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The post-production podcast that goes beyond the desk.
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Sexy Valentine's Day in the Edit Bay : Episode 88
02/13/2019
Sexy Valentine's Day in the Edit Bay : Episode 88
Love is in the air! No wait...what IS that smell?...
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2019 New Season Trailer
12/22/2018
2019 New Season Trailer
Nick and Josh are on their way back for a new season of the Command+Edit Podcast. Stay tuned for brand new content including interviews with all new guests, reviews of shiny tools of our trade and LOTS MORE!
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All-Canadian Episode with Rhonda Thain : Episode 87
05/31/2018
All-Canadian Episode with Rhonda Thain : Episode 87
Special guest Rhonda Thain is back on the show to help us delve into:
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Finding Your Path from Student to Professional Editor with Grace Novak : Episode 86
05/01/2018
Finding Your Path from Student to Professional Editor with Grace Novak : Episode 86
Josh interviews Grace Novak, a film student and freelance video editor, about her journey into the professional ranks. They discuss her networking strategies, what she is taking away from internships, how to adjust to the professional world, setting up a great website and demo reel, and much more. Links Mentioned: - This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Standing On The Edge by Jaxon Hargrove. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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How to Hustle Some Side Cash : Episode 85
04/09/2018
How to Hustle Some Side Cash : Episode 85
In this episode we talk about some ways to create some side coin in addition to your typical bread 'n butter. It's nice to pad the bank account with some supplementary income. Here are some ideas of how you can do that. Creating stock video/audio while simultaneously filming for another project? Utilizing a parallel skillset like photography or motion graphics? Time to think outside the box and bring in some extra cash on the side. Here's what we talk about in this episode: ...and amaze-balls demo of Introduction of and what changed with the regular Soundstripe license - This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Casual on Soundstripe. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Welcome to 2018 : Episode 84
01/12/2018
Welcome to 2018 : Episode 84
Good-bye, 2017! It's been real. Hello, 2018! Please be gentle. Welcome back to another year of Command+Edit, listeners! Thanks for returning. Josh and I play it light for this episode to bring you up to speed on what went down over the holidays and what's to come in the coming weeks for the show. This episode we get into: New living arrangements, including the complexities of living out of a van Josh's Command+Edit meetup in LA Top Episodes of 2018 Movie picks for you to check out What did Santa bring you this year?? and more! - This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Fancy Pants on Soundstripe. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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An Editor's Christmas Wishlist : Episode 83
12/22/2017
An Editor's Christmas Wishlist : Episode 83
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, listeners! The holidays are upon us which means only one thing: year-end deadlines are looming for our many projects and we are all doomed! ... I mean...we get to ask Santa for what shiny new toys we could use for next year! Whether being gifted to us by a jolly fat man, our loved ones or just a little treat to ourselves for retaining our sanity this year, we all have some top requests on our list. What's on your list? More hard drives? Subscription to Adobe for another year (or five)? An editing assistant who works for coffee? Josh and I list off our top gift requests from Santa this year and had better see a few of these under the tree this year. Share with us your own Christmas wants and we'll see it gets received by the Big Man himself. --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Electric Tango by Dave Tough on Soundstripe. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Take the Money and RUN! : Episode 82
11/24/2017
Take the Money and RUN! : Episode 82
In this episode Nick and Josh discuss the most important topic when it comes to freelance video editing...how to get paid! Topics covered include what software and services they use to invoice, how they accept payments, how long it takes to get paid and whether you need to have an LLC in order to freelance. Useful links: --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was 710 by Rian Ball on Soundstripe. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Premiere Pro Tips That'll Save You Hours : Episode 81
11/11/2017
Premiere Pro Tips That'll Save You Hours : Episode 81
