Scott Witthaus
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Congrats Chris!
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I have looked at it, but never pushed it around. FCPX for me. Handles just about everything.
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“Potentially changing the price and payment model into a monthly, or yearly subscription could entice even more customers to use the software.”
Not sure about this statement.
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Thanks Oliver and Bob – these links will help out. Again, this is not the normal way I would teach. We have a bunch of Canon XC15’s, Sony FS100’s and Canon C100’s for students to learn on. They just can’t get to them easily or if at all right now. Enter the iPhone.
I agree with Oliver. I think the iPhone is a nice tool as a “pick-up” camera for extra shots, shots that were missed, etc. And quite honestly, done correctly, the shots can look very nice.
I cut a couple of spots and social videos for a client in Arkansas 11 months ago, all shot on iPhone 11’s. One was operated by a DP that has shot on pretty much everything over the past couple decades. He had Filmic Pro and a couple of lens adapters. Color correction was easy as it was monochrome. The end product was fine. Like you said, sometimes people are willing to excuse the look. And even mores for (vertical) social media material.
I feel the iPhone 14 will be a camera, texting, email device and the “phone” part will become an option! 😉
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Hey Oliver. This was an all HD show, so I stayed native throughout the process. It indeed was a bummer that the Ken Burns effects did not transfer via fcpxml. Its a great effect but it needs to work in the overall workflow.
As for keyword collections, I used them a lot, especially with the massive amount of still images. Again, so as to keep my events manageable, I put stills in general events (such as “Kepone” “De-segregation”, etc)., then would create collections inside of those. Extremely helpful. For the interviews, I created a TC burn for the director as he liked to take paper notes, and then I scrubbed the interviews as well and used filtered using Favorites.
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I went to Max a few years ago in San Diego. A great event.
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Thanks all!
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[Eric Santiago] “No word on how that’s going to work especially with the students that can’t afford a workstation.”
It’s challenging for sure. We (VCU) is planning a modified in-person start in three weeks. Seriously. We are all convinced that we will be back all online at some point this fall (over/under at 4.5 weeks, I am taking the under).
Back in March, I was amazed at how well the students adapted. Most had FCPX on their home computers and some used iMovie or premiere. Great visual stories don’t need a million dollar post-house. Good concept and creative problem-solving can go a long way. The difference was that I had them in person for 7 weeks and could teach them the basics. This fall, if my “under” bet holds, will be more of a challenge
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Oh how I remember political season in DC. When I was VP of Operations at a large media company in Arlington, politicals are what carried the company, off year and presidential. The consultants would book/buy 3 shifts months in advance. Staff would be on vacation blackout. Since we had both parties in, edit suite windows were blacked out and separate fax machines installed. You alienated your non-political clients because they could not get in and spend the next few months after the election trying to get them back. But the cash rolled in…and a bit of your soul died.