editing work environments

[Michael Thomson]

Geez man

That room looks like chaos !!!

I guess i must be the type of editor that likes tidyness and order then, lol !

[Person Lastly]

yikes. not a client friendly space. good luck.

[Mike Cohen]

I thought a visual thread would be an interesting idea.
Perhaps not.

Mike

[Person Lastly]

sorry, might have been a little harsh. here’s my suite

https://pupo.com/kelly/kvl_edit_suite.jpg

the best part is natural light

[Mike Cohen]

not a problem – which reminds me, I have a rare editing session with an outside client, I’d better get some boxes 🙂

I think one reason it is so cluttered is this is my office and editing bay in one space. While it is nice to be able to swivel my chair to any of 3 computers, the non-editing tasks seem to use a lot of paper.

I like the decor Plasma. Very cool desk.

Mike

[Mickavid]

hey there,

Just thought that i would pop in with a thought. I always begin an edit by tidying up the space if i work in a room that is shared. When at home i use a nice sunroom with an antique table. Using a laptop also helps keep down the wires and other messies that build up. Never eat in the edit suite. The lingering smells are nasty and watching (or listening to) someone else eat can adversly affect the outcome of an edit.

A nice clean organized room is the best way to start and finish a nice clean organized edit. Clients are looking at the end product, so why not help yourself out and enjoy your surroundings.

Note – watch shows where people work in clean spaces, like CSI Vegas. Meditate on it…

Mick

[Person Lastly]

i agree with the eating in the suite thing. though snacks are fine, unless they are noisy. we have a lunch break when working with clients. gives us all a break, and is a good way to strike up conversation without being attached to the gear. face to face. plus we come back to the material with fresh eyes, and without the diner smell.

[Walter Biscardi]

You can view our shop at the link below. I actually need to update the photos this week as we have updated the equipment in both rooms since, but the look and feel are the same.

We have two edit suites, a small kitchen and an entertainment room.

https://www.biscardicreative.com/tour.htm

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

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[Andrei-cristian Murgescu]

I do agree with the eating / (even driking) thing inside the studio facility. However, keepe a clean work space might prove to be quite a challenge sometimes when there’s a large amount of work to do, people coming and going out of your suite etc. etc. Also, sometimes people fall into the other extreme where they put cleaning first and work last. It’s some kind of cleaning/ ordering mania of some sort.

[Charley King]

I guess we all have our views of things. I would never tell a client he couldn’t eat or drink in the edit bay, where we might be for the next 8-15 hours. My clients might decide to go elsewhere. We did institute a no smoking in the building, which didn’t affect my clientelle too adversly.

When I am on a roll the last thing I want to do is break away for an hour to eat. I break concentration. Lose my place to what I had been thinking. In the days of linear editing that could be devastating. I set in my mind the entire project start to finish, I couldn’t leave in the middle of a scene for a lunch break. I ate on the fly between edits. I would take a short walk when my head got bogged down, but those were never over 5 minutes. We all have our own way of working, doesn’t always work for everybody.

Charlie