“There is No Rough Cut…”

by | May 29, 2007 | Documentary

“…always present your best cut.” That was probably one of the more useful pieces of advice I got from Editing Professor Bill after I screened the first cut of Cubicles yesterday to him and Editing Professor Sandro. I felt the screening went pretty...

The Hunt for B-Roll

by | May 27, 2007 | Documentary

This will be a fairly short post because I have a lot of work to do today. Right now I’m on a search for B-roll – any footage that will support or better illustrate the documentary. I mentioned the Prelinger Archives before, but now I’ve finally had...

Editing Thoughts – Day Two

by | May 25, 2007 | Documentary

Yesterday’s editing went quite well. I’ve got a 6:50 Thought Cut, so at least there’s something to show. But it’s far from over. I’m not too happy with the way that cut went, but going through the footage led me to another core idea that...

Thoughts After the First Day of Editing

by | May 24, 2007 | Documentary

I left The Film School around 2:30 after some late night editing. I’m extremely happy that I can finally say audios to Avid and work with the far superior Final Cut Pro (FCP). However, I’m still a loyal Adobe Premiere fan, and after some footage capture...

Editing With Paper

by | May 23, 2007 | Documentary

I have five hours of footage (300 minutes) spanning seven tapes that I must now whittle down into one amazing seven minute documentary. It’s definitely intimidating. I think it’s worse than trying to find a needle in a haystack because I don’t care...