Steal This Editing Secret to Edit Film and Video Like a Pro

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Editing: The Dark Art

For some, editing film and video comes easy, naturally, as if the editing gods possess their mouse clicks and control their keyboard shortcuts to magically whittle hundreds of hours of footage down into mere minutes of genius.

Then, there’s the rest of us.

You might already be a great editor. Yes? Then you should be soooo happy for you.

If not, maybe you have a best friend or romantic counterpart who is an editing genius and will gladly toil for hours on your passion project or pitch tape idea.

Or, maybe you’re flush with cash and can spend $100 to $300 an hour on a great editor who will polish your project to a sheen.

None of those things true for you?

Then you’ll be editing your project yourself. Daunting, given this simple truth:

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Confession: Why Have We Been In Hiding?

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Miss You!

Twitter. Facebook. Google+.

We love connecting with you.

But sometimes…we drop off the map.

Lately, we’ve disappeared into the black hole that is full time Hollywood, and you haven’t heard from us (except those of you getting our newsletter. We’ve been seeing you a lot!)

Know that even when we’re away, we’re thinking of you.

We’re forever committed to helping you live your showbiz dreams, whatever they may be. Nothing gives us greater pride than helping launch a new career.

Hopefully, you’re next.

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We Want to Make a TV Show with You

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Our agents said “you’re crazy.”

Friends said, “don’t do it.”

The lawyer said, “I wouldn’t recommend it, but if you must…”

Well, We Must…

When we wanted to break in to Hollywood, no one would take our calls. We had:

  • great video pitches
  • unique ideas
  • the determination to succeed

It wasn’t enough. We still needed to convince production companies to meet with us and consider teaming up.

For most aspiring filmmakers and TV producers today, that’s still the case. People won’t take your calls.

Starting Now, We’re Taking Your Calls

We’ve decided to try an experiment.

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Today’s Adopted Kickstarter Project: Billy Club from Producer Rex Sikes

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By now, you’ve all heard about our Kickstarter for an Oscar® campaign, and if you haven’t, you can learn more here.

Our Campaign to Give Back to You

Let’s face it…we all know that sometimes Kickstarter campaigns can tire everyone out.

Since we don’t believe in asking without giving, we’re working to provide something of real value every day we bug you to join our effort to fund our Academy Award® campaign.

So far we’ve given back some free motion graphics a tip on getting more FB likes for your own Kickstarter projects, and this post with the best blog posts we found, helping us earn $20,000 in just 48 hours, a benefit screening for Team Lucy, some behind the scenes drama as we decided to change our Kickstarter video, and our piece Facebook Ads for Filmmakers.

Today, we want to give back with some specific support for another Kickstarter project the community should know about.

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Betting On Doc from Julie Keck, Jessica King, & Chris Grimes

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Twitter faves Julie Keck and Jessica King have teamed up with Chris Grimes of 5414 Productions on ‘A Second Knock At The Door‘ which premieres August 26 at the 2011 Vegas Cine Fest. The trailer for the doc is compelling and emotional, highlighting the centuries-old issue of “friendly fire.” From the filmmakers: ‘Friendly fire’ is … Read more

Kickstarter Success: Tips and Tricks to Launch Your Kickstarter Campaign

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Kickstart 14 days left

By now, you’ve all heard about our Kickstarter for an Oscar® campaign, and if you haven’t, you can learn more here.

Your Kickstarter Campaign

We wanted to collect all the tips, tricks, and resources we’ve put together for you over the first two-thirds of our Kickstarter campaign into one easy to access page.

(We were able to raise over $20,000 in the first 48 hours, broke our goal in just five days and five hours, and are still raising money for our Indie Oscar® Campaign as we speak.)

We’ll add to these over time. Hope these Kickstarter tips and tricks help you raise thousands of dollars for your passion project.

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Laughing for a Good Cause

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A few weeks ago we told you about the wonderful message we received from Team Lucy, a cause put together by a family whose daughter is suffering from Leukemia. We’re proud to let you know today we’re putting up a benefit screening of Dying to do Letterman, with all proceeds going to Team Lucy. We … Read more