[Mike Cohen]

project worked pretty well without the titles, aside from the project save error and the low memory.
I increased the PF sizes, and it worked well with no crashes.
So I went back to the original project with titles. Even this was working pretty well, however eventually it gave me a Serious Error has Occurred, and the program closed.

[Mike Cohen]

Tim – I saved a copy of the project, deleted all the titles, after first exporting them all. Did a few simple cuts, and got a Serious Errors has occurred.
Of course it is on a project that is almost done, but that’s Murphy’s Law.

Mike

PF still in the 1.5 – 1.8gig range

After the most recent crash, opened the project again and now get Adobe Premiere is running very low on System Memory. Please save your project and proceed with caution.

[Mike Cohen]

to clarify – the error I am getting is a Project Save Error – An unknown error occurred while saving the project. Select Save As from the File menu… But when I try save as, I get the same error.

[Mike Cohen]

page file stays around 1.5gig
copied project to a clean drive (media) and project file to another drive. Still crashed.
Let me try without the titles.

[Mike Cohen]

Export to what? Tape, File (what format). Please be specific.

[Mike Cohen]

you need to be a bit more specific when posting questions. For example, ask about a particular function.
Read the manual, buy a Classroom in a Book or the excellent Total Training DVDs – that’s how I learned Premiere.
Start a project with an end goal in mind and then learn as you go.

Mike Cohen

[Mike Cohen]

Premiere lets you play the timeline and record audio. Presumably you have a good audio interface for your mic – not sure if Premiere can access this.

For Youtube there are Youtube presents in the media encoder. YouTube should accept H.264 – check their ever changing specs. Youtube converts to FLV but retains H.264 quality if it deems it to be so.

I would recommend using Vimeo – this site hosts HD quality video and blows away YouTube for quality.

[Mike Cohen]

In my case, I am an editor not just of picture and sound, but of content. For example, when cutting surgery, it is my job to not just make edits to tell the story, but also to make cuts to make the surgeon look good. This means knowing enough about what you are looking at to know when to cut something out, such as a dropped suture.

For those just starting out, it helps to learn the relationship between shooting and editing. Working full time as editor, you probably won’t be shooting what you edit, but knowing how to edit should make a better shooter, and vice versa.

Knowing your tools certainly helps, but you need a craft that is separate from the tools. A woodworker should be able to build an end table without a nail gun. The nail gun does not make the table – the knowledge of making the table makes the table.

On the rare occasion I am editing with a client, I agree it is good to be able to demonstrate that you are in control of your faculties. The best feedback is:

Me “How’s this?”

Client “I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.”

Me – blush

Mike Cohen

[Mike Cohen]

A few years ago VH1 ran a show “behind the scenes of reality tv” which revealed that producers take things out of context to make reality shows more exciting. In other words, reality shows as straight documentaries would not be very entertaining.

The original question seemed to be talking about the high concept of successful shows, rather than pointing out a particular editing situation that made the show unique – aside from the editorial decisions of the producers that is.

Ace of Cakes is a good newer show. It focuses on the cake projects, with whatever drama goes along with a project, but it sticks to the cake. Sometimes I think producers encourage reality show subjects to get nasty with each other for the camera. That may be the case in some cases.

Years ago in an interview David Lynch predicted that in the future, television would be nothing but reality shows and game shows. His prediction is coming true.

Mike

[Mike Cohen]

I agree that having a great mentor makes a big difference. My mentor was during college, a time when I was supposed to be learning from professors and class work. But, no offense to my former university, there were not enough advanced learning opportunities at the time. Thus, my mentor was the tv studio technician. He took me under his wing, teaching me about the technical side of running a tv studio – something not taught to students. A few of his gems of wisdom included:

1. If you can run a switcher, you can learn just about anything.

2. Always look at the back of a piece of equipment before you start using it. (with apologies to the employees of Best Buy and Costco)

3. F#@k the Truck – in other words, know which end of a long cable goes to the camera.

4. You can move a light, you can’t move a wall socket. In other words, keep the slack with the fixture, not the wall.

5. Your future employers will be impressed that you can read a waveform and vectorscope. (This skill came in quite handy in the early days of timing online edit systems. While it has been some time since I had to set the subcarrier phase on a Betacam deck, I still keep those little tweakers handy)

Probably more where those came from.

In my own career I have tried to mentor those employees who were willing to learn. One guy continued calling me for advice long after he left the company – and invented a word for my tips and tricks – Cohengenuity!

(Blush)

So in summary, if you have an opportunity to mentor someone, go for it. Just hope you are getting someone who wants to be mentored.

Mike Cohen