On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Editing per-se is a skill that transcends any knowledge of the physical
> technology used. The only difference between film and video editing in
> the long run is the mechanics of it. Although such things as Avid do
> begin to blow that away.
never a truer word ... the corrolarry (sp?) of htis howevr is that no
matter how good a film editor you are, if you don;t know which button to
press on the Avid then you just cant do it ... similarly even if you have
read and understood every word of the Avid tutorial if you are still a
crap editor it will just help you be crap .. but quicker ;-)
we had both sorts ... and fortunately we also had some highly skilled ,
BAFTA winning editors who had taken to the new technology like ducks to
water ... sadly these days all we ever made was low budget shite ( real
rooms, Aisleys barbecue bible .. who'll do the pudding .. kitchen
invaders .. ) jeezus .. at least adverts are usually different and well
paid.
> On the other hand if I was still doing that stuff I would be happier with
> the handle of a Moviola or a Steenbeck than some knob ... the little cuts
> you get in the tip of your fingers from the film notwithstanding.
ahh Steenbeck did do an Avid controller .. a plug in box with a real
Steenbeck handle .. work of art it was .. on a shelf gathering dust
somewhere now...
but do you miss sorting through trim bins trying to find that shot
because the bit of camera tape on the end had fallen off??
--
Robin Szemeti
The box said "requires windows 95 or better"
So I installed Linux!
