Eleanor Mance-Moran
@elliem_m
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🎞 2nd Assistant Editor (Constellation, Boiling Point, AGGGTM) 🗺London 🎬🧪🧶 Film & TV, perfumery, knitting
London, England
Joined October 2013
I’m an experienced 2nd Assistant Editor in TV and Film, and I’ve worked on productions for Netflix, Apple, and the BBC. Over the past few months, I’ve been sharing tips that I've learned working in Film & TV. And I’ve compiled it all into one thread for you. 🧵#postchat
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Thank you to all our illustrious contributors this issue, we so much appreciate the great work: @nataliakeogan, @elliem_m, @max_cea, @ErikLuers, @dimension__tide, @bealoayza, @paufdreo, @command_z, @jakeks19, @fauxbeatpoet, @Astrostic.
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WAKE UP HONEY NEW EVERY FRAME A PAINTING VIDEO JUST DROPPED
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I’ll make sure to add to this whenever I add a new thread on here so you can check back later. For now, thank you for taking the time to read this far! Hopefully at least one of these threads has been of use to you.
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I’ve you’ve been reading this thinking ‘Gosh she’s so knowledgable, I’d love to hire her!’ You can! https://t.co/iicX3DjZY9
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And while you’re here, why not have a peruse of my Avid shortcuts? I even talk you through several of them: https://t.co/JOuCjVeL1u
BEHOLD, my Avid shortcuts. They might not seem like much to look at, but they help me get my job done. Today I’m going to walk you through what I’ve have and why. Let’s gooooo 🏃♀️#postchat 🧵
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Many is the time I have set up a drive for an Editor working remotely for a period of time, so much so that I have a 5-step process for doing so: https://t.co/4BodxU9cwp
I’ve worked on productions for Netflix, Apple, and the BBC, and most jobs have required that I set up a drive so an Editor can work remotely. Here’s my 5-step process for how I set up a hard drive so that the Editor can do just that. #postchat 🧵
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And that feature film had it’s own paperwork! More on that here: https://t.co/7vVtf22T5a
A while back, I described by duties as an Edit Trainee on a Netflix film, and remember I mentioned paperwork? Yes, this is the long promised thread about what paperwork we receive from set, and why. Let’s get cracking. 👇 #postchat 🧵 https://t.co/bdUIwIlkpA
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While most of my work has been in HETV, I recently had the chance to work on my first feature film. Here’s a description of what I’d do every day: https://t.co/hzf66hkjUF
I recently finished my first job in Post-Production on a Netflix film, after 2 years in HETV. And lucky for you, I’m going to walk you through some of my daily tasks as an Edit Trainee. Let’s go! 👇🧵 #postchat
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Over my 2+ years in post, I’ve worked on project from rushes through to turnovers, and I describe VFX turnovers here: https://t.co/HJQKuW6PxC
Today I’m going to walk you through the process of turning a shot over to VFX, called VFX Turnovers. I’ve worked on shows for Netflix and Apple, but here’s a thread detailing what I did when working on a Drama series for the BBC. Let’s go! 🧵👇 #postchat
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And also working on temp sound design, with resources here: https://t.co/DPqUE13un5
As an Assistant Editor, a common task I am given by my Editor is sound design. But how do you do it? And where can you find decent sound effects? I got you. Let’s dive in to some resources. 🧵 #postchat
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I’ve had experience of temp VFX, and share some helpful resources here: https://t.co/OKIPsEIC8q
As an Assistant Editor in Film/TV, you need to have a basic understanding of VFX: both how to create temporary (temp) VFX, and how the pipeline works. Here are some resources that help you do just that! 🧵 #postchat
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I’m very familiar with the various (and numerous!) pieces of paperwork that make up post production: https://t.co/5EC5Ib6hQn
The thing no one tells you about getting into TV Post-Production? How much paperwork is involved. Here is my brief guide to some of the paperwork I’ve done as an Assistant Editor in HETV Drama. 🧵 #postchat
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I’m familiar with a whole host of other softwares that are helpful for the job of Assisting: https://t.co/JUMw78LbOI
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I’ve got my own system for taking notes and learning about Avid and assisting while I’m on the job: https://t.co/0gfaXaqf2A
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I’m also well acquainted with the process of ingesting rushes, which I detail here: https://t.co/qop9YzQJRt
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I have worked on shows syncing MANY hours of rushes, and so I’ve learned how to troubleshoot them. https://t.co/UcqiAIDVt0
On my first 2nd Assistant Editor job, I would sometimes work on as many as 7 hours of rushes/dailies. So I have learned a *lot* about syncing rushes. Aspiring Editorial Trainees, Edit Assistants, and Assistant Editors, listen up. You’ll want to take notes. 👇🧵 #postchat
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I’m always prepared for the next job, with what I call my ‘Plug-In Kit’ so I can hit the ground running. https://t.co/gJkU59T4Tr
As an Assistant Editor, you pick up a few tech-y tricks of the trade, and bring them with you from job to job. I have what I call a Plug-In kit (because it should be so easy to plug-in and go, geddit?) Allow me to take you through its contents. 🧵 #postchat
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You have to be fastidious and organised in keeping track of everything that needs to be done in a day, and here is my Notion system for doing that: https://t.co/yNhh3s5tES
Let’s get nerdy about productivity systems today. I’m going to walk you through the way I keep track of all of my daily tasks as a 2nd Assistant Editor, and how I know exactly what I did on every day of every job I’ve worked on and WHY something like this is useful. 🧵#postchat
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As an Assistant Editor, you’d best be familiar with your Avid shortcuts, and here is a list of my faves (including some of my own custom ones!) https://t.co/t528jLXI7c
Today I’m gonna get nerdy about my favourite Avid shortcuts. Some are standard with Avid, some are custom ones I’ve made myself. 🧵 #postchat
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Here’s a list of the things I do to make my Editor’s life easier (that you can totally steal to help your Editor 😉) https://t.co/cckiu3Lf6f
As an Assistant Editor, your job is to make your Editor’s life easier. Here are some ways you can do that, based on my experience working on series for Netflix, Apple, and the BBC. 🧵 #postchat
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