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Nick and Josh are back after a lengthy hiatus. They're here to discuss editing under quarantine, Korean zombie shows, and trying to find a silver lining in this whole quarantine mess.

Love is in the air! No wait...what IS that smell?... Join us for a sultry and romantic Valentine's Day episode all about our favourite love seasons (ones that we've both watched on the big screen and worked with on our small screens).

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! New episodes coming at you in January 2019!

Special guest Rhonda Thain is back on the show to help us delve into: • How to fight burnout with 18+ hour work days on top of weekends and overtime • Keeping the creative juices flowing when battling exhaustion • Knowing when to turn down work for your own mental sanity • The Art and Ethics of Digital De-Aging • WTF is wrong with these movie remakes?! • Bending Reality with Reality-TV

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: Grace's website Grace's Twitter Grace's reading challenge Saves Together Twitter (Grace's podcast/web series) Editing for Others vs. Editing for Ourselves (a post Josh wrote on EVF) - 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was Standing On The Edge by Jaxon Hargrove. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: Newest Adobe features announced for CC ...and amaze-balls demo of Adobe Senseii Big updates to Frame IO and Wipster coming later this year Introduction of Soundstripe PRO and what changed with the regular Soundstripe license AVID Media Composer Troubleshooting Tips - 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was Casual on Soundstripe. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was Fancy Pants on Soundstripe. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 via Twitter 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was Electric Tango by Dave Tough on Soundstripe. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: Nick's WWII Documentary - No Roses on a Sailor's Grave Freshbooks QuickBooks Online --- 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was 710 by Rian Ball on Soundstripe. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 PDF Viewer Plugin 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: Premiere Pro Feature Request Form Heretics Gets Canadian Theatrical Release --- 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit. Song used in this episode was Fountain of Youth by Stephen Keech on Soundstripe. Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe! Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: Renegade Digital Post (Rachel's company) Rachel's Twitter: @rachelfinder How to Edit Videos That People Want to Watch (Rachel's book) Taipei in Motion Video (Rachel's viewing recommendation) Screenlight (online video review service) Getting Things Done (book) The 12-Week Year (book) --- This episode is brought to you by Studio Network Solutions and their EVO Shared Storage unit. Every E

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 like this) ~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: Frame of Reference - Interview with Jamie Cobb Frame of Reference - Interview with Vashy Nedomansky Frame of Reference - Interview with Eddie Hamilton The Phantom Editor Offers to Help With the Han Solo Film Director's Cut Twain's work website ForPostProd.com  Watch Twain's work on Vimeo

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: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470643471/?tag=shonbe-20 Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America — Jeff Ryan: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591845637/?tag=shonbe-20  --- 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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Song used in this episode was Islands by Kevin Hutchens. Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Links Official Luke Guidici website and stuff Follow Luke on Twitter, why dontcha? Fountain software for Screenwriters Read some scripts for pilot TV episodes   Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Links Film Editing Pro Trailer Series PremiereBro - What's New in Premiere Pro CC April 2017 Premiere Pro CC - April 2017- New Features and the Essential Graphics Panel Edit Video Faster - All the Equipment You Need to Become a Freelancer Film Riot - Shoot a Film With an iPhone and FiLMiC Pro!   Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Links The Lean Forward Moment http://normanhollyn.com Follow Norman on Twitter @Schnittman   Song used in this episode was Bouncy Castle by Niko Xidas.   Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Links Follow @EditorMae on Twitter GalsNGear from NAB 2017 Mae's YouTube Channel   Song used in this episode was Gatsby's Saloon by Matt Wigton,   Get unlimited royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: http://eepurl.com/bRtxZD   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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   Links Media Composer First Avid Customer Association Upcoming Avid Conferences (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: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 studionetworksolutions.com/commandedit.   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 the Indiegogo page and contribute to get your copy when they're ready. Links All Things Post Podcast The Messengers: A Podcast Documentary The Messengers FB Page All Things Post FB Group The Messengers Indiegogo Page (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: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