Nick and Josh are BACK! In this episode the guys give a ton of useful, time-saving Adobe Premiere Pro tips that you may never have heard before. Some tips that we cover: Quickly soloing/muting tracks Update colors of clips in bins onto timeline Trim to Playhead New Search Bin Query See how often a clip is used and where it’s used across a project Pancake Timeline Wacom Macro Hack Useful links: --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Fountain of Youth by Stephen Keech on Soundstripe. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Small Business Tactics for Editors — An Interview with Editor Rachel Bastarache Bogan : Episode 80
09/27/2017
Small Business Tactics for Editors — An Interview with Editor Rachel Bastarache Bogan : Episode 80
Rachel Bastarache Bogan is a owner of Renegade Digital Post — a video editing company providing Hollywood-caliber services to filmmakers and content producers outside of Hollywood. In this interview, Nick and Josh find out Rachel’s strategies for working with new clients, how she finds clients not only locally but across the globe, and much more. Useful links: (Rachel's company) Rachel's Twitter: (Rachel's book) (Rachel's viewing recommendation) (online video review service) (book) (book) --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Up by Oboy. Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Interview with Twain Richardson : Episode 79
09/06/2017
Interview with Twain Richardson : Episode 79
In this episode we bring our friend Twain Richardson on to guest as he tells us all about setting up a career right in the heart of Jamaica. Establishing oneself in a market where production is pretty sparse compared to the likes of LA and NY can be immensely challenging. While most people feel the pressure to move to Hollywood to "go where the work is", there are those who thrive where they are and set themselves as a niche service provider in the TV and commercial industry. If you are currently considering whether you need to relocate to be successful, give a listen to Twain's story. Topic Timecodes: ~11:30 Introduction to Twain ~12:20 What is Jamaica's client base like? ~13:58 Describing his workspace layout ~15:05 Twain's origin story: go to work or go to school? ~19:09 Getting a mentor early in your career ~20:33 How do you tell a good story? ~21:19 Twain's "Frame of Reference" site filled with valuable interviews with established editors (which is now defunct but you can still find individual articles ) ~25:58 The value of networking and asking questions from other editors out there; great lessons learned from talking with the pros ~31:20 Have you ever felt the pressure to relocate and why did you decide to stay put? ~33:43 Big differences in work environment depending where you are geographically - Are there still deadlines in Jamaica? ~39:50 What in the hell is a toque?... Links: T Twain's work website --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Apex by Kevin Graham. Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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The Office Life : Episode 78
08/15/2017
The Office Life : Episode 78
Nick and Josh reunite to bring you a conversation about Nick’s life-altering, career-changing decision… his move to the office life! Nick recently began a contract that rips him out of his spare bedroom editing bay and thrusts him into the middle of an office in busy Toronto. In this episode Nick and Josh catch up and recap Josh’s recent visit to meet Nick IRL. You’ll learn, as Josh did, that Canadians don’t know this one basic fact about the US. Topic Timecodes: ~12:00 Nick describing his journey into the office life ~19:30 Productivity in the office vs. in the home office ~25:00 Feeling the time crunch / What’s important in life / Parkinson’s Law ~31:00 Nick realizes he’s an entitled millennial :) ~39:00 Listener Chris’ question about the next steps to becoming a freelancer with a production company Book Recommendations: Book Yourself Solid — Michael Port: Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America — Jeff Ryan: --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Song used in this episode was Islands by Kevin Hutchens. Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Screenwriting tools with Luke Guidici : Episode 77
08/01/2017
Screenwriting tools with Luke Guidici : Episode 77
In this episode we chat it up with Luke Guidici, screenwriter and generator of really strange story concepts. He's worked in LA as an extra, grip, PA, camera operator, AD, producer, editor, falconer, writer and director. In our interview he lets loose with some steps to break you out of your funk and into writing stories NOW, plus some techniques that even some larger movies fall short on that you should focus on like "save the cat" and "show, don't tell" (for GOD'S sake, do the latter one). --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Links , why dontcha? Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Mistakes Were Made! : Episode 76
06/23/2017
Mistakes Were Made! : Episode 76
