Gosh, how time has flown by. Last time I write anything we were at the start of the lockdown and as I write this Ireland is only now really beginning to open up again, 18 months later. This really has been a thing. Anyway an awful loot has happened in this time away from you …
Tag: stories from the edit suite
Outbreak
The new buzz words of the day are self isolating and social distancing. Something picture editors are very good at. As I write this we are day 14 into our self imposed exile here in Ireland. Schools have been shut for almost 2 weeks and pubs and restaurants for about the same time. Funny thing …
Apollo 13
I loved the film Apollo 13. The claustrophobic, never sure if they gonna make it suspense was brilliant. But what struck me the most was that they had to basically construct a duplicate version of the space module and recreate the problem on earth so they could figure out how to fix it in space …
Peggy Sue Gets Married
So it's been a month of Avid. And while I have gotten better at finding things I have become much faster and more proficient as a result. The biggest timesaver was discovering that I was able to switch of select filler in the timeline when grabbing stuff. Result! So how are things really after a …
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 …
Nightmare on Edit Suite 