INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES

By Ahmad Halimi 'Dive Club' is a 12-part series for Netflix and Network Ten. Shot entirely in North Queensland, the series has an incredible visual scale to it. However, with this scale comes the challenge of keeping the story focussed on our main characters, ensuring...

The Australian Screen Editors recently partnered with Bus Stop Films to host an editing masterclass for their students. This was an initiative of the diversity sub-committee. The event took place on Thursday 19th August via Zoom. There was an incredible turnout of 35...

AVID TITLES DON'T NEED TO BE TECHNICAL It’s no secret that many offline Editors chose to ignore titles in their offline edit given the difficulty (and speed) of the tools that some of the non-linear editing systems offer. Yes, it’s true that often you can get away...

By Timothy Hadwen In this edition of ASE Newsletter Tech Tips, we’re taking a look at how to collect and navigate sound effect files. Most interestingly, Pro Sound Effects has launched a new software package for navigating these files: SoundQ. SoundQ is essentially a...

THE WACOM BUTTONS By Timothy Hadwen One of my most used tools in the past 12 months has been the Wacom Intuos Pro S tablet. However, only a few months ago, I discovered its use far beyond the benefits of precision and mitigating the wrist strain that some might get...

THE EDITING PROCESS FOR 'RUN' By Richard Bullock - Director  'RUN' is a feature-length documentary filmed over four years and across eight countries. It follows the journey of a small group of Sudanese refugees endeavouring to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo,...

Has your television suddenly started talking to you, telling you the bleeding obvious? On 28 June, the ABC and SBS officially started providing audio description (AD) on their broadcast channels after over 20 years of campaigning by the blind and low vision community....

  ASE Response to Options paper

We have had 139 responses to our survey as of the end of April 2020. Loss figures from the 120 people who have lost work: Cumulative number of weeks lost: 1,254. Cumulative financial loss: $3,249,166.70. Our survey covered a range of jobs that people in...