Yesterday, I threw clips down onto the timeline just so all my eggs were in one basket. It’s called an assemble edit.
Today, I’ve been trying to make a story out of them. The more time I spend with the footage, the better an idea I have of what I’m doing. It’s tedious work. But it has its moments – I give you a txt-exchange between my post-production whip supervisor and I from this morning:
ME (0828): JESUS ON A STICK I HATE EDITING
HIM (0830): So you finished the assemble edit i presume :)
ME (0831): IM NOT TALKING TO YOU
HIM (0833): No you are not. You are just texting
ME (0833): Assemble was 30+ minutes. Am cutting now. Am kinda sorta maybe getting a feel for things. Slowly. But. Surely.
HIM (0836): You wanted to do the rough cut, so dont you point finger at me amigo. :) Make sure you [EDITING TECHNO-BABBLE.]
ME (0840): Stop interrupting. Genius at work. (Thanks for tip about [TREK-LIKE EDITING TECHNO-BABBLE THAT I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD]. A typically excellent idea from yourself.
HIM (0842): Oh yeah i am at work – you didnt have to state the obvious. Now back to the keyboard for you ;).
Just typical of him to get the last word in.
But who’s blogging right now, huh?
