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The State of Post-Production: How we work, where we work, and how we talk shop
$10 General Public Free for WIFSFBA Members
The field of post-production has changed so much – from the tools we use, to where we work, to how we connect with our community. We will have an engaging conversation about where the industry is heading from a panel of industry professionals from all backgrounds. Whether you’re a seasoned post professional or just starting out, you are bound to come away with some new insight.
INDUSTRY PANELISTS:
Diana J. Brodie - Freelance video editor and post-production consultant
Upon graduating Ithaca College with a BS in Television-Radio communications, she moved to San Francisco where she has been working as an editor and filmmaker. She has cut for a number of networks including: The History Channel, Animal Planet, A&E, Discovery, ESPN, National Geographic, and PBS. She has edited everything from corporate videos and national commercials to feature documentaries and broadcast television. Diana has also taught Avid, Premiere, and FCP7 at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco State's Digital Video Intensive program, and to inmates at San Quentin Prison.
Julie Hwang - Director of Post-Production at Actual Films
Julie Hwang is an MIT graduate who left an electrical engineering career making microchips because she wanted to make movies. Julie has designed and managed intricate post-production workflows and provided creative editorial assistance on numerous award-winning films and television series. Julie joined Actual Films in 2019 as associate editor on Athlete A and returned to the company this year as their director of post-production.
Michaelle McGaraghan - Freelance Film Editor
Michaelle McGaraghan has been a professional film editor for the past 12 years, collaborating with influential filmmakers such as Vivien Hillgrove and Marc Smolowitz. Her work has screened all over the world including, SXSW, PBS, MTV, and Disney+ and she is a Sundance Art of Editing fellow. Michaelle cuts for clients such as Disney/Pixar and Google.. Her latest work, Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red premiered on Disney+ in 2022.
Anna-Lena Isaksson - Post-Production Manager at Advanced Systems Group
At ASG, Anna-Lena manages an international team of 16 video editors, crafting developer-focused content that aims to educate, inspire and inform. She attended the Broadcast and Electronic Arts program at SFSU and started out editing outdoor and travel programming for Barbary Coast Productions. She later moved on to editing current events and corporate stories for LinkTV and others.
Susannah Smith - Assistant Editor
Susannah Smith is a Queer filmmaker, artist, and curator based in San Francisco with a focus on place-based storytelling. Recent work includes associate editing Home Is A Hotel, assistant editing on The Untitled 19th* News Film, Nasima, and Homeroom, which premiered at Sundance and was recognized with the inaugural Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award. She is a member of ADE, was a juror for the 2021 IDA Doc editing award, and was a 2018 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow.
MODERATOR:
Kristin Tieche - WIFSFBA Member and Freelance Editor
Kristin has edited shows for National Geographic, Smithsonian Channel, Science Channel, PBS, HGTV and Food Network. She also edited several seasons of the Bay Area favorite, Eye on the Bay for KPIX, for which she received two Emmy nominations. She is currently editing the new Court TV true crime series, Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. Kristin holds a Master of Arts in Television, Radio and Film from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where she received awards in screenwriting and sound design from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Questions we will answer:
- Is remote editing here to stay?
- What tools do you find are the best to support remote working? What are some must-haves?
- What is the Alliance of Documentary Editors (ADE), and why should you join?
- What are some of the best practices defined by the ADE in its recently published recommended workflow guidelines?
- Is it okay to talk about salary?
- Should a Bay Area editor join the Union, yes or no?
- What are some of the best workflows to work with teams of editors?
- Tips for job hunting?
Breakout Rooms will also follow the panelists' presentations.
