>(if yer particularly punishing, make 'em learn with a Super8 camera and
>a splicer -- cemented fingers is good for the soul, or so I've been told)
Been there.... But I agree on the tape to tape editng (even though I
currently offer NL systems, tape is a primary part of the system).
When you edit tape to tape, and cut for two hours, and then find apickup
shot that needed to go in about 15 minutes ago, you realize how important the
entire thought process is.
Sure, NL editing can let you play with scenes and move things around, but
if you come in prepared, maybe with a paper edit or storyboards with some time
code numbers for where those shots are (the good takes), then you can focus
your energy or fine tuning what already exists in youe head, as opposed to
learning all the cool gismos (which is what I think a lot of NL editing still
is.)
A nice 20 layer TV intro is a wonderful use of NL editing, but last night
I watched The Fifth Element on HBO (again) and I really marvelled at the
intercutting of more than four concurrent stories at the same time in the
"Takeoff sequence" as I call it. No fancy effects, just cuts, but the timing
of the cuts...
That's why I said that one shouldn't necessarily focus on the Avid...
learn Avid Cinema, Premiere, Radius Edit, there's even a some shareware video
edit tools. But the emphasis shouldn't be on learning how to use _this_ knife,
but in how to cut.
Anthony
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