More information about The Edit Foundry@Convergence09: How, Why and Apply

The Edit Foundry@Convergence09 is 3 weeks away.

The Edit Foundry Faculty is;

Lou Davis, Photojournalist for WTVD in Raleigh-Durham

Matt Rafferty, Video Editor for WJW in Cleveland

And myself, Shawn Montano, Video Editor at KWGN/KDVR in Denver

The 3 of us have been a team for 4 years.  Teaching in Springfield Missouri, Nashville Tennessee, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, and now next month in Las Vegas Nevada.

Combined we have nearly 50 years of newsroom experience in 12 different stations across the country.

We work as a team @ The Edit Foundry.  We each provide insight into each topic we teach.  Providing our students with more than one perspective about an editing concept.

We all have different styles and different approaches to the craft of editing.

We’ll lay the foundation of good editing.

So if you decide to join us for The Edit Foundry@Convergence09 you’ll learn from 3 very passionate people.

How, Why and Apply!

We’ll explain how we edit, why we edit and then you’ll apply that we teach to a timeline on your Avid.

The Avid’s we’ll be loaded with 4 different stories and lots of raw video to play with.

We’ll also have some fun and get a chance to learn a few Avid tricks along the way.

The Edit Foundry will stress;

  • Movement in your edits

  • Match Action

  • Motion and emotion in your edits

  • Natural Sound Placement

  • Non Linear Editing Tips

Between the 3 of us we have knowledge of Final Cut, Avid, and Grass Valley.  So, we’ll be able to explain how to apply tips on other platforms as well.

If you can’t make it the Edit Foundry in Las Vegas, the Blog will always be here.  For those of you new to the Edit Foundry here’s a list of the first 19 entrees.

Part 1. Editing a Natural Sound Story

Part 2. Editing Under Deadline with Limited Video

Part 3. Keeping it Simple. Editing A General Assignment Story

Part 4. Movement in your Edits

Part 5. Match Action

Part 6. Emotion and Pacing

Part 7. Dissolves

Part 8. Subtle Editing Tips

Part 9. Opportunities

Part 10. Writing and Editing

Part 11. Using Music

Part 12. Natural Sound Logic

Part 13. Pacing

Part 14. Eye Movement

Part 15. Time management with special guest Region 9 POY Everett McEwan

Part 16. The cut as an effect

Part 17. An Experiment with Natural Sound

Part 18. All My Effects are really simple

Part 19. A story with emotion sometimes needs a little help



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