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James Bayliss-Smith

Documentary Cameraman & Filmmaker

Documentary Cameraman & Filmmaker

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FCPX in action – editing under the gun at the DOCroads documentary workshop in China

Me teaching FCPX basics using a second laptop as a reference to show Apple’s Mandarin translations of the menus items

As a foreigner living in China and working in the world of news and documentaries I’ve had many a ‘crazy China’ experience, but one of my more memorable ones came recently. Just before Christmas I traveled to Guangzhou in Southern China, having been invited to be a tutor at a training initiative called DOCROADS. It was being held alongside the annual Guangzhou documentary film festival and was designed as a project-driven creative documentary workshop. This…

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Final Cut Pro X for news shooters: you say you want a revolution? (Or, how I learnt to stop worrying and love the X)

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To say that Final Cut Pro X – Apple’s long awaited update to Final Cut Pro 7 – caused a bit of a stir when it was released is a massive understatement. Loyal Apple editors had been brimming over with excitement after the company previewed FCP X on the sidelines of NAB at the Final Cut Pro User Groups Supermeet exactly a year ago. I too was excited; the presentation really opened my eyes to…

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