First Cut 1, Ch 12, Pg 217.
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First Cut 1, Ch 6, Pg 117. Geof Bartz.

"People don't realise that somebody sits there and makes thousands and thousands of decisions before what they see ever gets on the screen. That they've gone down hundreds of wrong paths before they've ended up with the final film. The thing that's most annoying is when people say, 'So you're the one that cuts ( Read more... )

First Cut 1, Ch 4, Pg 77. Carol Littleton.

"When I'm in the dark, alone, and I'm looking at the film for the first time, it's very exciting. Then when the director comes in, you're dealing with the mind and heart of the person who has the most intimate knowledge of the film. You go through problems together, talk, hash it over, find solutions. It' ( Read more... )

First Cut 1, Ch 3, Pg 59. Tom Haneke, documentary editor.

"To be an editor, you need the ability to see connections between things and a desire to order them. Life needs an editor sometimes. If we could only montage this party, cut to the core of this graduation speech. If we could only get this next to that, everything would be clear. You can't do ( Read more... )

A large number of the films from this year's 48 Hour Film Project Melbourne are now up online. If you're only interested enough to watch the film I worked on, then check out "Measure Of Success", and let me know what you think of it. Check out my post on the experience for more info about both the film and the festival ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago someone posted on the Australian Screen Editors page on Facebook. They were looking for a video editor to work as a part of their crew, who were competing in the 48 Hour Film Project. As the name implies, the 48HFP gives you 48 hours to script, shoot, edit, score, mix and master a short film of between 3 and 7 minutes. It was ( Read more... )

So the video is finally done. I've been sitting on it for a few days whilst bouncing emails back and forth with Tim Harvey, one of the Rainbow organisers. They have decided to officially endorse the video, and want to chat to us about the footage we shot this year for AGM. Tim's been promising to call but is apparently crazy busy (unsurprisingly), ( Read more... )

This was posted today, thought it quite relevant given the art discussion yesterday. :)


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This is the first I've heard of artist Aelita Andre. A video of her is currently trending on YouTube, which is how I came across her. It depicts her at work in her studio:

It goes for about 14 minutes - I didn't bother to watch it all, I watched the first few minutes then skipped through it. It is the height of indulgent wank, regardless of the ( Read more... )

These are the shows I'm intending to book tickets for today:

Tuesday 29 March
Wil Anderson, Athenaeum Theatre One, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 09:45 PM - 10:45 PM

Friday 1 April
Felicity Ward, Melbourne Town Hall, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 08:15 PM - 09:15 PM
Steve Hughes, Melbourne Town Hall, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 09:45 PM - 10:45 PM

Tuesday 5 April
Jason Byrne, ( Read more... )