This post contains advice I gave to someone aspiring to be a video editor. The first part of this blog is to give some context to how I ended up offering this advice.

Some Context

One of the things...

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You got an interview! Pat yourself on the back. This means your resume was strong enough and stood out enough to a recruiter to have them set up an interview with you. Now comes the hard part though…...

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Here are the essential tips you need...

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It’s one of the most frequently asked questions when production freelancers are starting a new business relationship. It’s also tax season, which often spurs the question: “Am I charging enough for...

Picture this: You've navigated the interview smoothly, answered all the questions confidently, and now the interviewer turns to you and asks, "Do you have any questions for me?"

This isn’t just your...

One of the more interesting discussions I participated in lately related to the use of email as an effective communication tool. No one can question the importance of email in today’s business...

In my last blog, I showed how to use a match cut to create an audio loop. In this blog, we’re going to look at how we can use a match cut to jump ahead in time, and how DJs and editors use this...

Time’s a Tickin: How Do You Manage Your Time?

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One of the principle techniques of video editing is called “match on action”.A match on action occurs when the editor chooses to cut during the middle of some action to another angle of the action as...