Before you press play know that I am truly an unlucky fellow. Some problems arose during recording of this episode that may or may not have had to do with my new webcam that I bought...so that Josh could finally see me while we record. Initially the episode was written off and scrapped, but...we decided to put it out as is. I'll explain everything within the episode but it does reach a point where it abruptly ends, the rest was lost to the abyss. But what we did manage to record was still good stuff, including: Adobe CC 2017.1 updates (yes, we're late to the party with this) Projects we're currently working on Using a smartphone for interview shooting Facebook VR Spaces announcement Listener Q&A So consider this a bonus episode of sorts. Enjoy! --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Links Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Editing in Japan and Across the Globe with Norman Hollyn : Episode 75
06/13/2017
Editing in Japan and Across the Globe with Norman Hollyn : Episode 75
Our guest today is none other than Norman Hollyn. Norman is a media expert. He is, of course, an editor as well as a professor of Cinematic Arts at USC and travels all around the world as an editing educator. Norman and Josh discuss Norman’s time teaching abroad, different editing styles across the globe, trying to get emotions out of your audience and much more. This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Links Song used in this episode was Bouncy Castle by Niko Xidas. Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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An Interview with Mae Manning : Episode 74
06/01/2017
An Interview with Mae Manning : Episode 74
Mae was bartending and raising a daughter in Atlanta when a producer approached her after seeing her music mashup projects that she continued to work on in her spare time. Self-taught and self-propelled, after seeing a trailer for Zack Snyder's 300 she immediately vowed to become an editor. She's a delightful and talented person to begin with but she's also a real-life example of what you should do if you're passionate about your work but have no doors open to you to the industry. This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Links Song used in this episode was Gatsby's Saloon by Matt Wigton, Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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An Interview with David Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management at Avid : Episode 73
05/22/2017
An Interview with David Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management at Avid : Episode 73
Josh and special guest David Colantuoni, Senior Director of Product Management at Avid, discuss the upcoming release of Media Composer | First, this year's Avid Connect Conference and what's new and on the horizon for Media Composer. PS: Josh will be doing some training around Media Composer | First once it is released. Jump on his newsletter to find out more here: This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . Links (including Avid Connect 2018) Songs used in this episode were We Don't Stop by Matt Wigton and End of the Party by Jacob Walker. Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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An Interview with Niel Guilarte : Episode 72
05/18/2017
An Interview with Niel Guilarte : Episode 72
This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every EVO includes their easy to use media management software for organizing, tagging, and finding your media across all of your storage devices—even external, local, and cloud services. For more info check out . In this episode we grab some face time with fellow editor and podcaster Niel Guilarte. He runs the All Things Post podcast, featuring awesome interviews with the post-production elite. As well he has directed/edited The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary that is coming out very soon. Keep posted (ugh...please forgive me, I didn't realize what I was typing until I read that back in my head) to The Messengers FB Page for more info on how to get your copy. Or head over to and contribute to get your copy when they're ready. Links (ordering info herein) Song used in this episode was Savior of the Nations Come by Brique a Braq. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Tips for Cutting Short : Episode 71
04/15/2017
Tips for Cutting Short : Episode 71
Working on a 5-minute short? A 2-minute trailer? A 15-second commercial spot? We've got ways you can use to approach that short cut in this episode. Even as short as this episode post! Links Song used in this episode was Codebreaker by Dotted Lined. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Networking Essentials for Video Editors with Rhonda Thain
04/02/2017
Networking Essentials for Video Editors with Rhonda Thain
Josh and special guest Rhonda discuss networking essentials for video editors. They talk about how to make contacts, what kind of contacts to make, how to keep relationships going, how to ask for work, what not to do when you’re networking and so much more. Also, Josh gives a special announcement :) Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Movies for Every Video Editor : Episode 69
03/15/2017
Movies for Every Video Editor : Episode 69
