Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (or simply Borat) is a 2006 British-American mockumentary comedy film written and produced by British comedian 2018-09-17 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Rebroadcast of our 2nd live Post Meet available live with the ability to chat for $3+ tier patrons only. The featured topic was "How To Become A 'Full-Time' Freelance Editor" followed by a Q&A with attending Patreon members.
Watch Tony's Statement here: 2018-09-16 21:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Tony Gallardo runs Tomiga in San Antonio, TX a production company that focuses on providing corporate clients branded video content.
He talks about milestones in turning his business into a reality.
Quick reminder: Join me for our 2nd live Post Meet available to $3+ tier patrons. The featured topic will be "How To Become A 'Full-Time' Freelance Editor" followed by a Q&A with attending Patreon members. The whole session shouldn't take longer than 45 min.
The session will be tomorrow on Sunday,
This is the original cut of the Ever After scene (as a reference) that is part of the Epic Editing Challenge. If you'd like the see the whole film, it's available here (directly from the filmmaker). Or can be...
2018-09-15 13:09:21 +0000 UTC View Post
"Battle of the Bastards" is the ninth and penultimate episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones and its 59th episode overall. It was praised as one of the series' best ep...
2018-09-10 08:12:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1993 Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park was released, with a shot that forever changed our understanding of what could be done with special effects. This episode analyzes where your "focus" really needs to be to sell this game-changing effect.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will take 20 min. or so to analyze the editing of one iconic movie s...
2018-09-03 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Are you digging into all the new documentary editing content that came to Patreon today?
Fun Fact: I met Mohamed El Manasterly (who edited the Oscar-nominated doc "The Square") while standing in line at the NAB Super Meet in Vegas. We started chatting, met for coffee, and ended up collaborating on this new series.
... 2018-09-01 21:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode I demonstrate how I use FilmConvert to give the latest episode a more cinematic look. I've used this plugin for about 3 months now and I like the results. By no means am I a great color artist and I just go by instinct.
Is there anything you notice about the editing of this scene from 12 Years a Slave? Sven thinks he has picked up on a previously unnoticed trick.
Each episode my friend Tyler and I will take 20 min. to analyze the editing of one iconic movie scene and you can follow along. So turn on the podcast, bring up the youtube clip by clicking the...
2018-08-27 13:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Rebroadcast of our very 1st Live Stream where I discussed one featured topic and took your questions.
Thank you for a great session. This is fun and I'm excited for next month's "Post Meeting"
Here is the comment by Joel that inspired the topic:
"Hey, I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am for giving out the information that ...
2018-08-19 19:38:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is what's coming in August to This Guy Edits and you as a patron:
First up is my interview/video essay with Steve Hullfish, author of the "Art of the Cut". We talk about the biggest lessons from the biggest editors. Hullfish interviewed dozens of them, including Oscar winners like Conrad Buf...
2018-07-31 18:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On Saturday we will launch a challenge where you get to edit a scene from a real film, we judge your work and pick some winners ($10K prize pool). More details here: https://www.thisguyedits.com/epic
You might have noticed that in recent days the eligibility for ...
Next Saturday, Kris (from Kriscoart) and I will be officially launching the Epic Editing Challenge.
Prizes include a new MacBook Pro, 1 year free Adobe Creative Cloud, LaCie 20TB raided drives, DJI Co-pilots & 1 year Filmstro licenses.
We will review all eligible submissions and select one Grand Prize Winner and three Runners up...
Hello patrons,
for most of you one of the perks is to take part in the private TGE Discord group where you could make friends, lurk, discuss all things storytelling, show your work, and give feedback to others.
Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat that creators on Patreon can use to help connect their patrons.
If you ...
If you thought the recent video on TV editing with Josh Beal (65K views so far!!!) was cool, you might like what's coming next.
Steve Hullfish, the man behind the "Art of the Cut", an excellent interview series with the world's best editors, is about to drop some of that collective wisdom in an exclusive TGE video essay with bonus content f...
2018-05-30 05:33:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Kenneth sent me this photo. He is a Patreon member of This Guy Edits and just got his free T-shirt as one of his perks. Thank you for being a longterm supporter :)
Patreon members that pledge $5 or more (and stick around for 12 months) receive a free TGE shirt or mug
2018-05-21 16:36:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This Behind-The-Scenes video is open to everyone. Thank you for visiting me on Patreon, the place where viewers can become members and enjoy in-depth editing and storytelling benefits.
In this scene I demonstrate how I use music to structure the story beats of my recent video on Josh (who cut on House of Cards, Bloodline and currentl...
2018-05-18 22:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post
This Guy Edits is going to the next level: I spent the past weeks working on an exciting new video for the channel PLUS additional content to come exclusive to the Patreon platform.
It's an in-depth look at the editing of STARZ's stand-out show "COUNTERPART" starring Oscar Award Winner J.K. Simmons.
I shadowed Josh Beal, a pro-editor ...
2018-05-05 03:27:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This editing tip will help you look at scenes in a new way. Instead of going with the traditional "Beginning", "Middle" & "End" concept consider a scene to be part of a bigger story arc where you are simply elevating the stakes and emotions of a story.
Whenever you end a scene on a full resolution you are deflating the emotions. The aud...
2018-02-03 09:24:13 +0000 UTC View Post
What is the best editing tip you've ever given or have received? Asking for an episode. :)
2017-09-03 23:36:20 +0000 UTC View Post
As part of my Picasso video essay, two in-deppth editing tutorial will only be available on Patreon: Why Patreon? Someone smart said this:
"If you are not paying for the product, YOU are the product."
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter - they are primarily offering catchy content for the masse...
2017-08-19 08:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, whether you are a $1/month member or more you can get a 25% discount on all t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers. That is almost $6 off a t-shirt and almost $10 off a hoodie.
Message me directly for a discount code. Thank you for being a patron!
P.S.: Check out 2017-07-31 21:24:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons, whether you are a $1/month member or more you can get a 25% discount on all t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers. That is almost $6 off a t-shirt and almost $10 off a hoodie.
Message me directly for a discount code. Thank you for being a patron!
P.S.: Check out 2017-07-12 18:53:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you to all patrons, Facebook group members and Twitter followers for helping out with the latest video. I asked you what you thought were some com...
2017-07-10 12:58:43 +0000 UTC View Post
As part of an experiment, this creative editing tutorial will only be available on Patreon:
Why Patreon?
Someone smart said this:
"If you are not paying for the product, YOU are the product."
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter - they are primarily offering catchy content for the ma...
2017-06-08 07:36:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another love letter to a lesser known filmmaker. I find it admirable that Breen has done three films and is about to do his next one, all self-financed. He is committed to his work and possibly profitable.
One of the viewers said it best in this comment:
"Breen's actually fascinating. He's a director/actor/writer... 2017-05-27 16:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I visited our sound mixer Ugo Derouard to have him demonstrate the process of dialog editing, sound design, and mixing. This is a great companion piece to the earlier video I did with Dustin Hughes, who did a similar demo with color correction. You can see his video here... 2017-05-18 14:21:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Variety reported today that Amazon acquired the rights for a whole slew of SXSW festival films. Flesh and Blood is part of that deal.
The best part is that prior to this arrangement our film already had secured a theatrical release that includes screenings in Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and various other markets. This is scheduled t...
As part of an experiment, two of the three parts of this creative editing tutorial will only be available on Patreon:
Why Patreon?
Someone smart said this:
"If you are not paying for the product, YOU are the product."
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter - they are primarily offering...
2017-05-05 06:45:39 +0000 UTC View Post