Quiet Summer, Loud Fall

'Bang!' or possibly 'kersmack!' are usually the sounds of loud falls, but in this case it's more of a hum (of the 60 Hz variant) and clack (of the keys). After enjoying much of the summer off, I am now enjoying a recent surge in demand for my services. I cut/composited a short film for the NFB, edited three EPK videos, and onlined two films- one experimental art, the other a documentary- even did a little DVD authoring for a colleague's reel.

More free-time this past summer meant I got to polish up my After Effects skills, which are now sharp and ready for action. They had gotten a little rusty from series work, which of course focuses primarily on the art of storytelling (and the art of fixing mistakes); the motion graphics and compositing needs are sent out to specialists, who can afford to take hours on a single shot or short sequence. But as a freelance editor, I find that a lot of clients expect an editor to possess motion graphics skills as well, and I am pleased to say that now more than ever I bring that to the table, the EDITING TABLE! Actually it's more of a desk than a table, but you get the idea.