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On the road with EEE
So after being out on the road for a few days with my new Asus EEE ultra portable laptop, I can confirm that it's really a perfect balance between power and portability. I have started to get my head...
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Business Cards For Cannes
As part of my preparing for Cannes, I decided to make new ‘Gone Fishing’ business cards. It was cheap as chips to do at VistaPrint and done and dusted in under 30 minutes. I used one of the main...
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As you can see, the blog has been given a facelift. For some time now, I have been meaning to do this, and as Cannes is looming, I knew I had to do it sooner rather than later. I plan to update the...
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Bleeding Edge Technology…
One of the things I have always taught on my courses is that when it comes to technology, you can’t believe anyone. Especially when it comes to new technology. This is not because experts are mistaken...
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Editing with Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD
For some time now I have had a stack of DVD’s piling up on my desk, disks with clips on them that I need to rip and edit, usually from stuff from other festivals where I did some PR or the like. It’s...
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How secure is your data? Do film makers create more data than most others…?
It’s that time of year again, when I look to the digital assets created in the last year, and consider the data archiving needed. I know from experience the utter terror and anguish caused by a data...
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Building a better home for my Avid…
So my Avid blew up earlier this week. And I mean crash bang wallop blow up. Not just a simple software corruption, hard drive fail or dodgy cable. It’s not the first computer I have had that has...
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USB3 Drives For Film Makers and Editing…. here at last
As part of the London Screenwriters Festival we will be filming some of the sessions. How these sessions will be made available in the future is part of a wider plan that, for now at least, I can’t...
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Streaming BBC iPlayer to your TV via a Blu-ray player. Awesome!
Santa came a little early this year. My first generation BluRay player that I bought to test the Blu-ray of ‘Gone Fishing’ finally gave up the ghost last week. And so Lucia, my lovely girlfriend,...
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The Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks on Kindle and eBooks… and iPad
I just bought a kindle, not because I wanted one (though it is of course very nice), but because it’s time to migrate the Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks onto digital platforms. This has been in the...
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Get Final Draft for nearly half price from The London Screenwriters’ Festival
Final Draft is the industry standard when it comes to screenwriting. Right now, until November 7th, you can get Final Draft 8, reduced from $249, down to $149 (£92) when buying online. We use Final...
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Top Ten Things To Consider When Mixing The Sound For Your Film In A...
Last week we did the final sound mix for ‘Be Heard’ at a top facility in central London, inside a state of the art dubbing theatre. I have been present at the mix of many films now, features and...
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