  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 Apple Mac Pro Redesign Plans The Unskippable Geico Ad Need Public Domain Footage?   Song used in this episode was Codebreaker by Dotted Lined.   Get royalty-free stock music from Soundstripe: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: http://soundstripe.grsm.io/joshshort  Use the code COMMANDEDIT for 10% off!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 (http://soundstripe.grsm.io/e/5Me). 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. http://soundstripe.grsm.io/e/5Me Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 (http://soundstripe.grsm.io/e/5Me). 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: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield The Avid Handbook Your NLE's manual Nick's Book Picks: Rebel Without a Crew BFI Modern Classics Series (focus on Jaws, Thelma and Louise and The Matrix) Comics! For their exercise on framing, composition and storyboarding Our listeners suggested: Grammar of the Film Language Behind the Seen: How Walter Murch Edited Cold Mountain Using Apple's Final Cut Pro In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch 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. http://soundstripe.grsm.io/e/5Me Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: 

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 Screenlight anyways). Remember us gushing about how awesome Soundstripe is? (for those who didn't, listen to Episode 65 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! Use this link to get access to Soundstripe's music library 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 https://www.noisli.com/ or https://www.calm.com/ 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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

"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 Soundstripe, 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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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). (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1207760/) 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. (http://lwafpod.com/) Tweet Joe on Twitter and tell him that you listened to his interview on Command+Edit. Go ahead. We'll wait... (https://twitter.com/lwafpod) --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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 the adverstising of X-Men Apocalypse Snickers Super Bowl ad blasted for being anti-feminist/anti-transphobic Companies called out for sexist commercials 10 Surprisingly Sexist Movies That You Still Love to Watch Comedians mock car advertisements for blatant sexism with a simple parody 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. Check it out here. 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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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? There's a reason for that. 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 2k is not 2048x1152. Wait for me to trigger him on that one at the end of the episode. --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

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: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

  Oh man...so the benefit of batch recording episodes is that you always have one to put out even when you fall behind in recording. The downside is whatever the topic is may not be as timely as it was when you first covered it. Thus, we present to you our Back to School episode that was originally recorded in early September. We congratulate one of our listeners, Katie Green, who is currently kicking ass in her first semester in her broadcasting program at Sheridan. There are a number of news updates that we discuss, including hot feature updates for Adobe CC 2015, determining whether GoPro's latest video is legit or sorcery, and BlackMagic continues to assimilate other software into itself by purchasing Ultimatte and Fairlight plugins. Then just wait for it...because we discuss some news ways for you to add to your bag of editing tricks. When you first open a program that is completely foreign to you, where do you start? Nick has some insight from when he made the leap from After Effects to Nuke as a compositor.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: • Episode 30 of Cmd+Edit where we listed off a number of helpful ways for you to boost your knowledge of editing. There are some suggestions of brick and mortar institutions as well as a number of online resources you can use immediately. (http://www.commandeditpodcast.com/blog/take-yourself-back-to-school-cmdedit-030) • GoPro's Karma Drone Footage - Real or Fake? (http://petapixel.com/2016/09/09/gopros-latest-karma-drone-footage-real-faked/) • BlackMagic purchases Ultimatte and Fairlight (http://www.redsharknews.com/business/item/3768-blackmagic-buys-both-ultimatte-and-fairlight) • Avid release notes for version 8.6.3 (http://resources.avid.com/SupportFiles/attach/README_Avid_Editor_v8.6.3.pdf) • A Full Roundup of Adobe’s Late 2016 Creative Cloud Updates (http://postline.co/2016/09/a-full-roundup-of-adobes-late-2016-creative-cloud-updates/) --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Nick is tired because of a wrap party on his recent feature and Josh has been off of caffeine for a while...but it doesn't matter because we're so excited to talk about Stranger Things! ... Okay so we are a little late to the party with this one but it was recorded so long ago and Nick kind of dropped the ball on posting new episodes in the last couple of weeks (and he's sorry!). But we have a number of good episodes ready to go for the next while so strap in and press play. Stranger Things was an instant game-changer when it came out, playing to viewers' nostalgia of the 80's and delivering a smattering of well-written characters with a good mystery adventure to take us on. We chat about our experience with the series, why we felt it was hyped up as much as it was, and also what this could mean for any trends the filmmaking world will see as a result of its success. This includes an increase in directors requesting that 80's style synth score and the title font for their own film. Not joking, within 2 days of the series premiering Nick got a request from his director to use the Stranger Things score as a temp track for their movie. *facepalm* We have our favourite moments and our notes on the overall editing style and pace of the story. But we want to hear from you! Leave us a comment over on CommandEditPodcast.com or tweet us @CommandEdit with what you loved/hated about the series. And what would you do if a director asked you to replicate something from it simply because audiences loved the show?   --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

