Major Project...part 2

So the saga continues...

I left off on the Casino shoot, but i'll move on from that.

Editing is something I really enjoy, but before we could start chopping we had to get on with filing. Well, Mark did the filing, i'm personally a bit of a messy worker, but i'm learning. Once we named and filed all the footage Mark started the editing process. Editing is a area i'm really keen on, but I decided to stand back and let Mark use me when he needed. What I mean is, if Mark is stuck on a edit he can ask me for advice and I might be able to suggest something, a bit like a editors assistant. Or maybe thats what a director would do, i'm not too sure. In future productions I'd like to edit the film, not because I think I can do better, I enjoy doing it.

Throughout this production I have been looking at what I may want to do as a career. I enjoy all the areas which makes it hard to decide. For a longtime i've always fancied myself as a director, but I don't think I did that much of a great job on this production. People wasn't sure what they were doing, pressure got to other crew members because the shoot was under planned.

Don't get me wrong I am unbelievably pleased with what we have achieved, the script, the locations, the cast, the extras, the equipment, the lot. But, i'm not pleased with my contribution on set. I feel I am more of a film maker than a director. I don't want to just direct, I want to make the whole thing... that isn't good, because there is too much work for one man, as i've learnt.

Anyway, on with the edit,
What we thought was a good work flow has now shot us down. The file sizes, due to the export setting are too big. Which means final cut keeps crashing and this is not good for colour correcting/editing. We may need to go back to a earlier version and leave the cropping and animating till last. Luckily we scheduled well enough that we have time to do some back tracking. We wanted everything done by Mon/ Tue so that we could start collecting the work together to hand in... never mind...

This set back does mean we'll have to jeopardise something for the hand in date. I imagine this will be the sound. The dialogue needs a lot of treatment, It may even need re-doing. This can be done by getting the actors to dub their voices. It sound silly, but most film do it.

The sound recording is a area I cannot get my head round, I have recently bought a book that covers all areas of sound design from set, to foley, to ambiance, everything. Hopefully this will help me understand the best ways of recording on set sound. The special feature on the blu ray of Australia have a really good, but short insightful documentary on sound, which taught me a lot.

There is still more to come.
TO BE CONTINUED...