I live in Ireland and work in South Africa which means I rely on a solid internet backbone and decent speeds. We have had to move out of our rented house as the owners wanted to move back in after 2 years of living in France. We had good internet and a decent workspace, plenty …
Author: JayceCuts
I am a video editor working in the television industry.
Striving to do better every day.
Home Alone 2
No sooner had I sat down and updated everything when the bug bit and I finally legitimised my blog and splashing out some cash on a premium contract. Added a gallery and updated some of the info. And while I was updating my gallery/Slideshow I realised that in all my travels I have lost so …
Home Alone
It's a new year and usually this means me getting my pooh in a pile and doing some catch up on the things I haven't had time to do in the big end of year rush, like updating my website, writing new blog posts, cleaning up the office, cleaning out the Trash Bin on the …
Snow Day
It's snowing outside so fuck it. Work can wait. I lived and worked in South Africa for most of my life having emigrated there from England in 1970 at age 5 and now do all of my editing for my South African clients sitting in a fairly comfortable chair in Youghal, on the Irish East …
The Postman Always Rings Twice
I've cut a lot of television in the last 7 years, and I mean a LOT! But my feature film editing resume has always been patchy at best. Starting in the early 90's when I cut a couple of French soft core porn films in South Africa on an Avid (which I still hate, both …
Why? Why on earth? Why on earth are editors still using FCP7? ?
Last Night a DJ (FCPX) Saved My Life
Just over a week ago my family and myself were involved in a home invasion. Unfortunately this is a reality of living in one of the most dangerous countries in the world, South Africa. It was late, almost 2am, the family was sleeping and I was working on finishing off a project that I needed …