  We have a BUNCH of stuff to share with you! Let's see how much we can cram into this episode. Throughout the week we collect links, useful tips and eyebrow-raising articles that we come across to discuss and now it's time to give them all to you. It's an AKS (All Kinds o' Shit) episode this week! Are you using Instagram Stories or do you prefer Snapchat? There are people in either camp using these tools to provide video to their followers. I've been trying both out to see the differences and what kind of value can be provided to his followers. I like to show glimpses of my timeline progress, behind-the-scenes of sets that I'm on and of course multiple images of #CoffeePorn. You can follow Nick on Snapchat (merc_media) or on Instagram (mercmedia) to see shots of his work and coffee. You can follow Josh (joshort) on Snapchat to see pics of how his vacation is going right now. Let us know which ones you use regularly and help us decide which one to stick with. Sierra OS for Mac users is coming this fall and the announced features range from the mildly interesting to the "meh". One update worth mentioning is that Siri is coming to the MacOS now. Click here to watch a breakdown of new features from a beta tester (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1un9d8ociyk). Ever search for an Adobe Premiere tutorial only to find ones that have way more talking to them than you'd like? Done With Dylan features a set of Premiere tutorials that get right to the point. No intro. No chit-chat. He just jumps right into the meat of the tutorial, gives you what you need and ends it. Go check it out (http://www.premierebro.com/blog/done-with-dylan-premiere-pro-tutorials-for-intermediate-editors). *Thanks to PremiereBro for the link. Suicide Squad has been getting a lashing from both fans and critics alike. I watched it this past weekend, further adding fuel to the fire that Hollywood is losing its touch when it comes to making summer blockbusters. There is one theory being posited as to why this could be happening. It's referred to as the "Second Act Problem" because most of the scenes that end up on the cutting room floor for this already-lengthy films come from the 2nd act. The 2nd act of the story is arguably where most of the story and character development resides. Read up more on this theory and let us know if you agree with it. (http://www.vox.com/2016/6/29/12046656/independence-day-resurgence-bad-review-no-second-act-problem) Sven Pape (aka This Guy Edits) posted a video that demonstrates the power of the editor when it comes to shaping the actor's performance. He breaks down how to approach editing a scene between two characters and gives 9 tips for how you can reshape an actor's performance. Just remember that with great power comes great responsibility. You can greatly alter how an actor behaves in a scene but that doesn't mean you always have to. Only if it will improve the scene (in your humble opinion). --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

We welcome editor Erik Swanson on the show, who recently completed work on his first feature length credit: Rise of the Sufferfests, a documentary that explores the rising trend of OCR (Obstacle Course Racing). You may have heard me talk about OCR occasionally as it's become an obsession of mine in the past year. If you've heard of Tough Mudder, Spartan races or anything similar then you've probably thought one of two things: 1) "That sounds like fun!" or 2) "Why do people actually do this??" Rise of the Sufferfests sets out to answer that latter question, as director Scott Keneally investigates the world of OCR using himself as a guinea pig and interviews with multiple racers. Erik Swanson got started in filmmaking working mostly with sports editorial footage for 11 years before jumping into the world of freelancing and becoming attached to RotS with Scott and his group. Documentary filmmaking is not for the faint of heart. It can involve insanely large amounts of dedicated time, endless hours of footage to sift through and a story to find. It's not like scripted content where you always start the timeline with some semblance of a story prepared. The editor has a lot of creative control when it comes to crafting the story of a doc, but it's also a huge responsibility. In this episode Erik and I discussed: how he rose to the challenge of editing Rise of the Sufferfests how he looks for the story in the footage how does documentary editing differ from scripted content will he continue pursuing documentaries and also will he be signing up for an obstacle course race in the future? You can watch Rise of the Sufferfests right now (as of Sept 1st, 2016) on iTunes. Click the link here to purchase a digital copy instantly on iTunes for $14.99 or visit the store on the RotS website to purchase a t-shirt/movie bundle. Watch the movie already? Let us know what you thought of it. Leave a comment below or tweet us @CommandEdit. --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Being sick and on the job... This started as a Twitter discussion from a question Scott Simmons posed earlier. There were many different opinions shared and it's not a simple yes/no question. So we're here to discuss it further, what are your rights as a freelancer and how should you balance out the responsibilities of the job and your own health? --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Welcome to Episode 54 of Command+Edit Podcast! We all inevitably reach a point in our careers when we start to really question if this industry is for you. Let's face it, it's not for everyone. This came about recently when a colorist/editor that we follow, Ben Brainerd, announced on Twitter that he was hanging up his hat and switching careers entirely. You can read all about his decisions, how he arrived at them and his reasons for settling on this new path (and a completely different address!). http://ragingmushroom.com/the-big-why/ Follow Ben Brainerd on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ben_brainerd). If you have ever reached a point where you seriously considered getting out of the filmmaking business entirely, then we would like to hear your story. Email us (CommandEditPodcast@gmail.com) or tweet us (www.twitter.com/CommandEdit). --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

