The Avid Assistant

22/05/2025

New video up on the channel today running through the entire process of making Avid transcodes using DaVinci Resolve and maintaining camera metadata through the use of an ALE.

Useful info down here!If you liked this video here's where you can find more of my content:Instagram (updates)instagram.com/jackbrownbfePatreon (Exclusive me...

16/05/2025

Very detailed and in depth tutorial video coming very soon (as soon as I can finish it!) that is an update video to one of the first ever done on the channel with lots more info and slicker presentation!

Stay tuned.

16/05/2025

Our second confirmed winner of our "Every Frame Counts" giveaway is Peter Bjerggaard from Denmark!

Congrats Peter! Both winners have now been contacted by Jared directly and your books are on their way to you!

12/05/2025

First winner of our "Every Frame Counts" giveaway is Stéphane Clonrozier based in Paris, France!!

Congratulations Stéphane! Your signed copy of the book will be on it's way to you shortly!

11/05/2025

Hey Everyone!

Apologies for the delay in announcing our winners to the Every Frame Counts competition. Neither of the two initially drawn winners responded when contacted via the supplied email addresses! I've send one more message out to them today from a different email and if I don't hear back from them shortly then new winners will be chosen!

Check your spam folders people!

25/02/2025

May be a couple of months late but avid 2024.12 has arrived with full native support for Apple Silicon, pausing transcription while editing and source side waveforms.

Solid start to 2025 and putting avid in a much better position to work on new features now that the titler and apple silicon support are sorted!!

What's new in Media Composer 2024.12?

Useful info down here!!!Link to video on how to port Avid User settings to new profile:https://youtu.be/KeOlOtTVgBwLink to Avid version tracker spreadsheet:h...

05/02/2025

Calling all Assistant Editors looking to deepen their knowledge and step up to being a 1st AE in Scripted Film and TV!!!

At the end of March I'll be running a FREE fully funded course with ScreenSkills and the Gorilla Academy in 1st Assistant Editing for scripted HETV and Film. We'll be running the four-day course Friday through Monday to make it easier for those of you already working or studying and we're bringing it to the following cities:

Cardiff 14/3 - 17/3
Bristol 28/3 - 31/3
London 25/4 - 28/4

Full details on the course as well as where to apply can be found below for those of you who are interested:

ScreenSkills

30/10/2024

Like Batman responding to the call of his symbol in the night, The Avid Assistant respond to a new Avid release with demonstrations of all new features and testing!
This hero would like to thank the Avid lords for delivering that which was promised - a working Avid Title Tool! [As well as several other sweeeeeeet new features]

IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!More than anything I am so happy that the fixed Avid Titler has now arrived! I feel like there should be an internationally observed holi...

16/07/2024

Saw some pretty cool news this morning that young actress Nell Fisher who played the orphaned Tia in the first feature film I ever edited (Northspur), has just been cast in Season5 of Stranger things!!

Go Nell!!

She really is a terrific performer that made editing her scenes in Northspur a lot easier than they may otherwise have been. As she appeared to draw upon reservoirs of emotion beyond her years. It's also led her to some amazing productions since then with "Bookworm" (co-starring with Elijah Wood) and "Evil Dead Rise".

https://deadline.com/2024/07/stranger-things-season-5-nell-fisher-alex-breaux-jake-connelly-cast-bts-video-1236010110/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1Eal3yjV-nJRi9-jzZpNF-OfAh6Tgv1UF-SJin0j5DV72cnTXad_gyIrY_aem_F8BvFPeciFxum8oZE4DVbg

Netflix has revealed three more cast additions for the upcoming fifth and final season of Stranger Things: Nell Fisher, Jake Connelly and Alex Breaux.

27/06/2024

Hey Guys,

Some of you may have seen in the download center that Avid Media Composer 2024.6 is now released!

