Creative Film Talent Joins Avid At BVE 2015

The creative talent behind Cinderella, Sherlock and Happy Valley are just some of the Avid customers who will be joining the company at this year's BVE show in London, to demonstrate their success with Avid Everywhere.

Avid has announced that leading post-production editors and independent creatives will show how they used Avid Artist Suite, running on the Avid MediaCentral Platform, to craft these acclaimed shows and films.

Taking to the stage will be award-winning supervising sound editor, James Mather, whose credits include Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Wrath of the Titans and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2. Mr Mather will be interviewed by Will Strauss about his career and use of Avid Pro Tools on the upcoming Disney live action blockbuster, Cinderella.

WHEN: Sessions in Post Production Theatre:

• It's all about the workflow – Tuesday 24 February, 11.30–12.00

Examining workflows of the present and future with Paul Clennell, CTO of dock10; Dominic Bassett, senior media services engineer, Ravensbourne; and Matt Edwards, technical manager, MSV Post.

• Sherlock case study – Wednesday 25 February, 10:50–11:20

Avid Pro Tools mixers Doug Sinclair and Howard Bargroff from Bang Post Production present their BAFTA award-winning sound design work on the international hit series, Sherlock.

• An interview with James Mather – Wednesday 25 February, 14:45–15:15

The award-winning supervising sound editor will be interviewed on his use of Avid Pro Tools and work including Cinderella (released in March 2015), Harry Potter and the latest Jack Ryan feature.

• Editing/drama session – Thursday 26 February, 13:30-14:00

Robert Douglas-Reeves, lead editor at dock10, will discuss his work cutting the critically acclaimed series, Happy Valley, on Avid Media Composer.

Avid masterclasses:

• Media Composer masterclass sessions – Thursday 26 February, 10:15-11:15; 11:30-12:30; 15:00-16:00 in Meeting Room 16.

The sessions will be run by Paddy Bird, founder of the creative editing course, Inside The Edit.

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