One of the first signs of amature work: actors just standing around talking, doing nothing.

Depends on what machine you're looking at. Their 5K iMacs are actually very well priced considering what you're getting. Building a comparable PC with a comparable display would be tricky.

Final Cut X is actually pretty great. I work in both Premiere and FCPX and I prefer X for almost anything. Much, much faster.

Yeah, I was gonna ask if he had a top-of-the-line 5K screen to go with that PC...

Good tips generally but I'm tired of people saying that a "film look" equals muted colors and lifted blacks. It's an interesting style in and of itself but it's been WAY overdone in the last 5 years or so by every hipster with a camera. Watch a real film and you'll almost NEVER see this look (the Marvel movies get close at times). I'm always struck by how rich and deep the blacks are in celluloid cinematography and it looks incredibly cinematic.

Cameron didn't direct T3...