Dear Hollywood-Zack Arnold
“Dear Hollywood: We Don’t Want to ‘Go Back to Normal.’ Normal Wasn’t Working.”
For Editors Interested in Final Cut Pro X
Mike Matzdorff (Local 700) and Michael Yanovich, ACE have put together two and a half hours of conversation, demonstration and tutorials showing how Final Cut Pro X works and how elements of it relate and compare to Avid and Premiere. The videos are slated as “for Editors interested in Final Cut X who just don’t get it.”
They are available for free on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFm0z5RkLU2rEd4TTRst_A/
ACE Member Survey
Dear ACE members,
With protests against racism and inequality raging across our country, there are important changes needed within our broken system of justice. As protests expand here and throughout the world, the issues relating to our industry getting back to work may seem far less important by comparison. However, as our industry prepares to gradually resume production, the pandemic still looms over our safe return to work. An industry-wide Labor-Management Committee Task Force is currently working on proposed guidelines for resuming production. The safety of workers and performers, and how to implement compliance of safety protocols, is of great concern. The ACE Board of Directors is reaching out to our membership with a survey to learn more about your current situation so that we can be more responsive to your needs.
The Editors Guild sent out a survey to each classification to collect information, primarily dealing with members’ safety. Even if you responded to the Guild’s survey, please respond to this one. The ACE survey deals with additional issues that will have a specific value to the ACE membership. The ACE Board would like to get an accurate picture of how many of our members have been working from home. We want to explore the various remote technologies that are being used to keep our members safe, how these could apply to the “return to work” phase, and the future of working from home after the pandemic is over.
Please click HERE to participate. The more people that respond, the more accurate and helpful the data will be. If you choose not to include your name, you can fill out the survey anonymously. The answers to these questions will help better understand how we, as an organization, can best serve our membership.
Stay safe and well.
Thank you,
Stephen Rivkin, ACE President
& the ACE Board of Directors
Past, Present and Future of Editing in Isolation
At long last, to share with ACE members:
REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF EDITING IN ISOLATION
xo,
Michael Miller, ACE
A Message from the Board May, 2020
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We are living through unprecedented times, which are having a devastating impact on our industry. Though most production has been shut down or delayed, some post production continues with the aid of modern technology, enabling a portion of our membership to continue working remotely from home. But for most, future projects have been put on an indefinite hold, with the startup dates uncertain. ACE will be launching a survey soon, in order to poll our membership and get a more accurate picture of how many of our members are still working. Also, if you’re not working and your project was put on hold, is your employer retaining you at full or reduced salary, or have you been furloughed? The answers to these and other questions will help us to better understand how we, as on organization, can best serve our membership. Please expect the survey from the ACE office in the coming days and kindly respond.
The Editors Guild has done a wonderful job of sending out information, and the Guild website is an excellent resource for information on MPI, unemployment insurance, the government CARES Act and Small Business Assistance – SBA loans and Disaster relief, stimulus checks, grants, volunteer opportunities, food banks, mental health info, and ways the union is helping provide relief to our members. There is even a provision to make a one-time withdrawal of up to $20,000 from your individual pension plan. The Guild is also beginning to define what will be required for a safe working environment when we gradually start going back to work.
You can access the wealth of resources at:
https://www.editorsguild.com/Coronavirus-Information
https://www.editorsguild.com/Portals/0/DNNGalleryPro/uploads/2020/5/8/MPIPHP%20COVID-19%20IAP%20Hardship%20Withdrawal_PtpVideo-Final.pdf
https://www.editorsguild.com/Mental-Health-Resources
https://www.editorsguild.com/Local-700-Volunteers
For those who feel they are in a position to help others less fortunate with a financial donation, there are many worthwhile charities. Two in particular are dedicated to helping people in our own industry specifically. They are the Actors Fund and the Motion Picture & Television Fund. We encourage you to donate to either of these if you are able. Both organizations have long histories, starting in the 1920’s, and have impeccable track records. They grant aid to applicants in need across a wide spectrum of Motion Picture and Television workers, as long as the applicants have a history of working in the industry as their main source of income. The ACE board of Directors met virtually for the first time in April and discussed how we could reach out to our membership in ways that could be meaningful in this time of need. The Board voted to give a small donation to each of these two funds, to help any of our members who may need additional financial assistance. Both organizations have the structures in place and means to handle and evaluate applicants for direct aid. If you find yourself in need of financial assistance, we strongly suggest getting in contact with one of these organizations to begin the application process.
In accordance with our bylaws, the ACE Board of Directors has voted to delay our annual June meeting by a few months, in order to evaluate whether we would be able to safely hold an in person meeting before the end of the year. We’ll know more by the July Board meeting, based on the information available at that time. If it still doesn’t look like we’ll be able to safely meet in person, we will be organizing a virtual meeting with our entire membership. We will be using this time to consult with various sources on the best way to conduct a virtual meeting of this size.
These are difficult times. However, there is much to be thankful for, as we hunker down in our homes, spend more time with our families, work on those long, procrastinated projects like cleaning up yards, garages, basements, closets, drawers, and practice the latest safety recommendations. In our country and throughout the world, there are great minds working on solutions to the problems of accessible testing for the virus, antibodies, and immunity. Let’s hope that soon we can all get back to work, under safe working conditions, and that the ultimate vaccine will be available sooner than later.
In the meantime, stay healthy and safe,
Stephen Rivkin, ACE President & the ACE Board of Directors
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Vashi Visuals – Film Workflow
The intent of this document is to give you the creative and technical guidelines to help you tell stories through film and video at the highest level.
This document is not a hypothetical workflow that should work. It is a proven, rock solid and successful workflow that pushes the technological boundaries and gives you comprehensive step by step instructions and advice to help you succeed in your project no matter the size or scope.
Enjoy,
Vashi Nedomansky
DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE:
https://americancinemaeditors.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/VASHI-VISUALS-FEATURE-FILM-WORKFLOW.zip