We are often asked the question "How much does a video cost?" The short answer: It depends. As a comparison you could ask "How much does a house cost?" and then point out the many factors that affect the cost of a house: location, size, materials, how quickly it needs to be built, etc. You want to ask specifics from the client early on to determine what kind of video they are expecting to receive, but you also don't want to scare them off with an overwhelming inquisition. You want to ask the right questions to just get the information you need to produce an accurate quote or estimate. That way you ensure that you are giving an accurate number for your services and your client can rest easy that that number won't change (much) during production. Some standard questions that you can ask a client are: Who is the audience? Will a script be provided? What materials are already produced and available (graphics, stock footage...)? Will we require actors or spokespersons from the company on-screen? Will their be voiceover or narration needed? Do we have to licence music? In building your quote there are two ways to go about it: create a flat rate for the entire project or list off line items (similar to ordering off a menu). Each freelancer develops their own way of building a quote and you will have to, as well. --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

After the briefest of hiatuses we are BACK! Did you miss us? This episode Josh and Nick get into the topic of codecs: When to use which ones? How to optimize your encoding settings for faster exports/higher quality videos. How to establish delivery specs with clients early on And some other goodie topics for you As well there a number of links you should click on this week. Nick is trying Audio Network's new plugin for Adobe Premiere CC that makes it incredibly easy and fast to find the right music for your edit. It includes a panel right in the Premiere interface so you can search, select and edit with stock music tracks without ever leaving Premiere. They are looking for Beta testers to sign up and try it out. (http://us.audionetwork.com/content/whats-new/adobe-premiere-pro-plugin? If you're looking for a basic tutorial on getting started in Premiere...this ain't it, but it'll give you a laugh. Some people are just not in the right emotional and mental state for making tutorials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=eIMwx56aJEo). Some Premiere editors complain about it's lack of native motion blur...but it's actually in there. Find out how to utilize motion blur for your project's titles and graphics (http://premierepro.net/editing/motion-blur/). Some additional reading on codecs including really tech-talk explanations on how they work over on Premium Beat (http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-codecs/) As well as a slightly more condensed explanation if you're short on time (http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/a-compressed-explanation-of-video-compression/) --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

  Can a monkey be taught to edit? Or at least can any HUMAN be taught to edit? This is the question we set out to answer in this week's episode. We live in a time where anyone could certainly have access to the gear and training necessary to start learning. And for some it's a prickly topic of conversation about how so many up-and-comers are diluting the market and creating too much competition for the rest of us. Or is there far more to it that simply cannot be taught and will always separate the "button mashers" who only know the shortcuts to those of us who call ourselves storytellers and rely more on theory and technique of what makes a good edit? More and more editors are filling the market each year, as well there are more companies that are turning to training their in-house staff the basics of Adobe Premiere to save money on hiring an outside freelancer. Listen up to Episode 51 and let us know what you think in the comments section over at www.CommandEditPodcast.com. Or tweet us your thoughts on Twitter at @CommandEdit OR...join in the Facebook group we have going on and get in on the conversation with other editors (https://www.facebook.com/CommandEditPodcast/). --- Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Zack Arnold is a film and TV editor (Burn Notice, Empire) and the host of the Fitness in Post podcast (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2094093/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). The podcast focuses on how to make healthier changes to your lifestyle while setting yourself up for success as an editor. It's a great resource for finding ways to keep good upkeep on your body and mind so that you can stay creative and do your best work. Zack started the Fitness in Post podcast once he recognized that the work environment of the editor can be detrimental, especially when taking into account long stretches of hours spent sitting at a desk and not getting proper rest or nutrition. Nick has been a listener of this podcast for some time and credits it with helping make healthier lifestyle changes in his own life, including not feeling guilty about taking the time you need to take care of yourself (admit it, you've felt this way before, too). We talk about the origin story of Fitness in Post, why editors seem more prone to neglecting their own health than other trades and what can you do to fix this for yourself. AND THAT'S NOT ALL... Zack talks about a new program he's rolling out called Optimize Yourself (http://optimizeyourself.me/) where you can learn all about how to do what he's talking about in this episode. Be more active at work, eliminate procrastination and manage your time better so you can have a life outside of work. It's in beta right now and he's looking for more editors JUST LIKE YOU to sign up for it and chime in with your thoughts on it. As a Command+Edit listener you can use the link fitnessinpost.com/commandedit to get started with a discount of 25% of the current price. So go check it out and give him your feedback.   LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE DeskCycle Exercise Pedal Exerciser (https://www.amazon.com/DeskCycle-Exercise-Pedal-Exerciser-White/dp/B00B1VDNQA) Geekdesk Standing Desks (https://www.geekdesk.com/) Transform Your Edit Suite Into a Gym (https://library.creativecow.net/arnold_zack/Fitness-Post_Edit-Suite/1) Optimize Yourself (get 25% off the program by using fitnessinpost.com/commandedit to sign up)   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

