Observations on Errol Morris’s Standard Operating Procedure

by Eric on October 18, 2008

Still images don’t have to fill the frame or even touch its borders. The right score makes a documentary much more compelling. The right scores includes the use of motifs so that musical themes act in harmony with the film’s (…)

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The Single Greatest Website in the World

by Eric on October 18, 2008

Upside Down Dogs.

MediaStorm Workshop #2

by Eric on October 11, 2008

The second MediaStorm Advanced Multimedia Reporting Workshop finished at the beginning of October. Bob Sacha led the charge. I added a bit of editing and production assistance at the end of the week. From the description: Since 1934, Amateur Night (…)

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Creating Subclips in Final Cut

by Eric on October 5, 2008

Previously, I lamented the lack of an expedient method for renaming sections of a long, digitized clip. We’ve been using the following method at MediaStorm. WIth your long clip in the timeline, set an in and mark where you’d like (…)

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New Dog Photos

by Eric on October 4, 2008