Last week we gave you some book suggestions to further improve your editing skills. But we know you are mostly visual learners so this week we'll give you some suggestions for movies that you should study, analyze and learn from. Tired of being limited to what you can afford when licensing a music track? Soundstripe offers a full library of quality music that you pay with only a subscription. No more individual licensing costs! At $10/mth it pays itself off with your first track download. Get your account and use code COMMANDEDIT to get 10% off for the year (). Music track used in this episode: The West Lands, Matt Wigton Unique Storytelling: Memento Pulp Fiction Fast-Paced Sequences: Whiplash Snatch Fury Road Saving Private Ryan City of God Poor Examples of Fast-Paced Cutting: Underworld: Blood Wars Taken 3 Slow-Paced Sequences (the Slow Burn effect): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Once Upon a Time in the West The Godfather Part II Strange/Traumatic Sequences: A Clockwork Orange Requiem for a Dream Pi How to Edit Conversations/Dialogue: Jaws The Social Network Our listeners suggested: Paterson - Denis Velinsky Side-by-Side - Patrick Boyd and Mark Kipling Requiem for a Dream - Justin Richardson Raging Bull, Lawrence of Arabia, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Liam Cairns JFK - Rhonda Thain Fight Club, The Innkeepers, Silent Hill - Vandrei Jaques Subscribe, hit Like, leave a comment and generally let your other editor pals know about us. We do this podcast for you so your feedback is welcome! --- This episode is sponsored by Soundstripe, get access to a full library of quality music with unlimited licensed downloads all for just $10/month! As a Command+Edit listener get a special 10% discount when you use code COMMANDEDIT. Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Books for Every Video Editor : Episode 68
03/09/2017
Books for Every Video Editor : Episode 68
In this episode we'll give you some suggestions for books that every editor should read (at least once) in his/her lifetime that will push you a little further in the edit bay. But first, where do you go for your stock music? Tired of being limited to what you can afford when licensing a music track? Soundstripe is a sponsor of this episode and offers a full library of quality music that you pay with only a subscription. No more individual licensing costs! At $10/mth it pays itself off with your first track download. Get your account and use code COMMANDEDIT to get 10% off for the year (). Music track used in this episode: A New Day 2, Marshall Smith Did you catch the Oscars? Did you cheer for Moonlight or cry over La La Land by the end? While we missed many of the noms this year, we go over some of the big wins from below the line. Josh's Book Picks: Your NLE's manual Nick's Book Picks: (focus on Jaws, Thelma and Louise and The Matrix) Comics! For their exercise on framing, composition and storyboarding Our listeners suggested: Subscribe, hit Like, leave a comment and generally let your other editor pals know about us. We do this podcast for you so your feedback is welcome! --- This episode is sponsored by Soundstripe, get access to a full library of quality music with unlimited licensed downloads all for just $10/month! As a Command+Edit listener get a special 10% discount when you use code COMMANDEDIT. Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Beat Depression in the Edit Bay : Episode 67
02/18/2017
Beat Depression in the Edit Bay : Episode 67
Happy 30th Birthday, Josh! Join me in congratulating him for surviving on this earth for 30 straight years without incident. Tweet the show or leave a comment and I'll make sure he gets it. Send beer. Long work hours. No sunlight. Dwindling social life and home time. With only the occasional interaction with a human. It can get pretty lonely in the edit bay. Today we talk about how depressing it can be working in post (whether solo at your home office or with a team in a studio) and how you can beat those post-pro blues with just a few changes to your day. You know what else will make you weepy? Wipster's big changes to their pricing plan. The video review service made several editors the world over shout in frustration with their 400+% price hike to their plans. Find out how this affects you and what other options there are. (psst...and if you ask us, you should be using anyways). Remember us gushing about how awesome Soundstripe is? (for those who didn't, with our interview with Travis and Micah from Soundstripe). Now you can sign up for an account with them AND help out the podcast at the same time! Soundstripe is now a proud (we assume) sponsor of the Command+Edit Podcast! and get unlimited tracks and licences for all of your projects. One size fits all, no more worrying about those expensive licences or how many tracks the budget can afford. Other things we mention in this episode: Use a white noise generator to keep productive and focused at work. Try or Subscribe, hit Like, leave a comment and generally let your other editor pals know about us. We do this podcast for you so your feedback is welcome! --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Should You Charge for Exporting? : Episode 66
