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2013 an exciting new year
Tonight on BBC One, my very last edit for 2012. Two VTs during the NYE fireworks display live from London on the Thames at 11:40pm. Estimated audience 14million, significant as it will be my last in FCP7. In 2013 its FCPX only. We start The Culture Show, for BBC Two 7th of January and our editors are all on notice to get up to speed on FCPX. The series Producer and I have made a final decision that our program will transition from FCP7 to FCPX by the end of February. We start the season with two, hr long specials. One on the guys from South Park and their new theatre production ‘The Book of Mormon’ and a film history of ‘Danny Boyle’.
All in all, it promises to be an exciting year. Happy New Year to all the Creative Cows -
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Good luck!
Remember that you can always spot the pioneers – they are the ones with arrows in their backs…
I hope you, and the other editors involved, are able to let us know how it is going as you grapple with inevitable issues. It’s the kind of discourse that informs the debate and the development.
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Happy New Year to you Craig and good luck with the new series, I look forward to watching the two specials
Steve Connor
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Congrats! Please keep us posted on your transition. Happy New Year! And remember, the drinking starts AFTER the edit 😉
Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
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Yep we are moving to fcpx and a smoke … Fcp7 is a good tool but with events manager and the 3 TB raids works for us interested to see nab this year
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I’m planning on moving our two person in-house production to FCP X starting January. I haven’t spent a lot of time with it yet. But my feeling from the time I have spent with it is that it will make a substantial difference in how fast and efficiently I can work. To me that makes it faults (there still are some) acceptable.
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Craig – which VT’s? I only watched the Olympics one as on the whole I find the Beebs NYE coverage cringeful. Although Gabby did a decent job. The Olympics one was very good thought!
As a matter of interest why did you use 7 and not X for this?
Michael.
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[Michael Sanders] “Craig – which VT’s?”
Michael, both the Jubilee VT and The Olympic VT. I cut them in FCP 7 because it was a last minute job over at television centre just before christmas. They weren’t set up for FCPX and it was a new client. I should have been more assertive and pushed for FCPX because in my opinion it eats this type of edit up. 2013 I wont be so demure, FCPX should be an option on every job,and frankly Im sick of having to explain why I want to use it.
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[craig slattery] “frankly Im sick of having to explain why I want to use it.”
Michael, I mean sick of explaining my reasons to post houses not to you guys on the cow.
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[craig slattery] “frankly Im sick of having to explain why I want to use it.”
Sad irony as it seems so many people have grown fond of saying thing like, “you don’t ask a carpenter what hammer they use.” If you, the editor have the hardware to run the software of your choice and the ability to interface with whatever you need then why need there be an explanation. If there’s trust and believe in your skills that should include trust in your choice of tools.
Otherwise the contrary may be true in that people are still looking for “Avid editors” or “Final Cut (not X) editors” and not simply “talented, skilled editors.” It is sad if this is still the case and it may be.
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[Craig Seeman] “Otherwise the contrary may be true in that people are still looking for “Avid editors” or “Final Cut (not X) editors” and not simply “talented, skilled editors.” It is sad if this is still the case and it may be.
“Craig, Im talking about other editors and post houses. The producers I work with are happy to use what ever I choose.
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