The Banker

[Tony West]

Thanks for the article Oliver, I found it very interesting. The film looks very cool also.

I see Apple pushed a bit for X to be used.

“George has a relationship with Apple and they had suggested using Final Cut Pro X”

I remember suggesting that if I were Apple I would have pushed for X on their Holliday spot a couple of years back, and I got a lot of push back on here for it as I recall ; )

I said back then that I had a great deal of experience working with big corps and when they “suggest” something…………. it happens.

Looks like it worked out fine for them.

It’s a good thing for X users because if they want folks to use X on big films like this, they are going to make improvements that filmmakers want from them. That will help anyone who uses X.

[Oliver Peters]

[Tony West] “I see Apple pushed a bit for X to be used.”

I think you may be making a connection where none exists. Remember, the deal with Apple happened later – after the choice of which NLE to use was already made. In fact, the deal with Apple caused them to alter delivery/mastering specs at the end of the line. Joel had been hanging onto FCP7 until that point anyway, so if it hadn’t been FCPX, it would have been FCP7.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com

[Tony West]

[Oliver Peters] “Remember, the deal with Apple happened later – after the choice of which NLE to use was already made.”

The deal might not have been “inked” until after but did he “anticipate” a possible deal option with Apple?

Seems like he would have, since he had “a relationship with apple”.

I know I would.