they want you to do.
The key is to do yourself justice, but stay humble. If you don’t know how to be an After Effects genius, don’t lie about it. I’ve found that if I am confident in my ability to do the job, that makes the client comfortable. When I bring in a resume, a reel and dress similar to my clients (good thing to find out before hand) and give the most details I can about my work, good things happen. I don’t necessarily get the job every time, but it opens doors on many levels. In fact last year I was up for a bid on a project and the client ended up taking someone else. I was bummed at the time because the client would have been not only great for my reel, but they seemed like a lot of fun. They told me they liked me, but it wasn’t going to work out. They wanted a bit more experience. Well this year that same client called me again because they had remembered my enthusiasm for what I do and I guess they thought I presented myself well. I don’t know if it will turn into anything, but I sure hope it does.
The whole mess with “The Tonight Show” has me thinking about this sort of thing. When given the opportunity to say anything, Conan O’Brien leaves us with an inspirational thought. I want to leave that as my close. If you haven’t seen it, enjoy. Make the best of your new meetings and future clients.
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Recap Episodes
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 21, 2010
Dear “The Office,” if I wanted a recap montage episode, I would have checked YouTube.
Anyone else feel the same?
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After Effects CS4 Cheat Sheet
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging, Visual Effects | Graphics on January 20, 2010
I found a great resource while browsing Scott Simmon’s blog’s January 2010 linkage. An After Effects cheat sheet. I’m very much a keyboard friendly person while editing and I feel dumb moving to After Effects not being as quick. I am sure this resource will help me out.
http://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/news/adobe-after-effects-cs4-keyboard-shortcuts/
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Please Register!
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 19, 2010
I would love it if you would register on the blog so I could see who is visiting the site over and over. Do so here.
If over 25 people do it, I will randomly give out a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.
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New to Meaning to the Phrase “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have”
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on January 18, 2010
I’ve always thought that the phrase dress for the job you want not the job you have was a little funny when applied to the entertainment industry. While working on Pirates of the Caribbean, the picture editor wore shorts and a t-shirt with sandals. I wore a polo shirt with jeans. So I guess the higher up you get in the editors guild, the more comfortable clothes you can wear. On a somewhat related thought I read this article and thought it was worth sharing.
As a Disney fan, I subscribe to a few Disney blogs and found this article on a real life “Jessica Rabbit.” This is circulating YouTube as this woman in her 50’s had plastic surgery done on her face and went on a diet to look more like her dream, Jessica Rabbit.
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