May 14, 2012

  After our successfull Post Chat live Meet up at NAB , the Post Chat crew has added a second live event here in Toronto!!! Come Join us for evening of fun and prizes. I am sure there were be also plenty of you tweeting. If you are wondering what is the live event all about ? Hit up our Facebook Page to see photos from our NAB Event,and see our grand...

Feb 9, 2012

A good friend of mine and well known filmmaker and DP Philip Bloom recently asked me to write a guest post for his website. The subject would be Avid Media Composer 6, its new features, and it’s place in the post-production market.  Philip has been an Avid editor, but because previously Avid required proprietary hardware the cost was too expensive to use...

Feb 5, 2012

This week has been a busy one, as I have been involved in a few Avid workshops. The week began with York University where I was instructing local student to the basics of Avid Media Composer 6. The students at York University had all been trained on Final Cut Pro 7.  I was invited to speak at York University about the basics of Avid and how the industry has...

Aug 16, 2011

TIFF is fast approaching which means it’s time for annual TIFF Pub Night. Every year I team up with the Art of the Guillotine to host a fantastic Pub Night filled with plenty of prizes and giveaways. Every year with we have a wonderful turn out with actors, editors, producers, and directors from broadcast to film. These include the likes of CTV, MTV, Teletoon,...

Aug 15, 2011

Tonight the Candian Cinema Editors is having a pub night, they have combined it with a great Q+A with editor Mike Lee C.C.E. (editor of “Flashpoint”, “ZOS: Zone of Separation”) and director Jeff Woolnough (“Bones”, “The Vampire Diaries”) will be on hand to screen scenes from the award-winning “Keep Your Head Up Kid, The Don Cherry Story” ....

Jun 25, 2011

The IIFA ( International Indian Film Academy) awards show has landed in Toronto.  The weekend is filled with events celebrating the festival.  Bollywood’s biggest names have all arrived to celebrate and participate in the prestigious awards show. In case you are unfamiliar what this means, think of it as the Indian Academy Awards show. IIFA has brought...

Jun 3, 2011

Cinematographer and DSLR Guru Philip Bloom will be returning to Toronto.  Philip will be teaching workshops at Pro Fusion Expo.  Philip has been gracious enough to ask me once again to organize a meet up. The meet up will be on June 18 2011 at 7pm at Jack Astor’s located at Younge and Dundas in the heart of the city. Come out and join us for drinks, gear and...

Jun 1, 2011

Recently the Canadian Cinema Editors (CCE) had their 1st annual CCE Awards show. The event was organized to honor some of the best editors from various fields.The event also honored some of the best upcoming students within the post-production industry. The winners included: C.C.E. Awards Winners 2011 Best Editing in Feature Length Dramatic Michele...

Apr 17, 2011

Each Year the NAB Show brings thousands of people from production to post production, from all across the world. People travel from Germany, Australia, the UK and Canada to check out the latest in the film and broadcast trends, and gear. Las Vegas for 1 week becomes the hottest spot in the industry. This year’s NAB was jammed packed with plenty of gear for...

Mar 18, 2011

Last year the Canadian Cinema Editors (C.C.E.) announced series of workshops covering a varity of topics in post-production. They lined up a great set of instructors currently working in the field to teach everything from the creative elements of storytelling in documentary and drama, through to the essential knowledge for many assistants and editors, codecs...

Mar 16, 2011

Art of the Guillotine is proud to announce Tej’s Tech Blog will be at NAB covering the event. While there, come join us for an “Evening With Tej”.  I will be leading a workshop during NAB discussing editing workflow techniques, and technology to improving your editing workflow. The workshop will cover DSLR media management, Compressing techniques,...

Mar 6, 2011

The Canadian Cinema Editors are having ” Meet the Editor” Screening.  They will be screening  the highly acclaimed documentary “Genius Within:  The Inner Life of Glenn Gould”.  As always there will be a  Q&A to follow, with Editor and Co-Director Michele Hozer, C.C.E. and Producr and Co-Director Peter Raymont.   The New...

Nov 19, 2010

A few weeks ago just after the Toronto International Film Festival, the Bell Light Box held a screening of Apocalypse Now Redux.  The Special Guest was one of the cinema’s greatest film editors, film theorists and film artists, the legendary Walter Murch. Mr Murch was on hand to discuss his collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola and the remaking of their...

Sep 11, 2010

The Toronto Film Festival is in full swing, and what better start than our annual TIFF Party! In case you missed it, our annual TIFF night was held on Thursday Sept 9. The night was co-hosted with Gordon Burkell from Art of the Guillotine, and co-organized by Producer Jennifer Connolly. This year the event was held at Jack Astor’s in the heart of the city at...

Aug 17, 2010

It is that time of year again, the Toronto International Film Festival is upon us. This also means its time for our annual TIFF Pub Night. The event is co-hosted with Gordon Burkell from Art of the Guillotine one of the largest post – production websites. Last year was a huge success as we had attendees from both the film and broadcast side, which included...