NYC Evening Digital Editing Class

I’m starting the 3 month Evening Digital Editing class at the New York Film Academy on January 11, 2010. It runs 3 times a week until April 2, 2010. It’s a hands on class for Final Cut Pro 7… which is the most popular digital video editing software for professinoals. Of course there are other editing tools like Adobe Premier and Sony Vegas but I was told by someone at the NYFA that Final Cut was the only way to go if you wanted to be a professional. I actually own Premier CS3 and I found it a bit challenging to get started with although I’ve been using Photoshop professionally for 15 years.

So I’ll do blog posts on what we are studying and how I am making out. For now I have been using the onling stuff that comes with Final Cut Pro 7 and I bought the high end expensive subscription to Lynda.com for training videos. They are actually excellent vids if you can afford to subscribe to them.

(I have not been paid by any persons or firms for anything I’ve written in this blog post)

January 4, 2010 | Filed Under featured, film editing | Leave a Comment 

Book Review: DV Filmmaking by Ian Aronson

Ian David Aronson was an Associate Professor at Ramapo College in New Jersey – my Alma Mata. As I was looking for books on digital filmmaking I spotted this and I bought it. I’ve read 5 other books and this was my favorite for a number of reasons. The quality of the printing is outstanding. And the material from start to finish is well written and many of the major points I learned about digital filmmaking at the New York Film Academy are explained beautifully in this book. I was surprised we did not have a text book for Evening Digital Video at NYFA… and this became my textbook. I have found in life that if I read 3 to 5 books on a subject, I might know more than the so called “experts”. Usually “the experts” have a PhD and they ultimately reform life to look like their pet theories. Aronson is a straight shooter and he gives real life examples of everything he teaches in the book. Ian Aronson is a genuine expert with lots of experience and no illusions that get in the way of the content. I recommend “DV Filmmaking” to anyone considering taking or teaching a class in digital filmmaking.

Here is a link to the Google Books version of DV filmmaking: from start to finish
By Ian David Aronson

December 19, 2009 | Filed Under featured, film editing, filmmaking | Leave a Comment 

Poker Face Starring Carlo Fiorletta

From the archives… October 25, 2006
Silent movie shot on 16mm film by NYFA Director Nicholas

October 7, 2009 | Filed Under film editing, videos | Leave a Comment 

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