Platinum Communications, mobile device and accessories company has appointed Matthew Prowse as marketing manager.
The announcement:
Platinum Communications, an Australian retailer specialising in premium mobile device and accessories, has appointed Matthew Prowse as marketing manager to drive the continued growth of the business.
With 27 retail kiosks operating in major shopping mall locations across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Act, Platinum Communications stocks a broad selection of cutting-edge mobile phone, tablet and accessories from internationally recognised brands. Platinum opened seven new stores during 2011 and is well positioned for greater market activity this year.
Formerly the National Promotions and Visual Merchandising manager with Foxtel Management Pty Ltd, Prowse has more than 12 years channel marketing, brand, visual merchandising and front-line retail sales and training experience. Prior to Foxtel, Prowse spent five years in the Fairfax Media circulation and marketing department, culminating with a position as Retail Marketing Manager for The Australian Financial Review.
The announcement:
Platinum Communications, an Australian retailer specialising in premium mobile device and accessories, has appointed Matthew Prowse as marketing manager to drive the continued growth of the business.
With 27 retail kiosks operating in major shopping mall locations across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and the Act, Platinum Communications stocks a broad selection of cutting-edge mobile phone, tablet and accessories from internationally recognised brands. Platinum opened seven new stores during 2011 and is well positioned for greater market activity this year.
Formerly the National Promotions and Visual Merchandising manager with Foxtel Management Pty Ltd, Prowse has more than 12 years channel marketing, brand, visual merchandising and front-line retail sales and training experience. Prior to Foxtel, Prowse spent five years in the Fairfax Media circulation and marketing department, culminating with a position as Retail Marketing Manager for The Australian Financial Review.
- 3/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The work of editors is often overlooked. Miguel Gonzalez found that, as if that wasn’t bad enough, they now have more footage to work through but not more time to do so, and tight budgets mean assistant editors are becoming a rare luxury.
“It’s like cuttting off three of an editor’s fingers,” said Underbelly editor Deb Peart about the absence of assistant editors during the crucial moments of the editing process.
Due to budgetary reasons, assistants are frequently taken off jobs once the film has been shot, and then brought back at the end.
“I started as an assistant, learning from sitting with directors and editors and observing them work together in the cutting room and watching the cut develop. They’re now taking away that period of learning from assistants, because when they’re doing rushes they’re chained to their desk, getting what they can...
“It’s like cuttting off three of an editor’s fingers,” said Underbelly editor Deb Peart about the absence of assistant editors during the crucial moments of the editing process.
Due to budgetary reasons, assistants are frequently taken off jobs once the film has been shot, and then brought back at the end.
“I started as an assistant, learning from sitting with directors and editors and observing them work together in the cutting room and watching the cut develop. They’re now taking away that period of learning from assistants, because when they’re doing rushes they’re chained to their desk, getting what they can...
- 1/13/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Avid’s Angus Mackay and Michael Phillips discussed with Miguel Gonzalez the future of editing software and how technology has impacted the craft of editing over the last couple of decades.
The most notorious change to editing was the transition to non-linear editing. How did that impact the craft and the skills of editors?
Michael Phillips, solutions marketing manager: Editing has changed from a more horizontal style editing (cuts) to both horizontal and vertical (layers) where VFX need to be edited to tell the story, be it obvious or corrective type effects. This in turn affects the style of the cut such as the 3-4 storylines we see in a television series like 24. Pace and rhythm has certainly changed, the viewer has adjusted to short and very fast cuts, flash forward, flashback and “sideways” flashes are now common and easily understood by the user. Non linear has allowed for more...
The most notorious change to editing was the transition to non-linear editing. How did that impact the craft and the skills of editors?
Michael Phillips, solutions marketing manager: Editing has changed from a more horizontal style editing (cuts) to both horizontal and vertical (layers) where VFX need to be edited to tell the story, be it obvious or corrective type effects. This in turn affects the style of the cut such as the 3-4 storylines we see in a television series like 24. Pace and rhythm has certainly changed, the viewer has adjusted to short and very fast cuts, flash forward, flashback and “sideways” flashes are now common and easily understood by the user. Non linear has allowed for more...
- 12/13/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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