More SMFA

If you liked the first SMFA spots, you'll love these.

Secret Mountain Fort Awesome

Cartoon Network's latest comedy offering.
I worked with Clint Carruth on the the launch campaign for this new series.

Thundercats

Hey! Remember the Thundercats?

Well, they're back.

Working with Writer/Producer Matt Day, I got to edit the promos leading up the the show launch last Friday. "Thundercats Ho!"

Boys Choir - Promax Update

"Boys Choir" - see previous post, won several awards at Promax.

Gold for Best Copywriting, Silver for Best Directing, and Silver for Best Children's Spot.

Hurray!

Boys Choir from Jon Dilling on Vimeo.

Concern for the Future

"All in all the worst product launch I've ever seen from Apple or pretty much any software manufacturer."

-- quote regarding Apple's new release of Final Cut Pro X

Johnny Test

New Episodes of Johnny Test Mondays in June.

For this promo we first recorded the voice over, cut the clip bed, and decided where and when to have our live action "C" and "N" characters be on screen.
It really helped at the shoot to know the background and composition.



Writer / Producer Alyson Fuchs
Editor Jon Dilling

Some Days

I'm not even sure where this falls in the scheme of what I do, but it's in there somewhere.

Some days your job is exactly what you think you're walking into, and then there are days like this: The night before, a network executive decides he needs a 2 minute sizzle reel that encompasses every important show on the network. And he needs it for a meeting tomorrow. So you walk in just before 9am and realize your day has been cleared for just that task.

You have no assets, no script, just a music track to work from and a few hours to make the network look as good as you possibly can. Go!

The reality of production today is, expectations like this get met all the time. I can access clips about as fast as someone can describe them to me. Name a show, I'll pull up the clip. Producers know this and pretty much expect it to happen that fast. Recently I've been pondering the impact of how technology has accelerated video production. Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Has cheap, fast and digital made creativity something that is cheap, fast and disposable? Or has it always been that way? Does it matter? The truth is, I don't know. I can edit faster now than I ever have. I think less about what I'm doing because there simply isn't the luxury of time to ponder things the way we used to. Could this edit be better? Absolutely. Is it a pretty decent cut given I walked in the room with little more than a cup of coffee and a few hours later I had this? I think so. I'm sure in a few weeks, I'll be cutting a whole new reel because this one looks "dated."