I've had the pleasure of working with an awesome documentary filmmaker Anya Chibis as an editor.
While women on fishing boats are no longer a rarity, there are still very few who dare to take on a career of the captain.
Check out this short documentary of female captain Hollis Jennings, a deceivingly frail thirty-one-year old from Kentucky who has been fishing in South-East Alaska for almost ten years.
I will be editing a new horror feature film from Global Genesis Group. This will be my sixth feature film. Directed by Corbin Timbrook and produced by Harel Goldstein, hopefully you'll see it in theaters next Halloween.
Recently finished editing this music video and currently at 1.2 million views on World Star Hiphop since its release a few days ago. I had a lot of fun editing this music video. Enjoy!
I will be editing a horror feature film called "Baphomet," written and directed by Matthan Harris. I edited Matthan's previous film called "Sudden Reality" which was an official selection at Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner in 2016. We had a great collaboration and I'm very excited that he came back for this feature.
I'm currently editing a project that was shot on Arri Alexa Mini. The footage spec is ProRes4444XQ, 2944x2160, 4:3 squeezed anamorphic. The actual frame size for the film I'm editing is 2797x1052 in 2.40:1 ratio. Because the original footage was squeezed in order to pack more pixels, I had to un-squeeze the footage by selecting "Widescreen" in "Anamorphic Override" setting in video info tab which gave me a un-squeezed 2.40:1 anamorphic frame for editing.
However, the problem I encountered was when I generated proxies for my client. All of a sudden, my dailies became just black screens (turned green when skimmed through). I contacted Apple for tech support and had a close to 2 hrs of trouble shooting with FCPX senior advisor and we found out that when "Widescreen" is selected in "Anamorphic Override" setting, all your proxy files turn black.
The only way to make the proxy files visible again was to change the "Anamorphic Override" setting to "Off." Then of course, your anamorphic footage will be squeezed again so that was not an option.
To be clear, I'm only talking about "Proxies." All my original medias appear correctly, just the way I want but only if when I switch it to "Proxy." Since the project is a short film and my system can handle the raw footage so this won't be a big deal but if it was a feature film then this would have been a serious problem down the road. One of the best features about FCPX is the ability to switch back and forth between your proxy files and your original media files with a click so I really hope this bug gets fixed soon.
Another short film I start this week is a drama short about friendship called "20 Years," directed by Jeremy Johnson. This project was shot in 4K anamorphic on RED. I bring in R3D files straight into FCPX and generate proxies for editing. With just one click of a button, I can always go back to original 4K raw files without any transcoding.
I just finished editing a short documentary called "Fisher Women." The documentary follows a female captain with all female crew for a fishing boat, which is extremely rare to find in this profession. I don't usually get a chance to edit documentary because most of my work is narrative but I have to say this was pretty enjoyable process overall.
Still from "Fisher Women"
Just started editing a new music video by Lucci Lou. Teaser coming soon! Editing music video always makes me anxious because it's unfamiliar territory but it will be done as always. :)
