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Editing ‘Blind Ambition’ with Paul Murphy

An official winner at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Blind Ambition is an inspiring underdog story for the ages.

This post was written by Meagan Keane and originally appeared on Adobe blog on Nov. 11, 2021.

This uplifting documentary follows four Zimbabwean refugees who escape starvation and go on to become South Africa’s top sommeliers.

We sat down with the film’s editor Paul Murphy, who goes by “The Premiere Pro” on social media, to hear how he used Adobe Premiere Pro to make Blind Ambition shine on screen.

How and where did you first learn to edit?

I taught myself how to edit using Adobe Premiere 6 back in the early 2000s (before the software added “Pro” to its name). I had studied writing in college, started filming my own screenplays, and it dawned on me that a large part of writing a film happens during the editing process.

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