02/06/2017
Should You Charge for Exporting? : Episode 66
Hellooooooo? Can anyone hear us? Oh, wait. Someone’s there? Oh! It’s you! You, dear listener, are there! Did you forget about us? We know it’s been awhile. It’s been awhile for us too. We, Nick and Josh, haven’t caught up since before the holidays (yeah…that long ago) and in this episode we get into all sorts of post production topics that have been going on in our lives recently. We’ll dive into Nick’s film, one that’s been in “post hell,” that Nick has been resurrecting. Josh started a new comedy series and had to make a tough choice between starting it in Premiere or Media Composer. Nick applied to join a union, the DGC (Director's Guild of Canada) Josh got a kettle bell! Nick fell in love with a fitness challenge on fellow post-production podcast, Fitness in Post We talk about Black Mirror, Daredevil (again), Six and basically every TV show out there. We wrap up the episode talking about an important topic for any editor that charges by the hour. Do you charge when the computer is working and you aren’t? Do you charge for importing/exporting/rendering/uploading/etc.? Our awesome Facebook group (link below!) gave us plenty of opinions and we each add our own. Don’t miss this part! --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Interview with Travis Terrell and Micah Sannan from Soundstripe : Episode 65
01/30/2017
Interview with Travis Terrell and Micah Sannan from Soundstripe : Episode 65
"Play it, Sam" - Ilsa, Casablanca Finding the right music track for your project can be maddening, what with so many choices to pick from out there. And sometimes you can have trouble finding the words to describe what music track you're searching for. On top of that each music licence has its own price tag so you may be limited by your budget (or your own wallet). Today we are kicking it off with an interview with Travis Terrell and Micah Sannan from , a subscription-based music library that allows you endless uses of its music tracks for all of your projects till the end of time! You can sign up for as little as $10/month and have full access to their ever-growing library of music --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Don't Be a Digital Hoarder : Episode 64
12/20/2016
Don't Be a Digital Hoarder : Episode 64
You often organize the clutter around your desk or office, but what about the e-clutter? All of those projects that need archiving, assets that need managing and all of those loose files on your computer that need a home (or the trash). We invited Rhonda Thain (assistant editor Brothers Take New Orleans, Tiny Home) to chat about being a digital hoarder at work, never throwing away any old projects or media files in the off chance that one day they will be needed. If you've ever said to yourself "You never know!" while transferring that FCP7 project from 2003 onto a hard drive to add to the growing stack on your shelves, then this episode is for you. --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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A Long Winded As F#@% Interview with Joe Vallero : Episode 63
12/05/2016
A Long Winded As F#@% Interview with Joe Vallero : Episode 63
Okay so this episode with Joe isn't long-winded as f#@% but his podcast sure is. I'm not kidding. It's called the Long-Winded As F#@% Podcast. Let me back it up a bit. Joe Vallero is an editor who made the move to LA and has the IMDB page to show it. In our interview with him here we ask him about how making the transition to LA and finding work went for him, any tips he would have for other editors looking to wedge their foot in the proverbial door of big productions and what myths about working in LA hold water and which ones are just fluff. His work experience is also pretty interesting if you take a look at his credits. He's edited featurettes for a number of larger productions (War of the Worlds, 300: Rise of an Empire, Argo, Hatchet). () And, as mentioned, he has a podcast that he co-hosts called The Long-Winded As F#@% Podcast where he and co-host Nick review randomly-selected movies from the library of Netflix. () Tweet Joe on Twitter and tell him that you listened to his interview on Command+Edit. Go ahead. We'll wait... () --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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How to be a SENSITIVE Editor : Episode 62
11/29/2016
How to be a SENSITIVE Editor : Episode 62
