AboutAlessandro Machi Expertise Have experience in both video and film, plus videotape editing, archiving, and remastering. Experienced in live event cinematography plus interviews. Have provided Video Post Production Services for independent film & video productions that have been distributed both nationwide and worldwide. Not too familiar with all the various Hd formats although I did operate an HD B-roll camera for an HD independent feature.
Regional Emmy Winner, also an Emmy Internship Scholarship Winner when I first finished college back in the mid 80's, plus several dozen super-8 filmmaking awards and for video productions as well.
I currently offer YouTube uploading tutoring that includes a critique and technical review as well. If you live in Los Angeles and would like to learn more about this educational service send an email to info at slingshotpro.com
Recently finished cinematography work on the film Dali, Dali, Dali which is now in post production.
Experience 25 years of Film & Video Production & Editing Experience including low budget & quality control. I enjoy filming in Super-8.
Organizations Founded Action! Film and Video Production Club while in College.
Publications www.Opednews.com
Education/Credentials Four Year College Program, was one or two classes short of graduation.
Awards and Honors Regional Emmy Winner, 8 Time Vision Award Winner, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Internship Winner, Film Festival Winner for several different Super-8 Films,
Past/Present Clients Sony Pictures, Prudential Jon Douglas, In Defense of Animals, Humane Society of the United States, Ivy Gullickson
Question I am going to be making a low budget independant film and I wanted to know if Windows Movie Maker would be enough or if I should purchase Final Cut, Avid or some other editing software.
Answer I like macintosh. If you purchase final cut pro you really get a lot for your money. However, to play it safe, find others that already own the video editing system you are thinking of buying and meet with them. Perhaps even bring them a very quickie little editing job to edit for you, something that will cost less than a hundred dollars. A quickie edit job could be editing 5-10 photos into a mini-montage with a soundtrack underneath it, or shoot a 30 second commercial idea and then have them edit it.
Negotiate a fixed price for the editor to edit your job and then see how well they can work the system when you are actually in the edit session with them. Make sure the final project is both burned to DVD and copied onto a mini-dv tape. Some systems shortcut what they offer by only allowing for DVD burning but not being able to make a copy to mini-dv tape.
