I had a chance to talk with William “Billy” Goldenberg who won the Academy Award last year for editing Argo. He also cut Zero Dark Thirty and Transformers to name a few. We discussed his techniques for cutting real world event films, apprenticing with Steven Spielberg's [...]
Ximea cameras featuring Thunderbolt interface Vision 2014 in Stuttgart, held from 4 to 6 November, saw the first cameras displayed with a Thunderbolt interface. Thunderbolt is a joint development by Apple and Intel which is becoming more widespread in consumer electronics. Allied Vision and Ximea [...]
Today is the second day of NAB 2013 and I am reporting from Future Media Concepts' Postproduction World Conference in the North hall where I have spent the last two days in class for the Adobe Premiere Pro certification program with Maxim Jago. As there [...]
It will only take a blink of an eye so please help give film and tv editors the recognition they deserve and click now: Sign The Petition for Editors' Recognition Editors Deserve Recognition! Unlike the celebrities and famous entertainers that film and TV editors work [...]
It was a real honor to get a call from Adobe's Evangelist Dave Helmly asking to adopt my book Mastering Multicamera Techniques (Focal Press) for the Adobe World Wide Field Team. Of course I said yes...they bought 50 copies! The team uses the book and [...]
Today's live show at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) is our last program from NAB. Thanks to everyone who helped make this an incredible experience!... Today's guests include: Creative Cow Tech Guru Bob Zelin, Bryce Button-AJA, Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman, AutoDesk's Smoke on Mac, Avid, NVIDIA, [...]
Today's live show at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) guests include: Al Caudullo- 3D editing with Edius, Walter Biscardi-editor of Good Eats, Bruce Sharpe-Singulars Software/PluralEyes, Phillip Nelson- NewTek Tricaster, Jose Burgos- All Mobile Video and Virtual Sets, Jenna Rappolt-Noyes- Tiffen. Join the conversation: #ASKNAB watch here: [...]
Hello from Vegas, everyone! I am happy to announce that I will be hosting my blog live from NAB again this year with my special live streaming series “Cutting it Close- Live from NAB! with Mitch Jacobson” starting tomorrow. This three-day livestream series will include [...]
This review by Ray Zone appears in the current issue of CineMontage, The Editor's Guild Magazine: (March 2012- by Ray Zone) This is a monster of a book, certainly the last word on this large and very complex subject that is of supreme interest, above all, [...]
Kid Rock, Getty Images Kid Rock: Live at Graceland premiered Friday on PBS and Hulu Plus nationwide. It's the third episode I edited for Live from the Artist Den. This was a 15-song set, eight camera show directed by JoJo Pennebaker cut on FCP 7 in [...]
