Tony West
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[John Davidson] “Because it was annoying.”
Come on John, what about how long it takes to transfer in real time? You don’t miss that?
Or interrupting in the middle of the interview to change TAPE?
[John Davidson] “death to tape!”
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The really sad part is that there is all this footage that is just gong to go to waste because most stations will never spend the money to pay somebody to digitize all their footage.
It will end up in a trash bin at some point. $
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Thanks Noah, still doesn’t quite look right. I must be missing something
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[John Rofrano] ” I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I have an original Merlin Steadicam in the basement that he could have borrowed. (…well, he never asked) :-D”
hahaha great story John : )
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[Andrew Kimery] “The term ‘mixed media’ has been around for a long time”
Some good points but yes I disagree : ) People who have never heard of the “media composer” or Legend
use the word media as another word for “the press” and they would be right because part of
the dictionary definition is “b plural : members of the mass media”What you describe is there also, but you are outnumbered by folks that use the other definition.
My point was that “those” folks could be confused by the word being used as you described. People new to our field. They would get it as soon as it was explained to them, just as we did with event : )
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[Bill Davis] “And folks with more passion then budget “
That’s a cool video, but I don’t know about no budget. That Defy cost like 2 grand. Not really cheap.
Even if you spent money on that you still need a good tripod for interviews (more money)
you still need lights (more money) you need sound (more money)Unless all you are ever going to do is chase some guy around like that : )
What I see young people I work with doing is trying to build their own stabilizers (that don’t work very well) because they can’t afford a system like that.
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There have been some great points made here on this topic, but I would just say that production even in it’s simplest form can still be costly and out of the reach of most people.
It all comes down to how demanding your client is. If they are used to someone providing them with all the latest toys to get what they want and someone comes in without those tools it’s not going to go well for them.
As we have talked about before, I find myself showing up to many jobs with 2 cameras. One for larger sensor shots and one that I can zoom for run and gun shots. So while cameras are cheaper these days, you end up needing two of them : )
Even if the client wants you to do a simple pan, you need a tripod with a decent fluid head. That cost money. Gone are the days where you could just lock the camera off on a shot.
The look these days is all movement.
A slider by itself cost, but if you want to tilt the camera up then guess what, you need to buy another fluid head to go on that. You have to buy a costume built tripod to get it up off the ground if you are going to shoot stuff at various heights. That cost extra money.
The reality is, just doing a simple slider shot of a guy sharpening skates cost more than many can spend.
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[Craig Alan] ” an EVENT a media folder (my choice)”
Some folks might get hung up on your choice also Craig, since the word “media”s definition has to do with mass communication, television, radio and newspapers.
We started using it a different way in our biz after digital card recording.
[Craig Alan] “I also don’t think that FCP X is as different as most people seem to view it. I think 99% of its form, function, and concepts are like any other NLE.”
This seems like arguing both sides. If it’s only 1% then that’s tiny and folks are overreacting.
If it is a very disruptive act Apple made then it would seem like it is more then 1%I like that they tried to get outside the box. They do plenty of things that I don’t like also so I feel your pain.
I want to be able to block a number on my iPhone with a click. All that technology and I can’t do that one thing ; )
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[Oliver Peters] ” many think that Apple should have chosen a more generic term consistent with the editing industry. For example, I create an Event file to put only sequences (Projects) into. In that case, the term Event, doesn’t seem to apply.”
I hear you, and I have done the same thing.
In my doc I made events of each person I interviewed. Is a person an “event”? No.
While one could make the argument that they are describing “events” that happened in their lives.
I don’t think it’s that confusing to people using or learning the program. If it were, then I would say they messed up because it is hindering editors.
Once you know what it is, you know what it is. You aren’t still wondering what it is.
I just think it’s kind of nitpicky
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[Oliver Peters] ” Once Apple integrated that into a common Library and used Event files like Avid uses Bin files (or how Avid and other NLEs use Bins within the interface), then the rationale behind why it is called an “event” no longer made sense.”
I partly agree with this Oliver because in a way it can seem redundant.
I think it depends on how you structure it.
If the Library is Blues 15-16 season
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one “event” is Blackhawks and the next one is Stars (being goals and hits and saves from those games) and so on with all the games, that makes perfect sense to me.[Oliver Peters] “If you think about how consumers use iMovie and a person’s home movie organization, it is structured around “events” – birthdays, vacation trips, graduations, holidays, etc. In that, the term “event” is perfect.”
This is why we are on different sides of it. As a person who covers sports and large scale live “event” we were using that term “before” iMovie” came along.
When “I” hear “The Main Event” I think of Floyd Mayweather’s fight or the top card. I don’t think about a kids birthday parties or trips.
We used that term before they did.
see below. Now I’m not saying Apple was thinking about Blues hockey when they changed that name, but I am saying that’s why it makes sense for me and I’m OK with it. And also I’m not going to see that word when I change it anyway to describe what it is.
You seem to be saying that “event” makes sense only to a person making a video about their trip, and not a person covering the NHL or concerts. I’m saying that’s wrong.
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[Herb Sevush] ” it’s annoying for no purpose.”
I believe that their purpose was to change it to something that they thought was more descriptive to the younger generation. You feel that they missed in that attempt and I understand that, but that is not the same thing as them not having a purpose.
They had a purpose.
