Wednesday NAB 2006

I missed the career fair because I had to do a quick work for my client in the morning. However judging by the list of reps in the fair, I don't think I missed any significant opportunity.

Anyhow, after all things considered, I did manage to attend the Oscar nominated editor Craig McKay's keynote. I got in the middle of where he was showing a scene from Philadelphia, and talked about his works. I'm beginning to notice that the editors or post production field people are rather shy and mellow, which suit me fine. He didn't part with any significant info, but he mentioned of the lost art of mentoring as he only has two people working for him compare to 20+ people when he was cutting on Moviola. When he was cutting film, back in the old days, his assistants can see the editing decision he made, when he handed off a strip of film to them. But now days, he has to make the effort to show them how and why he made a certain cut. That somehow explains many young editors hiding their lack of experience with fast cuts, even though their life has been saturated with visual narratives.

After the keynote, I took the advantage of the free luncheon they served on the exhibit floor, and went home to hit the editing books on my own.