RIP Steve Jobs

I know everyone on cyberspace is flocking to pay homage to Jobs but I've got good reasons to join the bandwagon as well. The MacBook and then the MacBook Pro have been my essential filmmaking tool since entering comms school. Save for The Soldier, all the films I have made were edited on a Mac computer. These machines enable amateurs to edit professional videos easily, cheaper and good, via another Apple product, the Final Cut Pro (and Express). When they say all you need now to make a film is only a computer, a software and a video camera, that computer is usually a Mac and that software, Final Cut. Indie filmmakers, amateurs, hobbyists and students need not rely on established studios or break their banks anymore just to have access to expensive editing facilities and making films. Steve Job's Mac computers gave us that freedom.

... Jobs made digital editing and filmmaking a more realistic and low-budget option, affording those with a passion for film opportunities they might not have gotten in the past. "As an up and coming horror film director, I had to be careful how I spent use the budget for my films and one way of maximizing the budget was for me to also edit my own film," James Wan, the creator of the 'Saw' franchise and director of this spring's surprise horror hit 'Insidious' said. "Thanks to the technology that Apple created in my indispensible MAC computer, I was able to edit on my own without sacrificing quality." - George Lucas, JJ Abrams and Other Filmmakers React to the Death of Steve Jobs.

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

 May you find Nibbannic bliss.