Mason Carden: Building an Editing Career with Media Composer
By Jim Bask
From Avid
Mason Carden knows every stage of the storytelling process, whether as a videographer recording wildlife off the coast of Cape Cod, to producing the dedication of the Provincetown AIDS Memorial, to editing and delivering polished episodes for AXS TV’s Real Money. He has spent his career in video creation, developing mastery of Avid Media Composer, and building skills for timing and composition that transfer to other parts of the production flow.
Real Money is a reality show featuring singer Eddie Money and his family, who write music together, perf
orm, play golf, deal with squabbles, and other zany antics you expect from a celebrity family program. Mason was the Senior Editor on the show.
Editing this type of show presents unique challenges, because of its unscripted nature where practically anything can happen. This allowed Mason to make a lot of decisions in Media Composer to highlight different parts of the family’s daily life…Read more