AlphaDogs Editors’ Lounge is back from summer hiatus and will host their monthly lounge on Friday, September 30th. This month’s topic is “Exploring Editing Options.” The event will be held at AlphaDogs Post Production, 1612 W. Olive Ave, Suite 200, Burbank, CA 91506 beginning at 6:30 p.m.nnAdobe will be presenting Premiere Pro Creative Suite 5.5, a fully-featured professional editing workflow offering breakthrough performance with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop Extended, Demonstrations of real-time effects, color correction, accelerated rendering, and superior multilayer performance will show the timesaving integration between Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop. Skip time-consuming transcoding for file based and DSLR footage with broad native format support, including import and export from virtually any format (even Final Cut Pro). Advanced audio editing and more timesavimg integration in Adobe Audition will also be demonstrated.nnRich Montez will be showing off Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve and discussing what’s new in the recently released version 8. Features highlighted will include; Node-based image processing with sequential and parallel connections, 3D tracking for locking Power Windows™ to on-screen objects, along with real-time stereoscopic and raw RED workflows.nnBlackmagic Design will also be showcasing several of their new products including the UltraStudio 3D Thunderbolt-based capture/playback, Decklink 4K capture/playback card and several new Mini Converters.nnCiphertex Data Security will also show how you can protect your digital assets while unattended or during transit between locations. The latest hardware-encrypted hard drive and RAID storage solutions will be on hand.nnThe Editors’ Lounge is a hip forum where post production professionals come together to learn about the latest trends in post and network with industry peers.nnnnFor more information or to RSVP please visit The Editor’s Lounge website www.editorslounge.com or contact AlphaDogs Post Production.
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Liz Charky Directs a Playful and Reflective Video For Henry Hall’s “Tiny Door”
Directed by Liz Charky, the music video for Henry Hall’s ‘Tiny Door’ is a playful and profound exploration of the song’s intriguing perspective on love. Silly moments and serious heartbreak are skillfully weaved together in a series of cheeky, dreamy, profound, and sometimes psychedelic scenes. “I am a huge fan of love songs that have an unusual, hyper-specific perspective on love,” says Hall. “That’s what I wanted to do with ‘Tiny Door.’ It’s about loving someone unconditionally while recognizing that love is something that isn’t always straightforward — I think that’s something we all attempt to come to terms with in our lives. I thought it was a unique yet universal detail about love and therefore an intriguing subject matter for a song. Even though the song is a ballad at its core, it still has a lighthearted sense of humor to it — that’s really portrayed well by Liz, and Ellin Aldana, our cinematographer.” Charky explains, “When I first listened to the song, I felt it was a love song full of longing with a kind of wishful melancholy. As I spoke with Henry about his intention behind the lyrics and sound, I was assured that I'd need to explore heartbreak in a nuanced way – with a degree of levity and playfulness. For me, falling in and out of love runs the full course of human expression. Love and heartbreak can be so emotionally intense and sometimes lonely, other times quite goofy or liberating. In developing the concept, I focused on both the literal and figurative ways that falling in and out of love might look like. So, you see Henry and co-star Franny Arnautou falling, flying, dancing, raging, winking, smiling, and... Read More