I'm finally done with my two back-to-back film sets as Key Grip and Best Boy Electric. We wrapped at 12:45 am last night, pushing just about every Film School rule with overtime and wrap times to the limit. I learned a few things during the past two sets. One, though...
Editing
Friday Night Dailies
Just got back from watching the dailies from the first show I worked on. Everyone that works on the show is required to attend, no matter what their position, mainly so we can associate what happened on set and how everything was set up with what the final picture...
The Perfect Storm
The storm has calmed. Last week really was the perfect storm, as my friend Justin and I described it ((I wanted to post the clip from The Office when Pam needs Michael to sign three forms that fall on the same day every few months, thus creating her perfect storm....
Putting Lipstick on a Pig (Color Timing)
Remember UnderCover, that pig movie I was producing? The one where I said I would give you a play-by-play into the process of making but kind of slacked off a bit. Yeah, that one. Well, it's officially done. And it's really funny. This post is a little long and...
Bots High – Feature Documentary Post-Production Workflow
Editing for Bots High, my first feature length documentary, is done! Picture is locked, music is getting wrapped up and sound design has started. I'm working on a variety of posts to cover what I learned, both on higher, editing theory level, and detailed, technical...
Dropbox and Post-Production Hacks
Have a few hacks we discovered while editing Bots High. Our main challenge was how we (Andrew the editor and I) could streamline two computers working off the same Final Cut files (not simultaneously) to access the same footage. Some reasons for this - Andrew could...
In Russia, Subtitles Fork You!
With a tight budget I'm always a big fan of turning to Elance to outsource some work. I've had interviews transcribed with timecode reference, After Effects animation, and poster design done. Now I needed some subtitles for Bots High. I knew this would need a higher...
Get the Real Bitrate for Your Video Files
I'll go more in-depth soon with how I've been loving the GH2, but wanted to post a quick free app I found that's been very helpful in analyzing video files. First off, I hacked the GH2 to get a bitrate of 44 mbps. Great stuff, but it leaves me with AVCHD files that...
Final Cut Pro X – I Had it All Wrong. Metadata is the light.
Not too long ago, I swore off FCPX as a project sabotaging POS and was trying to figure out where to go next. Today, FCPX is all I'm using and I don't see myself jumping ship. How'd I learn to stop worrying and love the bomb? One word. Metadata. With completely...