When editing, this is where every producer and filmmaker gets the big eye opener. Technical issues happen, and that has more to do with our set of skills rather than the camera equipment. Why does the capturing freeze, why is the sound level low and what on earth is with the exposure and camera lens? The character talked at its best but there is something there on the screen that is not meant to be there.
This semester I have learned how to tackle software issues. Not having the guide near me has contributed to me finding creative solutions for time code, reel and logging issues. The guide is good to have as a back up but I think a 1-5 step of opening and preparing the capturing with knowing how to do it in two ways helps and also saves time. It might look a bit clumsy when two scenes have been captured in as one, but it helps out the quality of the segment, as it is not being cut up and disturbed. When giving the time code enough seconds to run, this prevents it from causing serious breaks in the shoots and repetitions, as it is not being found. When rough cutting Yinnai, this appeared in a few shots so on Friday’s filming we did not forget it, making it easier to capture the reel than it was with good old tape 3. The rest of the tapes went fine until the last one.
25 degrees all over Melbourne on this beautiful Saturday morning as I strolled to RMIT to rough cut my sequence. The deck was not happy to se me and shut off, and I looked at the massive Mac screen perfectly made by Mr. Jobs himself and the error message. Then back to the deck…Well, it looked quite dead and it had eaten my project’s last tape. What was wrong with the deck? Professor Richard for the first time sounded a bit quieter on the other end of the phone than before. It wasn’t my technical skills and neither the Professor’s knowledge. This was a serious technical deck issue for HVD production. Solution made – a new challenge for the tech guys and mystery to be solved Monday morning.
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