I had sent her 8 min worth of selects and takes I liked and she sent me notes on the ones she didn’t really like. Forgetting about those notes, I felt like I was in the rhythm of things and made another cut. I sent it on to her and realized while sending the e-mail I had not made those changes. Oops again.

I quickly wrote her an e-mail reminding her that I would fix those cuts quickly, taking them out asap. I did it with duplicate frames on Final Cut Pro.

I went into my sequence of selects and cut out the shots that she had given me the timecode for. I placed those clips in the sequence I had mistakingly sent. Made sure that the duplicate frames feature was selected (see image) and then took out the shot that were colored with the duplicate frames tool.

Sounds simple enough, right? Anyone else have another idea (other than the obvious do it right the first time) of how you could fix this without recutting from step one?

We did the editing and a few of the motion graphics (Three Coin Productions providing the rest) on this project that helps students and new filmmakers understand each process of filmmaking. This specific section can be found on the third disc which goes over Production (the first covers Development, the second Preproduction and the fourth Post).

Here is the description of the project as a whole from the filmmakers themselves,

”

New from Independent Student Media Films, The Anatomy of Filmmaking takes you onto the set of their summer workshop production High Value Target for a first hand insight into the filmmaking process, from Script Development to Post Production.

This 10 DVD set contains over 5 hours of material, including 4 documentary discs covering each phase of film production and a further 6 discs providing unprecedented access to the raw footage for every scene from High Value Target.

A unique resource for those teaching or learning the art of filmmaking, The Anatomy of Filmmaking examines every aspect of movie production and even provides you with the resources to create your own short film.

Documentary

A three hour documentary covering every stage of the filmmaking process for High Value Target, with four discs covering Development, Pre-production, Production and Post-production.

Interviews

Learn tips and techniques from Hollywood professionals, with interviewees revealing their extensive knowledge and experience.

Raw Footage

120 minutes of royalty free, uncut footage from High Value Target is included over 6 DVDs allowing you to edit your own version of the film and making for an unprecedented educational and creative resource.

Filmmaker’s checklist

Make your productions more efficient using the included 45 page, step-by-step filmmaking checklist, which follows the making of High Value Target. An invaluable addition to any developing producer’s toolkit.

Independent Student Media (or ISM Films) is a cutting‐edge, online filmmaking course used by students in middle school and above. Built on a Flash platform, it is the only program of its kind. The subscription based course can stand alone as an entire curriculum or be used as learning tools to work hand‐in‐hand with any existing film or media courses a school may offer. Direct filmmaking skills such as screenwriting and storyboarding are taught along with soft skills, such as peer communication, creative thinking and problem solving.

You can see more from the ISM Films group at SneakOn.com.

An example I will use is from The Killers new Blu-Ray/DVD from the 2nd track “This is Your Life.” The video is directed by Dick Carruthers, who has a great background of live concert DVDs. It is a fantastic live concert, I’d highly recommend in for your HDTV setup and Blu Ray collection. Some of the shots are a tad fast for me, I end up wanting more. That may be because I’ve been to a couple of The Killers shows though.

The specific example I want to mention from the clip above is my favorite shot in the whole show. Start the clip at  2:26 and listen to the bridge. Most of the shots are ones we can get from being an audience member. There are some close ups on Brandon Flowers (vocals) and Dave Koening (guitar) and the angles used include those from the crowd POV, which is great. I love feeling like I am there, but the magical moment of this song comes at 2:57 when we go from shots we can see with our own perspectives and our own eyes to one that we can never achieve by being there- being right up on stage, right behind Brandon Flowers. It’s an awesome pan from on stage. Until I saw this shot I never though swaying your hands in the air was cool

Getting these types of shots into your piece sell your skill as an editor and it will show your DP you know what to do with what he has taken the time to shoot.

The documentary goes through several factors in the hockey world such as getting over criticism from coaches, parents and others, making the cut, getting to the next level, adding mental toughness and more. It features interviews from Olympians, NHL All Stars, Stanley Cup Champions, NCAA championship coaches, NHL psychologists and NHL broadcasters.

To learn more about the documentary itself, visit GrowingUpHockey.org

Mark is joining me on this post to give us some background. Tell us a little bit about the background context of this conversation and a little bit about the director.

Mark:

The subject of the project in question was a young, single girl from a town not too far away from me. Spending hours and hours looking through footage, editors tend to get to know the people they edit in interesting ways. I thought she was cute and fun, so I talked to the director — a native Spaniard with an accent thicker than peanut butter — and she agreed to ask the girl’s permission to give me her number.

The ensuing dinner date was fun, but nothing really came of it. However, when Bryce pulled me in to see the discovery he’d made while rummaging through some raw footage, it dawned on me that apparently I “loved her,” and the tears that followed were mixed with laughter and subconscious heartbreak.

Bryce: Not only was it funny that she talked about how much Mark “loved” his date, but that of all shots to shoot and talk gossip surely the shot of mud in a creek would have been the safe haven, easily overlooked. I found it, marked it in the finder and now watch it all the time because we find it hilarious. I am sure the director told the subject of the documentary/girl Mark took out that Mark “loved her… so much” or as we jokingly call it “laufed her so mauch.” It was one date, but the exaggeration of how much Mark “loved her to the point that he asked her for a date” because he had watched her footage for a cut of an episode makes us laugh.

He Loved Her So Much from Post Fifth Pictures on Vimeo.

We joke about this clip all the time. I am sure editors have good stories about how they wanted natural sound of the area, but the DP was chatting about breakfast. Shane Ross, over at Little Frog in High Def, told me about a shot he had with some people coming off of a boat. The sound would have been very useful, but instead his producer chatted with his DP over phone carrier service.

Death Row Dogs from Post Fifth Pictures on Vimeo.

This is just a small piece from an earlier cut that was put together. The piece in its entirety is 10 minutes.

Brian Engblom is well known in the hockey community for sporting one of the best mullets in the world of hockey. However, Brian cut his hair before the start of the 2008 season. It was a shock to many so we decided to ask Brian about it at the end of his interview.

Here is Brian Engblom with the mullet previous to the 2008 season.

Here is a more serious piece that we talked to Brian about, evaluating a player :

50 Ways To Score More Goals is available for purchase at HockeyPlayer.com and coming soon to national retailers.

Last year in July we had to opportunity to interview a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, the great Luc Robitaille. Luc is featured in “50 Ways to Score More Goals” a project that Post Fifth Pictures produced for Hockey Player Magazine, LLC.

Shot on location in Park City, Utah, Luc shares some of his greatest tips and memories on how he became a star in the NHL.

This interview was shot with the HVX-200 by Cammon Randle at BluFire Studios, one of our associates. Patrick Perrett, our host, works with Post Fifth Pictures as a hockey consultant.