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The shape of employment ads to come?
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[Bill Davis] “But I don’t think that’s going to be enough to keep up with the pace of change.
Well, at least the change on the “general editing” side. There are certainly niches like motion picture or network TV where the workflow is pretty fixed and pushing change is really hard.
But out in the wider world of video creation, one way to meet the stress of increasing pace, is with more automation and enhanced throughput. “
You’ve been saying that for 7 years now, and really much hasn’t changed nor has FCPX helped to facilitate that large change in content any more so than any other NLE on the market and furthermore since adoption rates of FCPX at least in the markets I look at are basically null – seems like people are handling this imaginary content shift just fine with the other tools available.
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[Neil Goodman] “To me thats the scariest thing about today’s Job market. Anyone can learn the menial tasks at home in their underwear for free.”
Totally agree.
The point of the post, for me at least, was to note the type of things that X-centric shops might expect to see as the qualifications of a potential job candidate.
It appeared they wanted a kinda hybrid skillset that spanned from AE tasks through finishing – but remotely in a way that the web interface and delivery stuff would maybe be handled by the company itself.
Increasingly the new process where the “shop” idea is broken down into virtual on-line touchpoints and the overall work is farmed out more. That resonates with what I’ve been seeing as an X editor for a while. Where you are doesn’t much matter. What you can connect to and DO is what counts.
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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[Bill Davis] “The point of the post, for me at least, was to note the type of things that X-centric shops might expect to see as the qualifications of a potential job candidate. “
This is the same kind of skillset that EVERY shop would look for in an assistant editor, even if they aren’t using X. The tasks are the same, although the specific methodology might be somewhat different.
FWIW – there’s nothing in the actual ad that asks for anything specific to features only found in FCPX.
[Bill Davis] “but remotely in a way that the web interface and delivery stuff would maybe be handled by the company itself. “
That’s because this is a YouTube channel producer, not a traditional broadcaster. I think the same experiences would apply with other non-traditional, set-top channel and web-based content provider.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Oliver Peters] “FWIW – there’s nothing in the actual ad that asks for anything specific to features only found in FCPX.”
Never said there was.
My suspicion, however, is that there ARE aspects to X that caused the hiring party to settle on using IT – as opposed to any of the other NLEs. Might be keywords, might be the magnetic timeline, might be it’s implementation of multicam – might be all or that or just one thing that caused them to adopt this particular shop approach. Who knows. We only know they did. And they’re happy. And now they want to hire people who deeply “get” the system they use. Exactly like businesses have historically always acted.
While all the software does much of the same stuff – HOW they do it is significantly different. That’s why it’s not a “know one and you kinda know them all” environment any longer.
And so it goes.
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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[Shane Ross] “which is one reason I’m going to give it a fourth go.
“Shane. If you’ve got budget enough for a SD to LA train ticket and maybe some couch space if it takes overnight – I’d be happy to come up for a day or two and see if I can ease you into X.
All you have to do is ask. ????
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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Bill,
So they want an experienced editor, one who lives in England, knows FCPX, and works in Broadcast. I guess that lets both you and me off the list.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Herb Sevush] “So they want an experienced editor, one who lives in England, knows FCPX, and works in Broadcast. I guess that lets both you and me off the list.
“Yep. It’s my birthday and instead of just kicking back and eating cake – I’m surrounded by Cox Internet engineers who are trying to get my home internet speeds up to the gigabit level that I’m paying for.
Someday, maybe it won’t matter where an editor is physically located — but today, it definitely still does. : )
Creator of XinTwo – https://www.xintwo.com
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[Bill Davis] “My suspicion, however, is that there ARE aspects to X that caused the hiring party to settle on using IT – as opposed to any of the other NLEs….. HOW they do it is significantly different. That’s why it’s not a “know one and you kinda know them all” environment any longer. “
Oh, I’m not disputing that. Merely taking the text of the ad at face value.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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Bill David writes –
“Someday, maybe it won’t matter where an editor is physically located — but today, it definitely still does. : ) ”Sorry Bill but you are incorrect.
1) you just stated that Cox technicians are at your place to get your internet connection up to 1G speeds that you are paying for.2) FCP X currently offers Proxy workflow. As you know, this means that your lovely client in London (or where ever) can create proxies of the original media that they are working with. If you have a shared storage system (like QNAP, Synology) that allows for remote access (heck, even Drop Box) – you put the proxy files on there, you remote into it (they assign you a password) and you edit the show. When you are done, you sent the edit list back to the original facility (your client – you send it back on their QNAP/Synology/DropBox) and they conform the show back to the original format (perhaps ProRes4444). And you are done. I mean – Bill – after all – you are paying for Gigabit ethernet, that is MORE than enough bandwidth to support this workflow !
How do I know this – because this is the FCP X workflow I setup with the QNAP TS-1685 for John Davidson at Magic Feather in Los Angeles, and this is how he runs his business.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
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Well then, happy birthday Bill.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf
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