Current Project with Media Projects, Inc.
Waging Peace
The Peace Corps Experience
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The Peace Corps experience told through the letters, journals and blogs of the Volunteers written while on the job. This project also profiles four returned PC volunteers. They discuss how the PC influenced their choices of careers. Allen Mondell was a Peace Corps teacher in Sierra Leone, West Africa and serves as the Producer/Director for the project.
This documentary also celebrates the 50 year anniversary of the Peace Corps.
To learn more follow the process at http://mediaprojects.org
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Background
Phillip Allen has been involved in the television, radio, theatre and film/video industry for years. His background in these areas has helped his development as a storytelling editor. Like many of his colleagues, he began in film at a small market television station. Later, linear editing was the norm. Now digital editing is preferred by most editors.
He will travel to any location to edit your project or can use online services to communicate long distances. He can work as a local in Dallas, Phoenix and Los Angeles.
For the last four years he has been a Guest Artist at Episcopal School of Dallas as a Final Cut Pro instructor for the film program at the private Upper School. When not involved in film projects, he is a co-producer at Pegasus Theatre, a Dallas legitimate theatre production company which performs at the Eisemann Center in Richardson.
Click here for examples of many types of videos edited by Phillip Allen. Some of the videos were also produced and directed by Phil. Some of the personal projects had little to no budget. Other productions were fully funded.
To view an example of a simple internet video commercial for Invodo, Inc.
A NOTE TO BEGINNERS ABOUT NON-LINEAR
Many of the early models were short-lived and faded from the scene. One of the earliest was the AVID around 1989. In the mid to late 90s Apple decided to purchase a product that had started out under a different name and finally released it as Final Cut Pro in 1999. There are other editing tools on the market, but these two have the largest user base.
Phil has used AVID on occasion but has been using Final Cut Pro, now part of Final Cut Studio, for over 11 years. As the development of the two systems continue they seem to be ideal for different situations. If you are just learning, Final Cut is a great place to start, but it would be best to learn both systems, maybe even get a working knowledge of others such as Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Grass Valley's EDIUS program or EditShare's Lightworks software. Remember, they are tools of the trade like a hammer is to a carpenter, learn how to use them.
A big portion of the work today is put to an FTP site for download by the director. We can iChat through Final Cut Pro or Skype if you like.