Giveaway: Free Year to SneakOn.com

I’ve blogged about SneakOn.com before and I think it is very cool. The launch is today and they are showing it off at the STN Convention at the Disneyland Hotel. Keep in mind they are still in BETA mode a bit as more features will be coming in the days and weeks to come. This is kind of a mentoring opportunity tonight, but the site has access to thousands of sound effects and music tracks so it is well worth it.

I am giving away a free year to SneakOn.com under the following conditions;

1. You can be on the “lot” tonight between 8-10 PST.

Q&A with a “LOST” editor; Lance Stubblefield

We will be doing another Q&A, similar to the one we just did with Daryl Baskin last week, but this time with Lance Stubblefield. Lance has worked on LOST since the first season, starting as an assistant editor and has made the jump to editor for an episode last season and a few times this season. He has also worked in the trailer editing side of the business as well as assisting on the popular show Arli$$.

View his IMDB profile here.

I have been able to visit Lance a few times in the past couple years and it has been very interesting to hear about the workflow he has been involved in. Now they are all tapeless, but the first time I visited him (during Season 4) they had tons of DVCAM tapes against the back wall for the flashbacks to season 1-3 as they showed up in the new scripts.

Playing DP and Good Tips in the realm of the Digital SLR

Miami, Florida sunrise. Taken with a simple portrait lens.
Miami, Florida sunrise. Taken with a simple portrait lens.

I haven’t jumped on the bandwagon enough to buy my own Canon 7D or any other DSLR with HD video capabilities. I have edited several short pieces for a client using the 7D workflow and while I have to say that the video looks amazing, that isn’t what this post is about.

Nancy (my wife/business owner) and I went to Miami, Florida to do a shoot with her taking hold of still photography and I taking an EX1 and playing DP for a few days. It’s always a great experience to get out of the edit bay and shoot something yourself. It not only gives you a reason to get out of the solitary confinement that is your edit space, but you can put into practice the best techniques you have learned from just watching through footage (all my clients love the rack focus… about 90% of the time). I get a bit more respect for the DP while out shooting because I can never get something to look exactly how I want it to when it comes in from certain DP friends of mine.

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