I interviewed writer/director Jennifer Phang about her Sundance award-winning feature Advantageous. An all-around filmmaker who deeply loves the filmmaking process, Phang majored in media in college and became an assistant editor early in her career. Eventually she was invited to the Directing program at AFI, moving on to directing her first feature (Half-Life) that debuted […]
So, uh, I moved to LA, you guys. Let’s back up a couple decades.
This year will be my 4th time attending the NAB Show in Vegas. Every time (after the first year), I’ve figured I had read and documented everything anyone would ever need to know to get the most out of the trip. And then every time it’s over and I think about it, I realize I […]
I talked to editor Barney Pilling about his Oscar nominated work on Grand Budapest Hotel and working with Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winning film The Grand Budapest Hotel is an adventure that crosses multiple time periods (depicted by aspect ratio) while maintaining the director’s trademark visual style — a combination of challenges for the very best of […]
I interviewed editor Zack Arnold (Empire, Burn Notice) about his Fitness in Post initiative to make post production pros happier and healthier. “Fitness in post”: it sounds like an oxymoron at first. Spending twelve hours a day hunched over a desk in a dark room, the only “fitness” some of us get is the long […]
Kanen Flowers had me as a guest alongside Mary Poplin and Sian Fever, talking about sexism in post production. Go listen on thatpostshow.com or on iTunes.
I interviewed Mandy Walker ASC about being a cinematographer and working with UCLA students as a cinematographer in residence. “This will be my first time teaching, but I have interns with me on movies and commercials all the time. I think it’s really important to teach the next generation and show what you’ve learned from […]
I interviewed colorist Stephen Nakamura about grading Exodus: Gods and Kings with DaVinci Resolve 11. Nakamura’s colorist credits are expansive, to say the least. He’s worked with David Fincher, Kathryn Bigelow, Martin Scorcese, Quentin Tarantino – and that’s just the start. His career started out in telecine, doing transfers for Warner Bros. cartoons in the […]
“I hadn’t even heard of that movie until the nominations.” “Oh, it’s Oscar nominated? I’ll have to see it.” “I need to see all the best picture nominees before the Oscars are on!” How many times do you hear these things during awards season? All the time? And then also through the rest of the […]
I wrote about HP’s new products at CES 2015: Ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), HP announced some major updates to its desktops, displays and mobile workstations that enhance the way users interact with their devices. New Zbooks are thin and light (and still powerful), Mini Desktops pack streamable media into a small, […]