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Vegas Freelance Editor
It’s rare, but once in a great while I find an ad for a Vegas editor in the San Francisco Bay Area. (Almost all ads are for Final Cut Pro editors.) There’s one posted right now, for Cupertino. Not exactly going-rate wages. In this region, editors pull in more like $40-75/hour. In the near future, I suspect, many of us will be forced to work for far less than we have been. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/tfr/892228675.html
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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It looks like a job for a college student who, hopefully, knows Vegas! I can’t imagine any serious Vegas editor taking on such an assignment. Makes you wonder if the poster of this ad actually queried any professional editor regarding edit rates.
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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It looks like a job for a college student…
As are most of the so-called jobs posted on craigslist.
The ones I get a kick out of are “I/we are making a movie that’s guaranteed to hit the big time. With that in mind, we’re looking for a DP/lighting designer/sound man/grip/etc. Pay is low/none BUT you get your name in the credits of what’s sure to be the new Hollywood blockbuster”.
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I agree John,
They couldn’t possibly be looking for a Pro Editor.
Steve Rhoden
Creative Director
TNX EFFECTS STUDIOS.
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I’m sure they ARE looking for a pro editor. It’s a school, and these are hard times. Face it!
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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Ooops, not a school, but selling to students/parents.
Rick Wise
director of photography
Oakland, CA
http://www.RickWiseDP.com
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Out of curiosity, when someone posts a job for an editor, why are they so anal about which editing system the editor uses? Do you ask the carpenter what brand of hammer they use to build your house?
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Ha ha ha No but I’li surely make sure he is using a hammer and not one of those “staple guns” ha ha ha
Vegas/FCP/AVID over iMovie/Windows Movie Maker! 😉
AllenASX Media Group, Inc.
http://www.asxvideo.com
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Maybe they want the editor to come to their studio and use the system they have? Or if editing is done off-site they want to ensure that they could get the footage and edit themselves should the editor they hire not work out to their satisfaction.
Think of it not so much as what hammer the carpenter uses for the house, but whether the blueprints and measurements are done in english or metric.
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I wouldn’t compare the NLE to the hammer. Any hammer will do. Do you really want to stop what your doing every 10 minutes to explain where a basic function is? Knowing FCP or Adobe is great, but it’s the details that make the difference.
So when is the Scarlett coming out again 2009, 2010, 2011…
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