As always I have a video going through the new version over on the YouTube channel and demonstrating all new features for anyone interested:
https://youtu.be/8Kt8P4hEM2A

I've also updated my MC feature tracker document to reflect the new features in 2024.6 as well:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/138AUOAukUjOeXMONWUXctRneLI9kLEuxr-9qweH1cVU/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy the new version everyone!

Useful info down here!!!Linked mentioned in the video:Avid Support (and recreating user settings)https://youtu.be/kdvSeWIQGzkTips for updating Avidhttps://yo...

24/06/2024

Hey Everyone,

So I've been posting here a lot more often this year. Mostly promoting my work as "The Avid Assistant" or my in person teaching shenanigans. As I make more and more connections here on LinkedIn though, I realised that my posts and general profile have been looking very technical! Either teaching workflows or focussed on Avid features and technology. And while I am interested in all that and it's the toolset I use in my work, it isn't my work or how I see myself.

I have spent many years as an Assistant Editor and VFX Editor but at all time my goal has been working towards cutting stories for great Directors. I love editing. The creative task of telling a story. If the Writers, Directors and On-set crew are creating the story, us Editors are the ones TELLING it. And I have loved doing that ever since I was small and read a book to my wee sister while "doing the voices".

So with that in mind, here's a selection of SOME of the projects I've worked on as an Editor telling stories:

Guns Akimbo - Additional Editor (I was involved in Assemble editing many scenes as well as re-editing towards the end of the fine cut)
https://youtu.be/ZOFatKD0Vzo?si=1N4tjSESZ-zuOXBP

Northspur - Editor (Lead and only editor for this Kiwi action/drama feature)
https://youtu.be/jtHqv7WqiCs?si=YItktQLiYAZOv3ie

AMAH - Editor (Edited this fantastic half hour Sci-Fi thriller for broadcast on TVNZ+ in New Zealand)
https://youtu.be/bKDgSPOxLoU?si=mkM78TTvrUSVGhxZ

Olga da Polga - Editor (One of two Editors for the whole second series of this wholesome kids show for CBeebies)
https://youtu.be/Q4zfnpfUuOQ?feature=shared

Kung Fu King - Editor (Lead and only Editor for this short film starring Jacob Scipio [Bad Boys 4 Life, Expend4bles] and Andrew Koji [Bullet Train, Gangs of London].
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31236011/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_2_act

NAI - Editor (one of two editors brought on to revise and complete and existing cut for this beautiful short film about the trials of Motherhood. Starring and Directed by Michelle Ang [Fear The Walking Dead, Star Wars: The Bad Batch])
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12610924/?ref_=nm_flmg_unrel_2_edt

For a full list of my credits as an Assistant Editor, VFX Editor and Editor going back to 2013 you can check out my IMDB page, linked below!
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6283314/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Nai/Milk: Directed by Michelle Ang. With Michelle Ang, Cindera Che, Florence Hartigan. A young mother torn between cultural and societal expectations is faced with the dichotomy of selfless parenting and the desire to reclaim her identity for herself.

11/06/2024

Hey Everyone!

So you may have seen me promoting the amazing new podcast from Salon Rentals and Post Super hosted by the incredible Nick Long and Gemma Nicholson respectively. It's full of great insights into post from professionals currently working in the industry in a variety of roles, with each episode taking a look into a different area or topic of post production.

What you may not know is that I found out about this amazing podcast through being a guest on it! The episode was recorded a while ago prior to the podcast itself launching and goes into the topic of online conforms. As well as featuring Gemma, Nick and myself, other guests include: Head of edit at Halo post, Jamie Wrapson, Mark Purvis from Mission Digital and Origami and Post Production Supervisor Steven Forrester. I am still very privileged to have been in such good company!

You can check out the podcast on their website here:
http://www.peopleinpost.com/episodes/turnovers

As well as at all major podcast platforms:
On Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/.../people-in-post/id1739331676
On Spotify here:https://open.spotify.com/show/3jTi3DqiStmNyMfVr5AqeT...
Amazon Music here:https://music.amazon.co.uk/.../a524f707.../people-in-post