Chaz Shukat
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[Wabigroove] “t seems like I can only have one project at a time open (I could be wrong here) and that the media file is a numerical file name. So adding a new clip to another persons copy of the project and linking it to a media file that has been digitized by some one else seems like a potentially convoluted process (in my reptilian FCP brain).”
It’s still the same, can only open one project at a time in Avid. Kind of makes it a little more difficult to screw yourself up going back and forth between projects, whereas with FCP’s open structure, you really have to be careful because you could really screw things up much more easily. The file names are part of that same issue of having files linked to specific projects. However, of course, there is a way, even two, to bring files and media into a project from another. I like the idiot proof-ness of the Avid’s structure, but I can see how it would seem restrictive coming from FCP. I think we Avidites have the reptilian brain.
Chaz S.
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I would like to know how you do it on FCP!? Perhaps that’s the way you’ll have to do it on Avid as well (without the use of a Unity or other media sharing network). You’ll have to have 3 sets of drives with all the media and project files. Have the AE capture to one drive and then copy to 2 others, and then send them to the editor and director. Your going to need some way to work together across country, like an FTP site to upload and download files to view and share work. If the AE adds more media, hopefully not too much, that would be a way to get it to everyone. Oh, just remembered, there is a service, I forget the name, haven’t used it, that is for sending huge amounts of data, like video, easier and faster that FTP site. Sorry, can’t think of name right now but that would be the way to send stuff to each other across country. Anybody out there know the name of this (Jon?)? That’s the best I can come up with at this time.
Chaz S.
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[Mark Frazier] “Every single shot included plenty of footage of him positioning the camera, balancing the tripod, pan around and zoom in to get focused, then about a second of decent footage. Cut to him setting up the next shot. Repeat.”
Oh my God, don’t get me started. If I had a nickel for every cameraman like this I’ve had to deal with in the edit bay, I’d be frikkin’ richer than Gates. Al Gore, forget about global warming, somethings got to be done about this problem. It’s an inconvenient truth that 90% of the people that work as cameramen don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to shooting and getting usable footage, let alone telling a story.
I say it’s the fault of all the cheap little camcorders that everybody has. They can work a camera but don’t have a clue about shooting. That’s because they have no training. Who is out there training cameramen? And sound, obviously they are not thinking much about the sound. I mean, it’s like learning how to drive a car. Before you can get a drivers license, you not only have to know how to operate a car, but you also have to know the traffic rules of the road. You have to study and be trained and oh God I’m gonna have a hemmerage! More than death, I wish for these people to have to edit their own footage. But if they edit like they shoot, that shouldn’t be a problem either.Phew!. I’ll be alright now.
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I think Lightworks was the closest thing to that. It was designed with film editors in mind.
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I’ve never heard of such a thing, and because you can only have one bin active at a time, I don’t think it’s possible to do that or anything else in mutiple bins simultaneously. However, I reserve the right to be completely wrong.
Chaz S.
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Keeping your audience and your story objective in mind, select the best material you have, lay it out in a sequence, rearrange it until it flows nicely and then start trimming it down to time. Let the material be your guide.
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A-men brother!
Chaz S.
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Jon is correct but let me answer your question more directly.
Yes!
I know because I have been running mine on an AMD for years.
Chaz S.
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Hey Grin,
Couple thoughts poppin into my head.1. The grass is always greener….or grinner in your case.
2. When I started on u-matic tape, my goal was to become a 1″ editor, then it was to do music videos, then it was long form, now it’s feature films. It’s the nature of man and all living things to grow, to reach for something greater. We can get into a rut, and even a good comfortabel rut is still a rut. Generally, a rut is something we all want to get out of.
3. Maybe your motivation has always been to get out of what you are in because of the things you don’t like about it, rather than going into something that you love because of the things you love about it. Everything has it’s pluses and negatives. Figure out what you want and not what you don’t want.
And finally, here are some quotes of wisdom.
“To do is to be.” – Kant
“To be is to do.” – Nietsche
“Do be do be do.” – Sinatra
Best,
Chaz“And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” – Bono
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Offer your services on student films and low budget indie’s. Buy a Avid Xpress or Final Cut Pro system and learn it (there are books with self tutorial DVDs and Avid has online training called ALEX). If you want to make money, apply for reality show jobs. Maybe begin as an assistant editor. Take Avid or FCP classes. As for reality show jobs, buy my book, EDITING REALITY, it’s short, easy and inexpensive. It contains all the practical info you need without all the “other” stuff you don’t. As for film, there are many other bigger, more expensive books for that. Get them too. You may have already read them in school or will be in your last year. Try to get an internship, best of all. If you can get in a good place, spend your own time on the equipment to learn it, offer to do things for the editors or assitant editors. They will show you stuff and give you opportunities to take small steps toward becoming an editor. That’s how it’s done. Don’t know what places to suggest in London because I’m in New York, but as for reality shows, try the BBC or Lion Television. I’m currently working for Lion in New York. If you are interested in my book, shoot me an email at chazkat@gmail.com. with your email address.
Chaz S.