The key is to leave work a little less crazy than when you walked in. Last week's episode dealt with keeping yourself healthy and fit while working those insane hours in the edit bay. This week we're getting into an ever more neglected area: keeping your mind sharp and healthy. Are you overworked? Sleep-deprived? Running on the power of coffee alone from day to day? Then listen up. We editors work INSANE hours and have to put up with huge demands, tight deadlines and having to work under tremendous pressure (arguably more so than most other trades). So we share a few ways you can train your mind to be healthy, fully functioning and how to take a few quick minutes out of the day to take care of it. A few things we mention: How nutrition can affect your brain The difference between GOOD coffee and BAD coffee Light therapy Work better, not MULTITASKING Don't just get MORE sleep, get BETTER sleep What is gray matter and why should you have more of it? The benefits of mindfulness and meditation each day   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

This week we are talking taking care of our bodies and minds so that we can edit until we're the ripe old age of 95! You have career goals but do you have health goals? You'll need to take care of your body because it's the vehicle you'll use to get you to the finish line. We editors have a reputation for neglecting our health whether it be not exercising, sitting with incorrect posture, going without sleep or some other way that will kill you slowly. This episode addresses that reputation: Why are editors out of shape? (not all of us, but let's face it, the majority seem to be). This is also Part 1 of a 2-parter that will address overall health awareness. The next episode will deal with mental health, how to keep your brain stimulated, healthy and creative. So stay tuned for Part 2!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Josh has an announcement to make: he is taking the leap to being a freelance editor! On this podcast we've discussed the differences between freelance and contract/full-time positions, with Josh and Nick representing both sides of the coin. However now...all that is about to change. This decision has been long in the making and there has been much thought put into this move. This episode we get to capture what goes on in the mind of an editor as they make this transition. So for editors who are considering going freelance, this will be a great episode to know how to best prepare yourself for it.   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

This episode comes with a BIG gift for you! We are joined by Todd Wolfe from CheeseSteak Media and FroKnowsPhoto. The latter of which just released the FroKnowsPhoto Video Editing Guide. This 16GB guide is jam-packed with the knowledge needed for beginners to get started with the basics and plenty of advanced techniques for the veteran editors, as well. Todd shares his story about how he fell into filmmaking, running his business CheeseSteak Media and how he first encountered Jared Polin (the Fro) and formed an excellent business relationship that has become one of the biggest online resources for photography and filmmaking. The guide also includes the footage featured in the guide itself so you can get hands-on experience trying your own cut of a music video, commercial or short film. If you do your own cut, go ahead and share it with us and the FroKnowsPhoto crew. This was a killer episode and we want to thank Todd for being on the show and chatting with us. He also wanted to share an EXCLUSIVE gift for the Command+Edit listeners. Use the promo code "cmdedit" (all lower case) to get a whopping 25% off of the FroKnowsPhoto Video Editing Guide (normally $279). Click the link below to get the guide now. http://froknowsphoto.com/video-editing-guide/   Check out CheeseSteak Media for more of Todd's shiny work. (http://www.cheesesteakmedia.com/) And of course you should check out FroKnowsPhoto for their podcast, YouTube channel and their assortment of handy guides that they have available. (froknowsphoto.com)   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com  

