Flippant News

7May2008

The EDL tours coming to a city near you

Posted by nl under: Editing; Final Cut Pro; Avid; NYC; Event.

Avid and FCP are doing their tours for their new wares. Check out the links below to find your city.

FCP Tour.

Avid’s New Thinking tour in NYC. Sign up in their main page for event and new info for your city.

7May2008

The Spirit Trailer

Posted by nl under: Movies.

This past weekend, I like the 100 million dollars worth of movie goers checked out “Iron Man.” The movie was quite good. It’s aways good to go see a film, where you don’t have any expectations and it comes out quite good. Robert Downey Jr., was great he makes the film.

Besides the film, there where some great summer film trailers, they showed some of the usual suspects, “Hulk” ( still doesn’t look like it’s going to be good) and “Indy”, and one new film from next year, Frank Miller’s “The Spirit.”

For those who don’t know, Frank Miller is / was a comic book writer / artist. He wrote / drew 300, Sin City and some great Batman stories. He is now directing thanks to his great stories and Robert Rodriguez asking him to help direct the first Sin City.. Yeah, they’re making some sequels, see his IMDB page (above link.) And check out his blog on the making of “The Spirit.”

5May2008

A how to video on viral videos

Posted by nl under: Video; Viral.

Check out this great video on how to get your videos to become viral.

1May2008

If you miss “24,” then check out the web show “The Rookie.”

Posted by nl under: Video; timekillers.

Fox launched a web based version of “24″, it uses a lot of the same elements from the show but so far none of the main actors.

Check out the first episode, it shows the dangers of going to a coffee shop.

For more on the show go here.

25April2008

Some videos for your enjoyment: The Reel Truth 1 and 2

Posted by nl under: Filmmaking; Video; Viral; Clients.

Found them via a tread of creative cow, dealing with difficult clients.

Part 1.

Part 2.

24April2008

My NAB highlights: Editor Stephen Mirrione

Posted by nl under: Editing; Filmmakers.

It’s been over a week since, Las Vegas. In that time, I had some major deadlines to meet but now that’s over with.

Here’s some of my highlights, starting with editor Stephen Mirrione’s talk on Saturday, April 12.

Stephen talked about his relationships with directors and his take on editing. One of his best collaborations has been working with “Babel” director Alejandro González Iñárritu. It has pushed him creatively and structurally to look at editing and his job differently. One of the key points working with Inarritu has been using Jumpcuts to push / move the story and get to the points faster.

He called this “Pre-Lapping,” where you cut to the dialog from the next shot before you cut to the video. So that the viewer isn’t jolted too much. See still below:

He uses something similar in a two set up shot where two actors are talking. He would focus on one character as they speak on camera, then have the other’s person’s dialog start before cutting to them. This makes you control the viewer’s perception, because in real world when somebody is talking we have a tendency to turn to see the person who is doing the talking.

Coming soon, some of the tips and tricks on using Apple’s Color.