Even though I'm an editor at heart, I thoroughly enjoy post-production and take pride in mastering all the different softwares and workflows involved.
I have worked with all the major NLEs: Avid, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro and Resolve. I've also gathered a lot experiences beyond the regular tasks of an assistant editor, be it DCP creation, data wrangling or running a small film festival.
If you're looking for an assistant editor or even a post production supervisor, I'm your guy!
Get in touch: isai.oswald@outlook.com
Here the most recent projects I've been a part of:
8 bis 18
Pruduction: Filmgerberei 2023
Editor: Simon Gutknecht
Infos:
- Feature film, documentary, Avid
- Several years of different cameras, codecs, color spaces to DNx proxy workflow
- Remote assistant work.
Status: In Editing
My work:
- Taking over an existing Avid project
- Proxy creation of several different camera codecs, finding out the color profile and applying the correct LUT to the proxies.
- Several different ways of synchronizing, including TC, AuxTC, waveform sync. Some footage could only be matched to its matching audio using Plural Eyes and manual syncing
- Mixed frame rates workflow
Immortals
Production: Filmgerberei 2023
Editor: Alex Bakri
Infos:
- Feature film, documentary, Avid
- REDRAW 8K to proxy workflow
- Remote assistant work
Status: In editing
My work:
- Setting up Avid project
- Transcoding REDRAW footage into MXF OP-Atom DNx proxies with burnt in SRC TC. Massive amount of footage.
- Organizing, renaming and transcoding archival footage from several years with mixed frame rates, mixed bit depth audio. Finding and removing duplicates as well as duplicate file names.
- Sync by TC, sync by slate as well as sync without TC or slate
Peripheric Love
Production: Dschoint Ventschr, 2022
Editor: Jean Reusser
Infos:
- Feature film, fiction, Avid
- ARRIRAW proxy workflow
- Remote assisting
- On site assisting
Status: World Premiere at Solothurn Film Festival 2023, cinematic release in 2023
My work:
- Proxies already delivered by the DIT on set, just setting up Avid project
- Sync by TC or by slate, creating scene stringout timelines with just the takes.
- In the editing room: Cut scene assemblies with the chosen takes from the director, create small sound designs, add the correct room tones / ambiances
- DCP creation for screening in Xenix (cinema in Zürich).
- Submission to film festival before picture lock with an offline edit for picture
- Sound mix started before picture lock. EDLs and AAFs to re-conform existing Pro Tools projects files to final picture locked version.
- After picturelock: Delivery to Trinipix for online edit and color grading. Delivery to Tonschliff for sound designing and mixing
Mad Heidi
Production: A Film Company, 2021 / 2022
Editors: Claudio Cea, Isai Oswald, Jann Anderegg
Infos:
- Feature film, fiction, Avid
- ARRIRAW proxy workflow
- Remote assisting
- Editing
Status: World premiere at BIFFF 2022 in Brussels. Swiss premiere at ZFF 2022 in Zürich. Released in cinemas in November 2022. Streaming since December 2022.
My work:
- Proxies transfer directly from the set during shooting, transfer of the proxies to Berlin for editing
- Setting up Avid project, sync by TC or slate, but also syncing multicam takes without TC or slates and mixed frame rates.
- Mixed frame rate multicam takes
- Syncing slow motion footage to sound
- Remote dailies delivery to the first editor in Berlin
- Editing myself for 6 weeks until picture lock
- Delivery to Cloudscape for online edit and VFX, delivery to Ganzer Platz for sound editing
- Teaser and trailer editing, as well as Making Of editing.
Marie und Robert
Production: Theater Marie, 2021
Editor: Karin Schmid
Infos:
- Feature film, fiction/experimental, Avid
- Silverstack Labs, ARRIRAW to proxy workflow
- On set data wrangling and assistent editor
Status: Premiere and cinematic release in fall 2022
My work:
- Backing up reels from an Arri Alexa mini on to three different RAIDs, simultaneous transcoding and ingesting into Avid using Silverstack Labs
- Setting up Avid project, sync using TC or slates, removing "action", "cut" and anything else besides the take from the subclips
- Pre-cut scenes for the editor.
- Delivery to the editor the day after the shoot.
Durch Schnitt
Production: Tapir Film, 2021
Editor: Isai Oswald
Infos:
- Feature film, documentary, Final Cut Pro X
- XAVC 4K to proxy workflow,
- Assisting and editing
Status: World premiere at Solothurn Film Festival 2022, released in cinemas April 2022
My work:
- Ingesting and organizing in FCPX
- Sync by waveform
- Archival footage from MiniDV (interlaced) to 25 fps progressive, archival photos
- AAF delivery from FCPX to Pro Tools, XML delivery to Resolve for grading
- DCP creation and testing after mix/grade
- Subtitle spotting for 3 different languages
- Trailer edited by Gisela Weibel in Avid, conform to online edit.