This here is a bonus episode for you to enjoy just for being awesome listeners! We invited Andrea back on to the show in response to listeners saying they were curious about the 7-Day Sugar Detox group that she runs each month. What does doing a sugar detox involve? Are there ways to prepare the body for removing sugar from the diet? What are the biggest challenges of a sugar detox and how does the group help? Just how much sugar is in everyday food that you consume (Hint: Sugar hides in many foods under different names. It's sneaky like a ninja!) You can join Andrea's 7-Day Sugar Detox group for FREE because she runs it out of the goodness of her heart. And also because she helps people for a living to make healthier lifestyle choices in nutrition and is an all-around pretty happy person herself. Join the 7-Day Sugar Detox Group here (http://bit.ly/1YrYH9J) Check out more on Andrea and her holistic work here (www.andreamclaughlin.net)   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Today's guest is Mark Hartzell (editor on True Blood, Agent Carter, Animal Kingdom) to talk about how he got into TV editing and what the difference is between TV editors and feature film editors. We talked about: What it's like transitioning from show-to-show often How does the workflow differ between shows? How do you know when to say "No" to a script? ...and how do you do it politely and professionally so that bridges don't get burned? And how does an editor work their way onto one of the BIG shows like Agent Carter? (or how can Nick weasel his way into working on The Golden Compass series?)   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

Today's guest is Andrea McLaughlin from Llovara Holistic and I'm so glad to chat with her about what fuels us and keeps us creative and active throughout the day. I asked recently in the Command+Edit Facebook group how some of you rate your ability to make good food choices while on the job and (surprise!) a lot of you said you often cave and eat foods that you know will have a negative impact on you. Our jobs are known for being particularly stressful, constantly changing and leave us with little to no chance to eating healthy. So with that in mind, Andrea is here to save the day! She tells us: How can eating better make us feel better and work more creatively? What foods should we avoid for their negative affects? What exactly does "holistic" mean and what does it have to do with us wanting to work better day-to-day?   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

So we may have had a brief hiatus there. Life gets in the way, work piles up, but we've still got episode that we want to give to you. (Besides you're probably still keeping busy paying attention to NAB announcements, right?) Thanks for waiting! Here is Episode 43 for you. In this episode we address that question that every filmmaker gets asked at some point: "So do you make porn movies?" For some reason often when you tell people that you are involved in the film industry they will associate your work with that of the adult, risqué type of cinema. It's annoying and it may be a simple misunderstanding or it could be potentially harmful for your career...or it could be entirely true. We're not here to judge. To be completely honest I've worked with filmmakers who have experience in the adult film industry and they have been pretty open to discussing it. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that line of work in my opinion. And it shouldn't prevent you from getting work in commercials, TV or feature films. Unfortunately not everybody will share this view so we should spend some time talking about how to deal with these situations when it comes up. This opens to the door to discussing a load of other misconceptions about our work that we should be ready to correct: You're an animator? So you do cel/3D/motion graphics/every form of animation there is then? How much time does it take you to do your work? Why did it take you 1 hour to perform a task last time but then a full day another time? How specialized your skillset is: you may know how to edit, but you may not know how to produce And more   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

"You cross over to that side of the line, you don't get to come back from that. Not ever." In this episode we talk about Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix starring Charlie Cox returning as the title character. The show is edited by Michael N. Knue, Monty DeGraff, Jonathan Chibnall and Jo Francis. (Any of which we would be thrilled to have on the show, FYI!). We focus on the pacing of the story over the course of the season, whether we would have done anything had we worked on it and if the interweaving of storylines left any characters out in the cold. SPOILER ALERT! Although a mild one. Just in case you haven't seen it. If you have seen it, what point of the story did you feel were the strongest/weakest of the season? What would you have done differently if you were the editor?   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com

In this episode we interview the creators of Post Notes Plugin, a new plugin for Premiere Pro CC that includes a panel of to-do lists and note-taking for each sequence. It's an easier way to keep track of what revisions need to be done and to incorporate notes from your director/producer directly into Premiere so you're not switching out to an email or word document all the time. They tell us how they came up with the idea for Post Notes and what is next on the to-do list for handy plugins. Also stay tuned till the end to hear us announce the winner of our Post Notes Giveaway Contest that we ran last week.   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CommandEdit Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommandEdit/ Get more of the podcast at http://www.CommandEditPodcast.com