This post was written by Michelle Gallina and originally appeared on the Adobe blog on June 6th, 2024.Behind the scenes, there was an editing team of more than ten editors and assistant editors working to organize archival clips, sift through footage, and carefully edit each episode. The team relied on Adobe Creative Cloud including Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects as well as Frame.io to create a gripping part two docuseries surrounding the life of Robert Durst. We heard from one of the editors, David Tillman, along with the lead assistant editor, Pedro Vital, who took this feat head on.Read on below to learn more about the post-production workflow, and check out the series on MAX.How and where did you first learn to edit?Tillman: As a child of the 90’s, I was probably one of the last people to learn how to edit tape to tape in my high school’s TV production class in Maplewood, NJ. We also had an elective film class where we learned to shoot and splice 8mm film together. Then, my sophomore year of high school, the TV production class received a bunch of new computers equipped with some early prosumer digital editing software. I was hooked immediately.Vital: My parents gifted me a camera, and I started trying out different softwares. I had a neighbor that used to edit his own films using both Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas, and I started learning from him. Eventually, I started editing myself and took a university...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 7 June, 2024