Welcome on back! You may notice that we took a bit of a hiatus there for a bit. So first of all thanks for continuing to subscribe and listen to us. What do you do when you're dealing with sensitive material at your work? Have you ever been concerned that you're working on could offend your audience? Should you play it safe and avoid offending your audience or is a little controversy going to benefit your project? In this episode Josh and I talk about how to tread lightly when dealing with potentially volatile material in your work, and how it might affect any of your creative decisions. Nick works on horror features so from his point of view a little bit of controversial material can sometimes equal "bad press". Shock value is highly sought after from horror directors when it comes to excessive gore, nudity or remarks. But how far is too far? Josh having worked on a number of corporate/commercial videos that represent big businesses knows all too well the concern of representing a brand faithfully without sending any offensive images or messages. This year has seen its share of controversy, especially in pop culture. Hollywood seems to offend people regularly with its advertising material: There was the fiery reaction to And perhaps the BIGGEST lightning rod of controversy this year out of Hollywood, the Ghostbusters reboot. Honest Trailers, a parody YouTube channel that roasts big movies by recutting/redubbing their trailer, knew what hot water they were getting into when they took on the female-led reboot of a beloved movie...so they disabled comments right away. . Have you ever found yourself walking on thin ice when working on your edit? Share your stories with us so we know we're not just talking to ourselves here. We would really like to hear from you. --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Roll the credits! Endcrawl with Pliny : Episode 61
11/01/2016
Roll the credits! Endcrawl with Pliny : Episode 61
Here's something you never think about until it's biting you in the tookus: creating your end credits. Every movie needs 'em, so does yours. So why leave them as the last step before completing your film and let them look like garbage? Enter Endcrawl, the online service that saves your time by making your credits for you. And today we are talking with Pliny Eremic and Alan Grow, the co-founders of this service, about how it solves a problem so many films have struggled with in the past. Credits are tedious, suck your time away and they are never...EVER...finished. There always seems to be one last change to make to them: a name missing, a mispelled credit, someone credited with the wrong job, someone to thank at the end...ad infinitum! Endcrawl solves the problem by allowing you easily make changes to your credit crawl and then it will send you a fresh, new render of it for you to drag 'n drop into your timeline. Nick has experimented with the beta version of this service in his recent features and it IS as smooth an operation as it sounds. It also fixes the technical issues that come with creating your own credits through Premiere, After Effects or Photoshop. Ever played your film on a big screen? Notice that ugly jitter or shudder as your credits scroll up? . And Endcrawl can promise that it won't happen with yours. And if that doesn't convince you...it's FREE to sign up and get started! Endcrawl is looking for beta users and will gladly let you jump in with your production and start making your crawl. (1K renders are free for you to preview it or as a placeholder, 2K renders belong to a pricing tier). Check out our interview with these two gentlemen and sign up for Endcrawl for your production. And Pliny would be pained if I didn't link to his article/rant . Wait for me to trigger him on that one at the end of the episode. --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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Talking About The Walking Dead Season 7 Premiere : Episode 60
10/27/2016
Talking About The Walking Dead Season 7 Premiere : Episode 60
SPOILER ALERT: If you are not caught up on The Walking Dead when you listen to this then you may be very upset by what we discuss. You have been warned. Anybody who's anybody was glued to TWD Season 7 premiere this week, so let's talk about the style of the show, how it's managed to survive 7 seasons with its story arc and also what common tools do horror films/series use often to grab their audience's attention? The show suffered a drop in ratings during season 6 and the writers pulled an H-bomb out of their pocket by teasing the death of an important character. This left fans biting their nails while they waited for the answer: Who bit the bullet? Cliffhangers and teases like this are used very often, especially in horror movies. Jason Voorhees jumping out of the water at the end of Friday the 13th, Freddy's last jumpscare at the end of the first Nightmare on Elm Street, the ending of every Saw movie...in fact, now that I think of it pretty much ALL of the horror films out there end with a cliffhanger. Was the use of it here appropriate and smart for TWD series? And what about how they upped the ante when it came to gore and violence in this episode? Did it serve the story well to communicate the brutality of these deaths? Or was it excessive and took away from the show? How about the pacing? We still waited 20 minutes to get our answer finally and the whole episode was told with a lot of jumps through time back and forth. Was it the right way to unfold the horror of this chapter in TWD? These are the questions we will discuss herein in Episode 60. Press play, listen on and let us know what you also thought of it. --- Follow us on Twitter: Join our Facebook Group: Get more of the podcast at
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