How To Shoot and Edit for Visual and Practical FX With Appendage Editor
Alex Familian is the editor for the horror film, Appendage, which follows the story of a young fashion designer who struggles with anxiety and self-doubt. The main character\u2019s feelings eventually manifest into a gross, ferocious growth which sprouts from her body and yells mean, demeaning phrases at her.\n\nIn today\u2019s episode, No Film School\u2019s GG Hawkins and Yaro Altunin speak with Editor Alex Familian discuss:\xa0\n\nHow the current WGA and SAG strikes are impacting his work in post-production\n\nWhat we love about improv\n\nMaintain work-life balance when your spouse is also a filmmaker\n\nThe differences between the feature version and short version of the film\xa0\n\nPractical versus virtual effects\n\nThe crazy, speaking mechanism puppeteers created for the \u201cappendage\u201d character\n\nDifferences between an online editor and offline editor\n\nWhat it was like to edit while the film was still being shot\n\nWhy we prefer macbooks over desktops\n\nAlex\u2019s go-to effects he uses during editing\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cI\u2019m basically putting together a cut of the film with 25% of the movie missing.\u201d [3:58]\n\n\u201cIt taught me how to be okay with failing.\u201d [7:15]\n\n\u201cWhole movie was cut and finished on a Macbook Pro.\u201d [31:34]\n\n\u201cPeople made editing software difficult on purpose so that other people wouldn\u2019t know how to use it.\u201d [36:08]\n\n\n\nResources:\nAppendage (Full Short)\n\nConnect with Alex on Instagram\n\nCheck out Alex's website\n\nAppendage (Full Version) releases October 2023\n\nHow Can Cinematography Techniques Help Your VFX?\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nSend us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices