The Critics

Ed says: In our new editing project for Zacuto Films, [CRITICS], film/video veterans, Steve Weiss, Director of FilmFellas & Critics, and Philip Bloom, a London based Cinematographer and Filmmaker, come together as dueling co-hosts to candidly critique web based...
Kittens in Paper Bags

Kittens in Paper Bags

There has been a lot of talk in the last couple of years about “Viral Video”. I’ve seen a number of producers try to sell the concept to small businesses in an attempt to somehow leverage the power of the internet on the cheap. As Michael...

I’ve now edited

I’ve now edited a lot of interesting FilmFellas episodes. Today Zacuto released one of my favorites so far. Check it out. In this episode filmmakers discuss the definition of wedding filmmaking and the artistic expression of producing avant-garde wedding films....

Time Travel

Ed says: This is kind of a sneak preview from my rough cut of episode 1 of Cast 4 of the FilmFellas series. (This clip is not full resolution at this point.) The sentiment that John Goolsby expresses in this clip is pretty inspiring. I’ve been editing for 20...
Post it Notes

Post it Notes

Our interview in Screen Magazine touches on some of the issues we are tackling in the post industry here in Chicago. I will be writing more in the coming months about our approach and the ways we are helping our clients leverage the “lower barrier to...
Compression for the Web

Compression for the Web

I recently received this note from an editor, Mike, who was familiar with some of the web series we’ve done. More and more, TV and industrial post guys are being asked to deliver for the internet. My answers sum up some of the techniques I’ve learned in...