Three new steps before transfer

As much as I dislike pigeons and do believe they're rats with wings, I'm grateful for how camera friendly they are (IE - The Godfather Pigeons in my film "City Life"). They were great practice today with the Tokina 11mm and excited about the footage I got for my new short. On top of that I put that sucker really low and shot most of it in 60p. Below is a screen grab from FCP (no altering)



Problem is that I also shot a bunch of 24p. So when I batch render to 422 via MPEG STREAM, I'll mess up the transfers on half them. Today I'm starting to go through every clip on my CF card and do three things BEFORE transferring to my computer: Label, ID & Delete

The latter will save me HD space with junk thats out of foucs (yes, it happens to me too). Figured I deleted about 20% on this card. While watching and labeling I'll note if it's 60p & tag that on the end, if not just a clip description. Run MPEG with the right settings for each group and you're in business!

Not only that but once you get the files into FCP ( or any other NLE ) they're nicely organized and logged.

Why I'm here

Better late then never is my motto and I won't let any new technology pass me by; like a blog.

Whilst I make a rough render of my San Francisco montage (why Imac, must you go so slow - did you catch me eyeballing that new 27" model? Just window shopping!) I'm here fulfilling a resolution. Woo Hoo.

The purpose of said blog is to chronicle my adventures and tribulations in the film making world! Freshly reinvigorated with my latest toy, the Canon 7D, I plan on making short films and you will be the first to know about them, and all the behind the scene stories about how I use the latest in technology to make it magical.

Stay tuned as I promise our journey will be fun and informative