Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Overview and Project Background

I recently edited a feature-length film on an Avid Media Composer and wanted to share some protocols and lessons learned along the way. I have been editing on Avid for the past 13 years and have dabbled a bit in Final Cut Pro as well. The concepts and work flow I discuss in this blog are the same regardless of platform.

This project was unique in the fact that we shot 35mm, 4 perf (the most common format) as well as 65mm, 15 perf IMAX footage. This footage was mixed together in the timeline which presented a variety of bookkeeping hurdles. In this blog I lay out the key concepts of film work flow, scanning, EDLs, digital conforming, answer prints and so on.

If you find value in this information please pass it on to fellow editors or user groups. Thank you.

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