Editing at a distance.

[Shane Ross]

[Jesus Silva] “The film will be shot in Highdef Panasonic P2 24P format and edit on FCP6.0.3 and we have talked so far is have the hard drives send to me via mail.”

Well…depends. DVCPRO HD on P2 or Tape? IF tape, I’d suggest they send you the tapes. If P2, make DARN SURE you have a VERY SKILLED Digital Assistant on set who knows how to offload and verify the offload of the P2 files, and knows to keep the directory structure intact. And have them send you COPIES of the footage…keeping copies locally in Tucson…just in case. You don’t want something bad to happen in shipping and WHOOPS…data gone.

Shane

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[Mark Raudonis]

Jesus,

My suggestion is to buy a plane ticket to Tucson. Seriously!

I’ve worked with editors in different time zones for years, and while it certainly is technically possible, there is something lost in the “long distance” communication. What you’ll miss is the serendipitous encounters with the director, the producer, the cast. You won’t be on location, so you won’t have a “feel” for the atmosphere, the light, the sounds of the city unique to that story. These are all subtle things that just can’t be communicated by phone or email.

So, while we can all tell you about drives, and back ups and FTP sites, I’d strongly suggest that you do everything possible to be present on location during the shoot. It will “bond” you to the project in a way that nothing else possibly can.

Good luck.

mark

[Jesus Silva]

Hey Mark,
I will love to be on site but in this case is not an option for this project I understand I will lose some the chemistry and much more that goes on productions.

However, the producer and I we where talking about the idea of having a good edit assistant there (Tucson) to create a FCP project then mirror the project and the media to other driver, then ship it to L.A.

That way will be possible to email the project file with the latest edit to the producer/director in Tucson to check the progress instead to have to compress sequences and send the over the web.

Has anyone try this approach before?

Thanks,

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