[Bob Zelin] “So my whining here is to say that we are a target of this concept, and professionals like Bill Davis are promoting their careers on “Elementary Schools” learning FCP-X so even the 10 year old can produce a lovely video that would be GOOD ENOUGH for most applications, except for possibly major feature films and network television shows. This is a very threatening concept. “
Here is some cheese with that whine: I think I heard the same thing when EMC and Avid came out, but that time it was from linear editors sitting in $750k suites. Then I heard it again when FCP Legacy got traction from Avid editors sitting in their $75k suites, and now we hear it again. The trick is just be better at it. There are more folks out there now who won’t accept “good enough” for their work than back the 90’s. Find them and be so damn good you get the work at rate. Just be better. Cost of the gear makes no difference nor does the age of the editor. If one of Bill’s students is a better cutter than I am, she/he should get the good work over me. Pretty simple.
Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter