Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Richard Herd]

The guys complaining about X missing tracks want them back. They feel limited by linearity. <– Okay I like that phrase “limited by linearity.” For me, editing is more of a feeling than a technical trade. I admit there have been times where I have stacked footage and just tried to feel it. For them I think a multicam technique in X might be useful.

[Clint Wardlow]

[Richard Herd] “As a literary interpretation method, all dramas have five basics:
1. Who is the main character?
2. What does the main character need?
3. Who or what tries to stop the main character?
4. Does the main character get the need?
5. What does the main character learn?”

What if it is just a collection of images and sounds not showing a single living thing…only stuctures. What if it doesn’t embrace any of these elements. I would suggest watching “Koyaanisqatsi” and tell me how it fits within that dramatic schema.

Or the example David posted?

[Herb Sevush]

[Craig Seeman] “I wonder what people are expecting of them.”

Behavior similar to that of Adobe, Avid, HP or any of dozens of other companies. Behavior that doesn’t come under the heading of “well that’s just the way they are.” It’s nice that they showed up at your meeting Craig, but how about that they make it a policy to show up at public meetings, and gee, maybe they could find some way to announce that policy publicly, and I know that it would be hard but there must be a way, something new and revolutionary … like a press release.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Steve Connor]

[Herb Sevush] “Behavior similar to that of Adobe, Avid, HP or any of dozens of other companies. Behavior that doesn’t come under the heading of “well that’s just the way they are.” It’s nice that they showed up at your meeting Craig, but how about that they make it a policy to show up at public meetings, and gee, maybe they could find some way to announce that policy publicly, and I know that it would be hard but there must be a way, something new and revolutionary … like a press release.
“
Well Tim Cook is just 4 hours away from presenting at D10, perhaps he’ll have some news 🙂

Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television

[Richard Herd]

Our nature is such that we can’t actually turn off the meaning making part of our brains. We call that catatonia, somnambulance.

I shall definitely watch Koyaanisqatsi. Thanks again!

I would also suggest Lyn Hejinian’s poem “My Life.”

[Clint Wardlow] “What if it is just a collection of images and sounds not showing a single living thing…only stuctures. What if it doesn’t embrace any of these elements. “

What if…then it ain’t drama. Many corporations do just this only its called “marketing video.” 😉 <–now that’s snarky

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Clint Wardlow] “Or the example David posted?”

That is essentially a music video.

If you are confused as to how you might edit a music video in FCPX, it’s pretty easy.

[Richard Herd]

Have you seen/experienced THe Cremaster Cycle?

[Richard Herd]

Is this it? https://www.hulu.com/watch/27800/koyaanisqatsi

[Clint Wardlow]

[Jeremy Garchow] “I take it that you have never switched NLEs before?”

I don’t know why you insist on making this personal.

I am talking about the perception of Apple by many of its former pro users. If you don’t think there is a level of mistrust by many that use to use (and still use) Apple, I don’t think you are paying attention.

It has nothing to do with me.

I just offered an opinion that Apple has a long way to go PR-wise to win back many that were once its staunchest defenders. I mean, this whole forum is an example of that. We are still discussing whether FCPX is a “professional” tool almost a year after it was released.

And frankly, Apple has been closed mouthed about its plans. I heard about modular design based on Thunderbolt and macminis here. I heard about the imac pro here (whether they happen or not is another matter because apple isn’t saying). I mean we hope they release some sort of concrete plans for a MacPro replacement this summer, but we don’t really know for sure.

I think that is a PR model that may work for iphones and ipads…but not about stuff pros depend on to do day to day business, especially after Apple released an NLE that through the industry into a tizzy.

I mean this is just my opinion, but I think there are a lot of folks that will never trust Apple again (and I don’t mean me) unless the company does something to assuage their fears.

These people don’t want to be wowed, they just want to be sure they’ll be able to operate 3 years down the road with what they purchase from Apple.

[Herb Sevush]

[Richard Herd] “Our nature is such that we can’t actually turn off the meaning making part of our brains. We call that catatonia, somnambulance.”

It is because our brains will always make these kind of connections that our art does not have to. Dreams are often a series of totally unconnected visual and auditory memories – it is in our waking interpretation of them that drama or story becomes manifest. Art can be like a Rorschach blot – the story only exists in the mind of the viewer. Such art does not have to be made with the 5 steps you outlined – the perceiving mind will create them for itself. Or as Godard once said – movies should have a begging, middle, and end, just not necessarily in that order.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf