Oliver Peters

2 weeks ago | digitalfilms.wordpress.com | Oliver Peters

When I review audio plugins, I usually try to point out their relevance to video editors and not just music mixers. If you work in video, getting good dialogue and voice-overs is a key part of post. Any plugin designed for vocals or voice in general is a tool that also applies to video editors, as well as producers of radio commercials and podcasts. I was pleased to learn about DynAssist from German plugin developer NoiseWorks Audio. In an earlier form, this plugin was marketed as GainAimPro.

3 weeks ago | digitalfilms.wordpress.com | Oliver Peters

Walter Murch is possibly the most eclectic film editor today. He’s been nominated for nine Oscars and nine BAFTAs with three wins in each, covering both sound and picture. He’s also done screen writing and directing, including the feature film Return To Oz for Disney. Despite its critics, Return To Oz is a film that not only was ahead of its time, but adhered far more closely to the original L. Frank Baum book series than the Judy Garland classic or any modern interpretation of the Oz stories.

4 weeks ago | digitalfilms.wordpress.com | Oliver Peters

Solid Sate Logic (SSL) became an icon of rock-n-roll when it started manufacturing mixing consoles in the 1970s. Two signature features of those original consoles were the inline channel strip, which integrated a preamp, EQ, gate, and compressor on each input channel, and the outgoing stereo or 2-bus compressor.

1 month ago | digitalfilms.wordpress.com | Oliver Peters

I’m currently at the tail end of editing a documentary feature film. Unlike dramatic features, documentaries are more often than not built in the cutting room. There are various approaches, but part of the process is figuring out what the story actually is. This is often hard to tell at the outset for a documentary that might involve a few years of production, countless interviews, and tons of supporting footage.

1 month ago | digitalfilms.wordpress.com | Oliver Peters

I’ve written about project organizational tips for editors several times over the years. In that time, my structure and methodology has evolved. I organize my edit projects, media, and exports within folders in a template. The number and complexity of these folders has evolved, such that today, it’s a much simpler and less rigid layout than a few years back. The point of using this is so that a project can stay within its own silo – making for easy location of material and eventual archiving.