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Mentoring

I am thrilled to now offer one-to-one mentoring sessions! 

 

From assistant editing to avid media composer, paperwork to politics, career pathways to freelancing, you can explore the full list of session topics below. If you would like guaranteed time with an industry professional to receive feedback, advice and industry training tailored to you, this is for you! ​

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​Your first session lasts for 30 minutes and allows you to find out more about the mentoring sessions, how they are structured, detailed topics we can cover and to ask any questions you may have. 

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My focus is on supporting new entrants and runners into the industry and so I'm pleased to offer sliding scale pricing based on your job role and income to make it more affordable and accessible to upcoming professionals.

Book Your Spot

Testimonials

As a Post Production graduate, Eleanor completely understood what I was going through with my job search after university and helped me shape my CV to be more appealing to employers.
 
Her feedback helped me stand out amongst other applicants and got me jobs working on South Today and Strictly Come Dancing, where I’ve made some excellent contacts and gained a deeper insight into the industry.

Connor Brown, Technical Operator

Choose Your Topic 

Avid Media Composer

 

Navigating the interface

Managing your user settings​

Personalising your user settings​

Creating a project​

Managing a project​

Organising the NEXIS​

Avid MediaFiles​

Managing the NEXIS

Dailies

 

Preparing the dailies

Organising the dailies

Ingesting the dailies

Maintaining metadata

Syncing the dailies

Troubleshooting out-of-sync clips

Troubleshooting unboarded clips

Troubleshooting clips without paperwork

Grouping clips

Respeeding clips

Creating scene bins​

ScriptSync

Creating dailies playouts/selects

Distributing the dailies

Managing distribution lists

Turnovers

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Understanding turnover specs

Picture turnovers

Sound turnovers

ADR turnover

Music turnover

Online/opticals lists

Music cue lists

Source music lists

Stock footage/clearance lists

Paperwork

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Call Sheets

Cast grids

Continuity breakdowns

Shooting schedules

Scripts

​Story orders

Unit list

From the Script Supervisor

Continuity including Daily progress reports, Editor’s logs​, Facing pages and Lined scripts​

Sound reports

Camera reports

Lab/DIT reports

Scene Cards

Cut continuity

Creating the Assembly timings

​Avid Media Composer

Sound design

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Choosing SFX

Importing SFX

Laying SFX

Avid Audio Effects​

The Audio Mixer

Freelancing​

 

Career insight

Career pathways

Networking

Sending cold emails

CV tips and tricks

Negotiating your rate

Planning as a freelancer 

Visual effects comps​

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Avid Effects Palette

Avid Effect Editor

Avid Motion Effect Editor

Your Session Will Include

  • ​Answering a short questionnaire upon booking to tell me what topics you would like to focus on 

  • I will use your questionnaire to prepare materials for your session 

  • A 1-hour one-to-one training session over Zoom

Classes

About Me

My name is Eleanor, and I’m an experienced Assistant Editor with over six years in the industry, working across both feature films and episodic television. My credits include Afterburn starring Samuel L. Jackson, Snow White, The Buccaneers, Slow Horses with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas, Temple, and Roadkill — with projects spanning major networks such as Disney, Apple TV+, HBO, BBC, and ITV. 

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I’m deeply passionate about supporting others and uplifting the role of the Assistant Editor and have recently produced The Assistant Editor’s Toolkit and Skills Checklists for the Editorial Department - groundbreaking and innovative resources that British Film Editors, ScreenSkills, and Bectu have recognised. I have reviewed applications for Screen Skills Trainee Finder and regularly speak at organisations and universities, including ScreenSkills, Bectu, Cambridge University, Solent University, and Elstree Screen Arts.

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Whether you're a student googling "how to become an Editor" for the first time, a Post Production Runner looking to break into scripted, an Edit Trainee learning new skills, or a 2nd Assistant Editor looking for your next job - I have been there and I have got your back. 

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