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whatever happened to baby jane – and that hundred million dollar FCPX film?
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Alan E. Bell edited CATCHING FIRE. He was VERY mum about it. He’s active on Twitter, but barely tweeted anything while working on that film. When it came out, he came out and chatted all over, including here.
But know that not every editor is chatty. Most want to do the job and move on. They don’t care to talk about what NLE was used and what their challenges were. They like to cut, and move on. That’s why when Murch came out and talked, and wrote books, everyone was like “WOW! Some editor is finally saying stuff!”
[Oliver Peters] “Honestly, outside of the walls of these forums and some film schools, no one cares what NLE was used to edit any given film.”
VERY true. Well, other than the PR people of the editing application makers. They love to say “We were used to cut this film! It couldn’t have been done without us.”
Shane
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[Bill Davis] “Olympics terrorist manifesto EPKs in Premier or X?
“Have to say that was a good one, Bill. Almost chocked laughing.
Don’t understand why is it relevant who uses what to get a job done. Either it works for you and your workflow or it doesn’t. Simple.
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[Shane Ross] “They don’t care to talk about what NLE was used and what their challenges were. They like to cut, and move on.”
well yes. I personally cut twenty five stories below the ground floor in question. the light bulbs don’t work down here. I am just rather keen to hear about this film.
Jordan said weeks. that hasn’t panned out. I want to hear about the film. I’m in the bleachers with a soggy programme.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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[Bill Davis] “Putin’s having trouble with the terrorists in Russia primarily because none of the factions can decide whether to cut their pre-Olympics terrorist manifesto EPKs in Premier or X?”
you’re a bad, bad man Davis. word apparently is they went premiere. some people told them X suited the editing workflow far better but the Chechyan fools went rental. ownership for gods sake.
.. and now we are all going to hell.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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FCPX does do some things that could fit into a feature workflow. But in its current state of flux and instability to think that it would be the primary NLE on any budgeted feature is laughable.
Tim
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[TImothy Auld] “But in its current state of flux and instability to think that it would be the primary NLE on any budgeted feature is laughable.”
Rubbish it’s perfectly possible to cut a major feature on it, certainly no more difficult than cutting one in FCP Classic
Steve Connor
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When Murch cut COLD MOUNTAIN with FCP 3, Apple advised him NOT TO attempt it. And it was fraught with issues, but it was done. I’m very sure that a feature could be cut on FCX. Especially if shot on RED or Alexa…it seems like it would be perfect for those formats.
Shane
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[TImothy Auld] “in its current state of flux and instability to think that it would be the primary NLE on any budgeted feature is laughable.”
that’s all on you Auld. I myself was carefully non-committal.
sure really, thinking about it, all this requires is sam mestman stepping in to calm the whole thing down. with a clear statement about the film and any likelihood of future public developments.
simple as really. just any clear future statement about the hundred million dollar FCPX feature that doesn’t go beyond the self publicity himself and Jordan have engaged in to this point. and then the cheap seats in the wee lunatic forum are covered in egg as they should be.
and lets face it – larry jordan was incredibly specific regarding direct studio feature X editor conversations, nda’s, timelines, major studio provenance, budget etc.
it is actually kind of inconceivable that that could all prove to be less than on the complete level by all parties.
again – adults simply step in to clarify = egg on cheap seat faces.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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broadly so then: do you believe FCPX, at around version 10.0.8 (?), with the event project architecture, is currently editing a hundred million dollar, major studio feature as described by mestman and jordan?
I’m half inclined to think I’m going to be really horribly stupid in hindsight given how incredibly clear the statements have been.
https://vimeo.com/user1590967/videos http://www.ogallchoir.net promo producer/editor.grading/motion graphics
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All my statements are all on me. And in my opinion, without going anywhere else – and there’s lots of other places to go – it just does not seem stable enough to me for use as the primary NLE on any long form project. Yet.
Tim
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