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lacpug News
11.13.17

CONTENTS:
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1. Next lacpug Meeting
2. What’s new on the web site?
3. Articles and Things you Need to Read and Do
4. Sponsor lacpug


***1. NEXT LACPUG MEETING


lacpug Meets are once again sponsored by Blackmagic Design
for all of 2017 and we are grateful.

Join us for the last meet of 2017. We will welcome editor Billy Fox who just edited Joseph Kosinski's Only The Brave using Premiere Pro CC. He will talk about the pros and cons of using Premiere in a major motion picture and more.

Plus editors Kevin D. Ross, Nat Fuller, Katheryn Naranjo and Casey Cichocki, from the hit Netflix series Stranger Things will discuss the workflow. Bring your questions.

Register early. This one might fill up early.

Note date change from the usual 4th Wednesday of the month due to Thanksgiving Holiday

Plus Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle

Register now!

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html


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***2. WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEB SITE?


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lacpug has a Facebook page. Follow lacpug by LIKING us.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lafcpug/

Also follow us on Twitter for all the latest happenings in the digital
and lacpug world.

http://twitter.com/lacpug


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***3. ARTICLES AND THINGS YOU NEED TO READ AND DO


WATCH: Entrepreneurship – Taking the Leap. FREE webinar with Misha Tenenbaum
on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 11:30AM PST.
For those hesitant to take risks, essayist John Burroughs famously advised: “Leap,
and the net will appear.” But when it comes to trading in the stability of a traditional
career for a chance at being your own boss, where do you even begin? Misha
Tenenbaum, founder of EditStock.com, offers insight and advice from his own
transition from film and television editor to start-up CEO.

http://bit.ly/2zDO80g

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WATCH: On this episode of Macbreak Studio Steve Martin discusses why 360 videos
do not look as good as flat videos even when shot on 4K 360 cameras. Watch in 4K
for the best viewing experience.

http://bit.ly/2jqukYd

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http://bit.ly/2zSKyQx

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READ and WATCH: After Effects for Film Editors – Part 6
Jonny Elwyn has brought together a collection of tutorials that can help make your
life in After Effects a fair bit easier, especially if you’re new at this.

http://bit.ly/2yY25qM

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WATCH: 3 Filmmaking Tips to Land Your Editing - This Guy Edits
Filmmaking tips that put common editing principles taught in film school to the test.

http://bit.ly/2xXtg4g

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LISTEN: and well worth the listen. Filmmaker Mike Figgis explores the story of
edited film, audio and culture, and how the simple process of cutting and splicing has
changed the way people view the world.

http://bbc.in/2hvAZzA

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READ:Cut With FCP X: "Despacito"
How The Most Popular Music Video In History Was Shot In One Day And Edited
With Final Cut Pro X In A Small Boutique Studio In Miami.

http://bit.ly/2ic5Zl4

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WATCH: Seems filmmakers in Europe have few issues with FCPX.
This is a good story. 4 weeks after Finnish/English editor Ben Mercer came to
talk about his work on this major movie during FCPX World at IBC, the World War
II drama Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon Sotilas) has broken the opening weekend
record at the Finnish box office, competing with the biggest international film
productions in the world.

http://bit.ly/2AGgsNm

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READ: How to Move up from First Assistant Editor to Film Editor
Jonny Elwyn interviews editor Evan Schiff.

http://bit.ly/2jpjYHH

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READ and WATCH: This is really cool.
Jaw-dropping software converts 360 video into 3D model for VR

http://bit.ly/2zUo4yJ

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READ:What’s New in Media Composer 8.9.3 — Now Available

http://bit.ly/2ABF3Co

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WATCH: Well done. Successful Feature Film Editing; Jeremiah O’Driscoll

https://vimeo.com/174488709

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READ:The Invisible Art of Editing?
So, just how visible should editing be?

http://bit.ly/2zAJWyq

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READ: How do you take hundreds of hours of expensive, star-studded Hollywood
footage and boil it down, cut by cut, choice by choice, into a coherent, impactful,
two-hour narrative? An interview with editor Billy Fox.

https://adobe.ly/2mjTmcp

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READ: The Pros and Cons of Cutting a Film in DaVinci Resolve

http://bit.ly/2zEnkNe

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READ: Fun read. “What I Learned “Co-Directing” Ultra Warrior for Roger Corman.”
Kevin Tent goes back to his early days as an editor to reveal how "recycling" footage
brought out his true creativity. Meaning how you can “fix” a movie by using footage
form other movies.

http://bit.ly/2AE2NXc

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***4. SPONSOR LACPUG


lafcpug.org has available sponsorships available. If your company is
interested in sponsoring lafcpug.org head on over to the "How to
Sponsorlacpug" page and read up on the particulars. lacpug does not
exist withoutthe support of sponsors and sponsors get a lot from lacpug.
You will alsohelp us get rid of this "Sponsor lacpug" section of the
newsletter.

http://www.lafcpug.org/sponsor.html


See you September 27, 2017 at the next lacpug Meet.

Peace- and bless you Ralph, Charles, Doug, Mik, Pete and Bruce.

Michael Horton "HeadCutter"


lacpug is sponsored in part by:

* MEMBERS LIKE YOU!

and


*BLACKMAGIC DESIGN
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