Lisa Talley
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I’ve found that a lot of people make the decision based on what’s becoming more of a standard for video production companies in their area. I have a buddy who lives in SoCal who switched to Avid because of how many companies were using it, whereas in Central California everyone has pretty much made the transition to Premiere.
Like everyone else said, every program is great for some things, but not for others. A lot of this is preference of what works best for you, but if you subcontract out to different production houses, having what the majority of them are running might be beneficial for you.
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I have to agree with this whole heartedly. Video Production is just as much about having people skills as it is technical know how. I tell people who are just starting out all the time that having great interpersonal communication skills is just as valuable as the imagination to your vision. This is how crew and talent remember you.
However, if it isn’t your strong suit, just tell people the truth. Say (politely) “Oh, don’t worry I’m not taking any pictures” If you’re shooting on a DSLR that’s what they’re assuming you’re doing. They tend to relax since they think you’re not working yet.
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This has made it on my wish list recently… Might be worth looking at.
Lisa Talley
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I’ve also made the switch from FCP7 to the Adobe Suite and I’ve been running with the ‘program edits footage natively’ feature without much thought to coding, especially with AE.
I work with DSLR footage a lot, and I’m very interested in how the H.264 footage slows the program down. What would you suggest coding the H.264 footage in to for AE?
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I’m not necessarily a seasoned expert on the topic of editing, so I looked at this from a general audience perspective (as much as I could with a video production background).
The concept of the rising star being pushed in to being something he really isn’t was easy enough to grasp. However, the depth of the relationship between him and the object of his affection wasn’t as clear. The close up shots used during their first meeting happened too quickly. It moved from his face to hers and then immediately on to something else. The speed at which it happened gave me the impression that their attraction wasn’t mutual, that it was more one sided on his behalf. After watching the rest of the video and listening to the lyrics, I’m guessing that meeting should have been an almost ‘love at first sight’ moment? I think that would have definitely been feasible if the shots lingered on their stares a little longer (the rest would be left up to their acting).
I think the rhythm of the cuts during the performance section of the video were great, maybe one too many quick cuts here and there for my taste, but that’s just my opinion and my particular preference. Otherwise it looked very professional.
My only other suggestion would be to let the shots stay on the screen a little longer during the story telling portion of the video. It takes the average human brain a few seconds to register what it is they’re looking at. We want to see that story you worked so hard to put together. Overall, it’s a pretty freakin’ good video.
Lisa Talley
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If you have After Effects, this Creative Cow tutorial may be helpful… the version of AE seems fairly old, but I’m sure the process and steps work just the same. Hope this helps!
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/old_tv/video-tutorial
Lisa Talley
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This is the exact reason I made the jump, head first, in to Premiere from Final Cut. I got hit with a project that needed to be cut in a very short time frame and couldn’t find anything to convert AVCHD in to ProRes… I had gotten Premiere previously, but hadn’t taken the time to explore it since I was so attached to Final Cut. However, being on a time crunch I said screw it and dove in. I haven’t looked back since. It’s pretty awesome, no?
Lisa Talley
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See, I knew I was over looking some incredibly simple, yet important step. Brilliant, thank you so much for your help!! Much appreciated.
Lisa Talley
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[Martin Curtis] “Camera mounted industrial laser is the fix you want. The smell and pain of burning flesh is enough to move the most recalcitrant view-blocker.”
LOL. Sometimes I feel the look on my face is capable of doing this. These people are everywhere and it’s a really painful experience when you’re as short as I am, seems like EVERYONE is able to get in my view’s way, even 5 yr olds. My main solution is just more cameras, quick feet… and counting to 10. However, I like the “tapping them on the shoulder” idea, better than my head exploding all over the bride’s dress, that would just be unsightly.
Lisa Talley
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I had this exact same problem not too long ago and found that if you pull the entire AVCHD metadata folder structure with the .mts file, you should be able to utilize the log and transfer option in FCP7 to convert them to something FCP can handle. I, however, was not given the folder structure and ended up having to throw the whole project in Premiere, learning the program as I went, to make deadline. It handled the .mts files just fine… and turns out, Premiere is an extremely snazzy program.
Lisa Talley
Sacramento Video Production