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Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Janelle Jones

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Janelle Jones

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Janelle Jones We recently wrapped up The Great Movie Trailer Challenge. Five participants won an interview with The Refinery for their paid training program. Two runner-up winners were selected and could choose to win either a...

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Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Alex Sturrup

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Alex Sturrup

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Alex Sturrup We recently wrapped up The Great Movie Trailer Challenge. Five participants won an interview with The Refinery for their paid training program. Two runner-up winners were selected and could choose to win either a...

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Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Aaron Dean D’souza

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Aaron Dean D’souza

Spotlighting Our Contest Participants: Aaron Dean D'souza We recently wrapped up The Great Movie Trailer Challenge. Five participants won an interview with The Refinery for their paid training program. Two runner-up winners were selected and could choose to win either...

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Why SonduckFilm quit editing eSports (w/ Joshua Noel)

Why SonduckFilm quit editing eSports (w/ Joshua Noel)

Joshua Noel is a filmmaker, motion graphic designer, and popular YouTuber known as SonduckFilm. At over 730k subscribers and 76 million views, Joshua posts straight-to-the-point weekly video tutorials that cover various editing and motion graphic techniques for Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Illustrator. Joshua shares with us how he went from posting eSports videos to selling thousands of exclusive motion graphic templates to creators around the world.

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How an editor in his 20s made a hit show for Discovery (w/ Casey Faris)

How an editor in his 20s made a hit show for Discovery (w/ Casey Faris)

Casey Faris is an editor, educator, and popular YouTuber with almost 300k subscribers and over 26 million views. With a particular focus on DaVinci Resolve, Casey teaches his subscribers everything they need to know about post-production while also working as a training host at Ground Control and co-owning his own production company, Release the Hounds Studios. We discuss how Casey went from making short action films to professionally teaching editing online.

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Should you go freelance? (w/ Skyler Thomas)

Should you go freelance? (w/ Skyler Thomas)

Skyler Thomas, a passionate editor and YouTuber with over 186 thousand subscribers, started off with a degree in marketing before realizing that his interests lie in the creative industry. From recording camcorder footage of him skateboarding as a kid to editing his own sponsor videos as a competitive snowboarder, Skyler found his passion in filmmaking and editing and realized that this was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

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Editing is changing — are you keeping up? (w/ Steve Ramsden)

Editing is changing — are you keeping up? (w/ Steve Ramsden)

Steve Ramsden is a YouTuber and filmmaker with over 250k subscribers and 11M views under his belt. Steve is also the owner and founder of Unexplored Films, a UK-based video production company that’s created content for names like Xbox, Warner Bros., and Jamie Oliver. We discuss Steve’s journey as a business owner and content creator as we unveil his recipe for an equilibrium between client and passion projects, along with how to rocket-launch yourself as a freelance editor or videographer.

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What happens to editors in the Metaverse? (w/ Ignace Aleya)

What happens to editors in the Metaverse? (w/ Ignace Aleya)

As the Metaverse continues to develop, Ignace shares with us his advice on what tools and techniques VFX artists should learn to better their skills, how his academy will live in the Metaverse, and what opportunities artists can find within the Metaverse that take advantage of AR technology.

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Why do CG artists get hate? (w/ Chris Kelly)

Why do CG artists get hate? (w/ Chris Kelly)

As the VFX industry continues to gain popularity, Chris breaks down creating a portfolio and recommends how artists can stand out in their editing careers. Chris offers his insight on the opportunities available for artists in the future on the big screen and beyond in content creation as we explore how VFX artists’ roles will evolve as technology improves.

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