Chris Harlan
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[Walter Soyka] “The point of the aphorism is to think ahead. The point of my critique is to remind forward-thinkers that we all must somehow get from here to there — so there’s risk in thinking too far ahead, and there’s risk in falling too far behind while you’re working on the future.”
Dang, Walter. You can turn a phrase.
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[Bill Davis] “Yeah, its certainly a shame that by internalizing a bit of it’s gestalt, Jobs couldn’t get more traction in the business world…
“I have know idea what that means. Do you? It DOES sound impressive, but it doesn’t make much sense. What does “it” refer to? The business world? Or the phrase “skating to where the puck is going to be?” I assume by “gestalt” you mean something like “wholeness” and aren’t referring to the therapy. Of course, you are being ironic about Jobs not getting traction, but how, in anyway, is this irony relevant to Job’s fondness for Gretzky quote that is nowhere near as deep as it sounds, but makes a good soundbite for a sales pitch. I don’t see how one has anything to do with the other.
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[Bill Davis] “Nope. “
Yup. Sorry, Bill. Its a silly, pretentious metaphor with only a hair-width’s more value than “Buy low, sell high.” Oh course people want to be where the market is going to be. Duh.
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[Walter Soyka] “This metaphor always misses the fact that the puck moves continuously from where it is now to where it will be…
“Thank you. Its a laugh, ain’t it? If you are only ever skating to where the puck is going–as opposed to where it is–you will never ever see the puck, and since the goal is to hit the puck, perpetually skating to where you expect the puck to be, will never get you to that goal.
In reality, Apple is sitting right on top of the puck, and fervently guarding it with all its might.
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Craig, I’m starting to have the image of you rubbing your hands in delight before you press send, and than laughing maniacally after you send it.
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[Steve Connor] “Apple have clearly been listening, let’s hope it continues
“Agreed. This is a sizable update. A mixer and clearly visible cue positions are a big part of what I need to get on board. That and timecode/sync markers. Maybe Logic X will address some of the audio handling. Who knows?
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[Steve Connor] “Lots of improvements but no Mixer 🙁
“Or color-coded roles. Bummer. I had high hopes. Maybe next time.
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[Charlie Austin] “We do finish some stuff out of 7 as well, but the majority of our material gets sent out to to post facilities using Avid or Smoke or something.”
No, I agree the majority of stuff gets finished on something else. Heck, the majority of stuff gets cut on something else. But for the record’s sake, I just wanted to chime in about the semi-notable minority.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Chris Harlan] “I’m not sure what you mean. ”
You answered it. I was just wondering the state of the color of the footage when you receive it.
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Cool. Me personally, most of the time I do a lot of scripted action, drama, and comedy promos, and when I get my final material for finishing it has been made beautiful by Resolve or something else. So, even though I might be finishing it on FCP, I’m not really finishing it on FCP. But I’ve also done enough big money unscripted daytime TV, where 5 sets of promos have to be pumped out each week, week after week, to know that most of those get finished on whatever they were cut on, usually MC or FCP. Now a lot of that stuff is shot on a soundstage in a very controlled environment, so there is a lot of color management going on in the actual “taping” process, but those deadlines are very real and very tense, so there isn’t much time for an offline/online process.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “[Chris Harlan] “You’re right that there’s not as much color work done, but I can name a dozen places (including one where you used to work) that finish many of their promos and commercials on FCP.”
What is the source material?
“I’m not sure what you mean. All kinds of different sources, ranging from ProResHQ of five or six raw camera feeds for promos for talk/interview shows to completed, color-corrected films, and some not so color-corrected films. It gets used, or got used, for talk show gag materials and magazine stories, for much BTS and special feature work for DVDs and EPKs. I’m not saying it is the end-all, be-all, but things DO get finished on it and air nationally all the time.