“Forget The Flash Drives” Spot
Posted by Bryce Randle in Commercial, Film | Video Editing on September 3, 2010
Another short piece edited for Novell along with BluFire Studios and directed by Scott Dastrup.
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“Dressing Room” Spot
Posted by Bryce Randle in Commercial, Film | Video Editing on September 2, 2010
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The Editor Answers: Lance Stubblefield from LOST
Posted by Bryce Randle in Guest Speaker on March 24, 2010
Lance has prepared his answers in a different fashion than Daryl of Star Trek: TNG.
Have a good read and enjoy. If you have more questions, leave them in the comment section.
“The “Lost” creative process is a collaborative one. As with most TV shows, each episode goes through the same process. Once an episode has wrapped shooting, the editor has anywhere between 3-5 days to assemble the 1st editor’s cut, depending on the production schedule. The editor’s cut is then sent to the episode’s director where he or she will have three days to work on the cut before turning it over to Damon and Carlton. The amount of time Damon and Carlton spend on an episode depends on the strength of the episode. Some need more time than others. After about three passes, they are usually ready to send the episode to the studio/network for their feedback. After getting the network notes and incorporating them into the episode, Damon and Carlton will have one last look at any lingering notes and will give approval to lock the episode and prep it for broadcast. One of the funnest parts of the process is sitting in the screening sessions with Damon and Carlton and listening to them restructure the order of scenes. I would say 4 out of 5 times, the restructuring of the episode makes the show a lot better. They are truly talented writers and producers and I consider myself lucky to be able to learn from them. On top of that, they treat all of us with respect. They’re great human beings and I think their humanity manifests itself in their work. They listen and welcome comments and feedback from editors and assistant editors alike. I know I’ve gotten spoiled working in such a positive collaborative effort and will miss this process when the series is over. It’s hard to believe it’s almost over. I started working on the show just after the pilot had been picked up by ABC and now here we are, almost at the end of the road. I appreciate your questions and hope you enjoy the last season of “Lost”.
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Lance Stubblefield”
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Orphan Files
Posted by Bryce Randle in Commercial, Film | Video Editing on September 1, 2010
Here is another spot I edited recently. I think this one was really fun to do. Turned out to be very funny.
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Robbers Spot
Posted by Bryce Randle in Commercial, Film | Video Editing on August 31, 2010
Here is a spot I just cut for a group in Salt Lake City. It was a fun piece to edit. There were 4 spots total. Nate Hoffman did the sound work on it. I think it turned out well.
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FCP Guru
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on August 23, 2010
Last month I had the great pleasure of working with Matthew Celia on a project for nearly a week. Matt was my post producer on a :30 commercial in Los Angeles. Matt shared some of his great knowledge with me, some of which I will mention in future posts regarding using the Phantom format and plugins, and I wanted to take a moment to give my approval. Matt runs FCPGuru.com and gives classes on how to use it as a beginner and as an advanced user. I think that these classes are a good idea for people who seem to dwell in the worlds of offline edits and don’t get to do much finishing ever or just output to the web.
His classes are reasonably priced too. Go to FCPGuru.com and check out what he has to offer.
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Funny Editor Video
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on August 17, 2010
So this video is hilarious. I should be back to posting soon. I apologize for being a horrible blogger lately, but been busy editing some good work and took a little vacation. Enjoy this video in the meantime. There is some language, so be warned.
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True to My School
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on July 15, 2010
I saw this and was fairly bummed in the first 5-10 seconds, but then was fairly surprised at the amount of work they put in. Proud to be a Cougar!
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Starting with Compressor
Posted by Bryce Randle in Blogging on July 9, 2010
Here is a post for getting started with Compressor. In most cases, you have the software and have no idea what it does or how it could save you a lot of time or you just never learned it. That’s okay. I am surprised how many people use Final Cut Studio, but don’t take advantage of this huge timesaver. The best part about FCP7, to me, is that you can render using compressor in the background while you continue to edit in Final Cut Pro.
However, for this post, let’s talk about getting started. You have an AVI or MPEG file and you want to make it editable in Final Cut Pro.
Open Compressor.
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Changing Red Color Data in Media Composer 5
Posted by Bryce Randle in Post Production Workflow on July 7, 2010
I don’t work with the RED all too much, I do use it from time to time. One of the new advantages of Media Composer 5 is the ability to import R3D files through AMA and edit them natively.
I loaded up some files on my MacBook Pro (without any other accelerator attached, like the MXO2 mini) and started to edit some pieces. It stuttered here and there, but I put most of the blame on the speed of my computer. I changed the draft quality to “best performance” (all yellow if you read the last blog post) and it seemed to work very well. I think it works better than the H.264 through AMA edit, but more on that another time.
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