I got the privilege to edit a new music video for a local Los Angeles band called, XyzyX for one of their newer songs called "2012".
Check it out here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9EBR_6ptSw
Friday, November 30, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
PluralEyes
I know I continually say I am going to post here more often and then I drop off the grid for months at a time... but at least it is because I am busy in the editing room and not because I'm too lazy... right?
Well, I am going to TRY to get on here a little more and get the ball rolling on my inner post production dialogue again!
This post goes out to all you assistant editors out there (and editors if you find yourself working without your ever trusty assistant). There exists this program... it's a simple tool but incredibly powerful.
I work on some shows like, Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin and Sea Rescue, shows that have multiple cameras shooting at once and sound recorded separately. Obviously this means there will have to be some time spent syncing all the sound and cameras angles so that once it hits the cutting room floor all the media is there for the editors to dive right into without having to sort through the same take over and over to find the best moments.
If you've done this before, you know how time consuming it can be. YES, the slate, take calls, and clap board will help you get this done in an efficient manner, but what if you have a show, such as Ocean Mysteries, where everything is shot on the fly... no slate, no call, no clap board... something happens and the cameras just start rolling. There are usually 2 cameras (though sometimes we have an occasional 3rd camera or GoPro) and if the sound can't be run through the camera directly, it is recorded separately. Now put yourself in the mind set of trying to sync all that media when it comes in... you have to watch through every clip and watch body movement and listen to anything audio that you can match to another clip. Then you have to sync it manually with no exact point to sync up to (i.e. the clap board) It's a HUGE set back and waste of time when you spend hours trying to sync half a days worth of media... it slows down the post schedule, it slows down the editors, and eventually begins to effect all the other aspects that threaten to hurt your deadline for delivery!
It was after doing this for an entire season that I realized there HAD to be an easier way... then one day I came into work to discover one of the other assistant editors on another show had a similar thought to mine and researched to find a way to overcome this obstacle. This is when we discovered this gem: PluralEyes.
It's a program that works through your editing system, almost like a plugin. You create a sequence, bring in all the media you want to sync, separating the different angles and audio onto different tracks, adjust your settings in Plural Eyes to match your needs, and hit "SYNC"...that's it. It does the rest... it will analyze all the audio in your timeline and automatically move everything into position.
This has saved me HOURS upon HOURS of work... it will work pretty fast too. The more media you have to sync, the longer it takes obviously, but you can still work in your program as it syncs... which allows you to get other work down simultaneously!
My only warnings for this are as followed:
1. It DOES NOT always work... be prepared to get frustrated at times when the program tends to certain things confused. This doesn't happen often, but it DOES happen... so don't let it turn you off to the program... in those times it doesn't work, just go back to your roots and do it by hand... but 90% of the time it will work like a beauty!
2. If the camera has no audio at all, it won't work... again, this program analyzes the audio not the video... we're not working with A.I. technology.
3. If your camera has audio but you can't hear anything anyone is saying, it's probably not going to sync up... but you are welcome to give it a shot.
4. Almost every time there are a few rogue clips that it can't sync... it will put these at the end of the timeline. It's not big deal, since it usually sync about 95% of the footage in the timeline, the other 5% you can do by hand.. it still has saved you a lot of time.
I'm sure there are plenty of other programs that can do this too, but this is the one I have found and use all the time. It's a life saver and allows me to get much more done in a given period of time than I would've been able to get done before.
Check it out for yourself... they have a free trial, which I suggest you use and mess around with. It's the full program for the trial.. which I believe is 30 days. After that you will find the program is absolutely worth the cost!
http://www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyes.html
That's it for now. Hope to write more soon.
Well, I am going to TRY to get on here a little more and get the ball rolling on my inner post production dialogue again!
This post goes out to all you assistant editors out there (and editors if you find yourself working without your ever trusty assistant). There exists this program... it's a simple tool but incredibly powerful.
I work on some shows like, Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin and Sea Rescue, shows that have multiple cameras shooting at once and sound recorded separately. Obviously this means there will have to be some time spent syncing all the sound and cameras angles so that once it hits the cutting room floor all the media is there for the editors to dive right into without having to sort through the same take over and over to find the best moments.
If you've done this before, you know how time consuming it can be. YES, the slate, take calls, and clap board will help you get this done in an efficient manner, but what if you have a show, such as Ocean Mysteries, where everything is shot on the fly... no slate, no call, no clap board... something happens and the cameras just start rolling. There are usually 2 cameras (though sometimes we have an occasional 3rd camera or GoPro) and if the sound can't be run through the camera directly, it is recorded separately. Now put yourself in the mind set of trying to sync all that media when it comes in... you have to watch through every clip and watch body movement and listen to anything audio that you can match to another clip. Then you have to sync it manually with no exact point to sync up to (i.e. the clap board) It's a HUGE set back and waste of time when you spend hours trying to sync half a days worth of media... it slows down the post schedule, it slows down the editors, and eventually begins to effect all the other aspects that threaten to hurt your deadline for delivery!
It was after doing this for an entire season that I realized there HAD to be an easier way... then one day I came into work to discover one of the other assistant editors on another show had a similar thought to mine and researched to find a way to overcome this obstacle. This is when we discovered this gem: PluralEyes.
It's a program that works through your editing system, almost like a plugin. You create a sequence, bring in all the media you want to sync, separating the different angles and audio onto different tracks, adjust your settings in Plural Eyes to match your needs, and hit "SYNC"...that's it. It does the rest... it will analyze all the audio in your timeline and automatically move everything into position.
This has saved me HOURS upon HOURS of work... it will work pretty fast too. The more media you have to sync, the longer it takes obviously, but you can still work in your program as it syncs... which allows you to get other work down simultaneously!
My only warnings for this are as followed:
1. It DOES NOT always work... be prepared to get frustrated at times when the program tends to certain things confused. This doesn't happen often, but it DOES happen... so don't let it turn you off to the program... in those times it doesn't work, just go back to your roots and do it by hand... but 90% of the time it will work like a beauty!
2. If the camera has no audio at all, it won't work... again, this program analyzes the audio not the video... we're not working with A.I. technology.
3. If your camera has audio but you can't hear anything anyone is saying, it's probably not going to sync up... but you are welcome to give it a shot.
4. Almost every time there are a few rogue clips that it can't sync... it will put these at the end of the timeline. It's not big deal, since it usually sync about 95% of the footage in the timeline, the other 5% you can do by hand.. it still has saved you a lot of time.
I'm sure there are plenty of other programs that can do this too, but this is the one I have found and use all the time. It's a life saver and allows me to get much more done in a given period of time than I would've been able to get done before.
Check it out for yourself... they have a free trial, which I suggest you use and mess around with. It's the full program for the trial.. which I believe is 30 days. After that you will find the program is absolutely worth the cost!
http://www.singularsoftware.com/pluraleyes.html
That's it for now. Hope to write more soon.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
ACE Eddie Awards Nominees!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/cinema-editors-nominations-hugo-282290
I'll start you off with the link for the nominees, that way you can dive right into it!
With award season underway, I'm still scrambling to watch all the films being nominated! I find it much more difficult to get out to the theaters these days then I ever would of thought possible!
So there's my only real point behind this incredibly short post... go see movies as often as you can. Not only will it help you stay up to date on the most current films the industry is all hyped about, but it's great to watch with a filmmaker's eye to learn how they shot it, edited it, directed it, etc. etc.... It's interesting to see how different movies look today as compared to 10 years ago.
That's it. Like I said, short... but check out the list!
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