Video Editing

• The Film Editing Room Handbook: Shooting
• Jan 20, 2010

This chapter covers a brief history of video editing, three primary workflows, dealing with metadata, and preparing, synching and screening dailies.

• Q&A with Norman Hollyn
• Dec 14, 2009

Norm Hollyn chats with Peachpit about his new book, The Film Editing Room Handbook, including how he broke into film editing, the danger in chasing the technical cutting edge, and where he gets his inspiration.

• Don't Move! How to Add Motion to Your Movies
• Jan 19, 2007

One of the advantages of a small camera is that it easily moves with you. However, when you're shooting, motion can become a character in its own right. Slowly moving across a scene imparts a different feeling than quickly scanning your surroundings, for example. This chapter addresses the most common ways of moving the camera to add motion to your movie, including the number one rule: don't move.

• Publish a Video Podcast with WordPress
• Jan 5, 2007

Maria Langer's helicopter jaunts are too spectacular to be described with mere words; adding video podcasts to her web site would give visitors a taste of the thrill they'd be buying when they signed up for a trip. In this article, Maria takes us on a tour of the software that made it all possible.