Mike Staniforth Currently working on Shelter: a look at Manchester’s homeless, the trailer is here https://vimeo.com/36844543 I’ve been a professional editor now for 5 years. Starting off in Sport, moving into corporate work and now working on my own personal documentary projects. I was trained on Final Cut at University and I have been using Final Cut X since it came out. Although I use AVID MC daily with my full time job, my...

1) MONEY At the end of the day we all have bills to pay. If you are in a unique situation and you don’t you are one of the lucky few. The challenge is how to feed ourselves creatively and financially. Workshops have made me a LOT of money. I’m not referring to organizing workshops. I’m referring to the sheer amount of work I have gotten due to connections and networking that I have done at workshops. If I had to roughly...

Rob Imbs http://GameChangerstheMovie.com I’ve been an editor for over a decade. I primarily cut features and promotional films. My NLE of choice is FCP 7 What personality traits or characteristics do you think it takes to be a successful editor? To be a successful editor you have to be organized. An editor deals with video, stills, animations, sound effects, music, transitions, voice overs, etc. If you can’t manage media in an...

Prior to the flight back from NAB I picked up a book called “DAMN GOOD ADVICE (for people with talent)” written by advertising guru George Lois. GQ Magazine says,” The iconic adman brought a special brand of hard-living, no bullshit swagger to Madison Avenue. But Lois matched that swagger with a taste of avant garde design and an overriding mission: to elevate ads to fine art.” I don’t know how to explain how...

Karen and I are thrilled to have three of our favorite guys on our podcast. Khalid Mohtaseb, Jonathan Bregel, and Tyler Ginter are producing some incredible work and we’re honored to be able to have them on our podcast today. Don’t miss out on this one! Join us at 5pm eastern by clicking here. Look forward to seeing you all but for now, enjoy some of their latest...

Unreal. Our mind has officially been blown. This is one of those times when you finish watching a short film and immediately start it over again just to make sure your eyes didn’t deceive you and to soak in the glorious visual display that has been laid out for you, one more time. When we approached Khalid Mohtaseb, Tyler Ginter, and Jonathan Bregel about speaking at our Masters in Motion event in Austin we were already good friends with...

Kyle Lowe Website/Blog: http://kylelowe.tumblr.com/ Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/kylelowe I have been an editor for five years, I primarily edit web shorts, musical theater productions and music videos. Currently my NLE of choice is FCPX, but I have used FCP 5, 6, 7 and Premier CS5. What personality traits or characteristics do you think it takes to be a successful editor? I think a successful editor needs to be open to criticism and debate....