“ammunition” for FCP in schools

[Walter Biscardi]

[Bob Flood] “let the students use Windows Movie Maker, (which is supposed to be better thant iMovie)”

Oh good lord no. iMovie is a professional editing tool compared to Windows Movie Maker.

I agree with everything else you say, but not that.

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[Ben Oliver]

i was sooo glad i didnt get accepted to emerson back in 1999. it was the best option in boston.

imovie isn’t so bad anymore, ,its kinda like a rip of vegas video, least thats my impression.

[Ben Oliver]

go get fcp express, thats fine for most school environments.

[Delano Bryant]

…. are you guys shooting Assignment Earth on? what kind of cameras and what are you native FCP settings for editing that show?

Thanks,

Is that the color red you want to use?

[Michael Hancock]

The school I’ll be teaching at runs Final Cut Exress on iMacs. There are enough seats for every student in the class. Next semester we’re going to start adding Avid seats in the PC labs (or Mac labs, whichever is available).

We spend one class dedicated to learning what the buttons are and how to use each program, and the advanced classes cover how to be an editor. It’s designed so students will know two of the most popular tools in professional post production. Doubles their chances of getting a job once their reel gets their foot in the door.

Michael.

[David Roth weiss]

[Bob Flood] “I was a student at emerson college from 75 to 79 (1975), for a place that was supposed to be a very good communications school, we had the worst gear around. mostly discards from radio and tv stations”

Bob,

I think BU (up the street, where I went) must have gotten the rejects from Emerson…

David

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[Ben Oliver]

everyone from emerson is a reject, i know that sounds harsh. i’ve had to fire/let go every student from there i have had in the past 5 years. I wouldn’t trust that program to teach them how to use itunes!

[David Bogie]

Haven’t bothered to read the rest of the thread.
The issue with a bureaucracy cannot be solved by pointing at numbers. It’s emotional and it’s fueled by poor information from people who have no freakin’ clue. You do not stand a chance unless you can determine exactly what the objections are and confront each of them directly.

But, here’s hope: You might want to talk to some instructors at

https://www.boiseschools.org/schools/capital/

They have a completely Macintosh-based video production curriculum and a Mac-based publishing setup. It’s cool. And they face the same fight every fiscal year.

Vicki Francis heads up the photography and yearbook program based on a Mac server and Airports. She has student geeks/wonks running the whole thing. Leave her a message at the school 208.854.4490 and say hello from david bogie. The school’s Web site doesn’t have an email directory that I can find.

Rob Parsons heads up the video production outfit, I don’t know him personally but say hi anyway.

bogiesan

[Bob Flood]

DRW

thats funny! cuz we were always like “I bet BU has way better gear than us!

go figger

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Walter Biscardi]

[hdfilmmaker] “…. are you guys shooting Assignment Earth on? what kind of cameras and what are you native FCP settings for editing that show?”

The D.P. prefers to use the Panasonic HDX-900, but some episodes are shot on the Sony Z1 if the location calls for it. For instance, “Damming the Mekong” was all shot up and down the Mekong River so they went with the Z1 in case it was dropped into the river and it was much smaller to deal with on that shoot.

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