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Re: OT: notes on a short movie - 11 years ago
Thanks guys for your input. Interesting. I also noticed that "timing" is everything as when showint the movie. What I mean by is that I sometimes made the mistake to kind of "forcing" someone to watch the movie. "Forcing" by asking a friend to watch at a time where he/she didn't expect to have to sit down and watch a movie - 7 min, but still.... I love to watchby xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: notes on a short movie - 11 years ago
Very good points Derek, thanks. Now that you mention about rough promos vs. rough movies I totally agree with you. I guess we have to go back to our instincts. Since we showed the first rough we lost our spontaneity and started to think in terms of "addressing notes". Instead we should have done what you suggested and simply "listen" to what people said and not take everythiby xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: notes on a short movie - 11 years ago
Great input, Derek. I should have specified that the writer/director is also ... the producer. And there is no budget for editing. I am TV promo editor and did a favor to a friend. Regarding showing the movie to family members I was talking about the rough cuts... I think you are talking about the finished product, or close to it. IMO non-professionals can't go pass the fact that the shots aby xavpil - Café LA
OT: notes on a short movie - 11 years ago
I posted a few questions a while back regarding prepping to edit a short movie and thanks to all the great answers I got, the whole process has been flawless! Now, I have another question: since the writer/director is a first timer, I don't have any one other than her to show the rough cuts.... No clients, no studios, nothing... How do you - indie filmakers out there - get feedbacks on your cutby xavpil - Café LA
Lo-No Budget short movie - 11 years ago
If you don't know how to do it yourself, where/what is the best way to get color correction done on a 6 min short movie? Thanksby xavpil - Color
Re: OT: Starting Editing a short - Advices? - 11 years ago
Thx a lot Derek and Strypes. Very precise and helpful answers. Starting the work today!by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Starting Editing a short - Advices? - 11 years ago
> Create new master clips after syncing. I > personally detach all video from audio, so in my > case it's also possible for me to just copy/paste > the video with the audio tracks from the sync > sequence into the editing sequence. Is this different from just creating new Master clips? I don't quite follow the description...by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Starting Editing a short - Advices? - 11 years ago
strypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like to do stringouts and sync in the > stringouts. After that, select all the clips, right > click "make independent clip" and drag into a new > bin called "synced rushes". one string out per clip or do you add several clips in a sequence. ALso I did a test and after right clickby xavpil - Café LA
OT: Starting Editing a short - Advices? - 11 years ago
I just copied the DSLR (7D) footage onto my external drive. I am ready to start editing. FYI 1920.1080 - 24fps - DSLR 7D Only 3 scenes to cut 5min running time Audio recorded separately Movie will be sent to festivals but shouldn't be shown on a theater screen... but we never know. I'd love your input since it is my first short movie editing. Couple questions that come through my mindby xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
Great explanation! But now I worry not being able to import the media if you're also sure I shld be able to see it now....by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
Andreas Kiel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You always should copy the complete card not just > the folders inside into another folder. > Andreas When the card reader mounted I saw 2 folders only, which I copied.by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
Shane mentions on a tutorial that w/o the plug in FCP wn't recognize the media.... I guess I'll have to wait until I get home....by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
and - don't take this the wrong way - are you 100% that withjout the canon plug in I still shld be able to import the files into FCP? Isn't it the purpose of the plug in to make these files readable by FCP? (I am at on my work computer so I can't install the plug in)by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
I actually did the back up myself and made sure to copy the two folders DCIM and MISC that showed up on the card. So now I am trying to use my main backup which was done on an external drive but the Drive won't show when I select Add Volume in the Log Transfer window... ANy idea?...by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
I guess now I need the canon7d plug in to import the media into FCP. Right now when I Log and Transfer I have a message saying it can't find the proper folders...by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
thx for the tip Derek..... What are your thoughts on grabbibg the media of the CF cards. I've read that sometimes during the basic drag and drop (af ALL the folders of course) onto the BU drive some folders aren't copied properly and you lose the footage? Hence using a plug-in. Shane recommands Shotput Pro but it is $99. Any free alternative or would you trust the drag&drop?by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
canon 7d so i can do Disk image, sure... And then I have downloaded the EOS plug in from canon's website to bring the footage into FCP....by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
Thx again all for these precious advices!!! Now the shoot is over. Getting the footage on CF cards. Any advice on having a smooth and reliable transfer from the cards to the Master/backUp drive? I know some softwares/plugins are outhere but I don't have the budget for them...by xavpil - Café LA
Re: OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
Thanks all for these priceless advices. So many that I have to read and re-read them to make sure I don't miss a thing.by xavpil - Café LA
OT: Advice on prep before cutting short film - 11 years ago
I am promo editor and I am about to start my first "film" editing so I feel like a beginner all over again. The film hasn't been shot yet and I requested to be able to talk to the DP and the sound guy. But what should I ask them?!?! Or how should I phrase my requests? Basically I don't want post to be a struggle as far as file management, frame rates, TimeCodes, etc.... Thxby xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
derekmok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's better than spending a day doing what they > asked, and then finding out 10 minutes before > deadline that you can't export because the clips > are slipping. Then you've just wasted their time > because you subjugated your professional opinion > to their wrong one. > > There's a balanby xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
Ethan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Generally I find that using Command+Shift > insert/overwrite works a whole lot better for > copying sequences. And can sometimes get rid of > the drift of copying to a different frame rate. I'll try for sure! > IMHO if you have to cut in H264 then you should be > using software that does it well, iby xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
derekmok Wrote: > They're insane. Fifty one-hour clips with less > than 24 hours for a turnaround means you won't > even get a chance to watch the damn things. > Turnarounds are crazy in TV. This is why speed, experience and FLEXIBILITY are the main set of skills you need to "stay" alive in this business. > And by accepting the deadline, you just told them &gby xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
actually we offline with H264 and then online to pro res 422 LT w/o a pb... when there's no frame rate issue. And as stated in my original post, the issue came from probably a gfx of I don't know what element that set the TL to the wrong frame rate.by xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
strypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They're offline/onlining. So they'll re-link. correct > However, "no time" is not an excuse for bad > ingest. Not in the post world. You're the pro, and > if they give you h.264s, you'll have to convert > them. Not sure where you work but let me explain how TV works in Los Angeles: a pby xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
strypes Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd copy and paste it into a new timeline if I > were you. I tried and everything was all over the place!!!by xavpil - Café LA
Re: 23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
derekmok Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If this was FCP7, you shouldn't have edited with > H.264 files in the first place. > I didn't have a choice. I had to cut a spot with 40 shows. No time to convert them to the desired codec.by xavpil - Café LA
23.97 sequence to 29.97 - 12 years ago
I was editing a project with lorez files (H264) to later online with HD files. For some reasons - main one is crazy deadline - I must have dragged in the TL a file that was 23.97 without noticing it and I ended up editing with the wrong frame rate. So when came time to online the nightmare started. Reconnecting the 23.97 TL to the 29.97 produced crazy results of course. So I ended up rebuildinby xavpil - Café LA
Re: Freelance - Client Producers / editors.... WRONG For Creativity (rant) - 12 years ago
Hey J. Corbett, I hear your message and somewhat agrees with it. Everything follows a formula. And this applies in almost every field: food industry, retail industry... In fact America invented the notion of "if I know, I am safe, and I'll buy".... So long are gone the mom and pop's dinners and restaurant: Denny's, Sizzlers.... all the same menu across the country. And of course this aby xavpil - Café LA
