Post-Production

Whether you’re an editor, sound editor, Foley artist, compositor, VFX specialist or work in any profession related to the post-production process, this is the place to discuss, share content and offer tips and advice on your chosen craft of the business in general

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For many years I worked as a wedding videographer and in my upcoming book titled “Edit Without Tears with Final Cut Pro” set to be published towards the end of 2023, I unpack the set up and editing of this day spent with Elizabeth and Mark

Having viewed my show reel from previous weddings Elizabeth a...

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Having viewed my show reel from previous weddings Elizabeth and Mark were confident in giving me creative license on their big day. All my wedding videos had been produced with multiple cameras using the multi-camera (multicam) feature in Final Cut Pro which can edit up to 128 camera angles. A multi-camera shoot uses a number of cameras to record the same subject or event from different angles and distances with the same audio source.

For Elizabeth and Mark’s ceremony shoot, I set up 4 cameras and 4 audio recorders – in total there were 8 sources of media set up across the church – the pulpit, the center aisle, the couple and the fixed wide camera set up in the choir. Finally there were two gimbal cameras capturing the guests reactions. Microphones were placed in the pulpit and main body of the church. The minister and groom both had lapel microphones attached.

The set-up procedure in Final Cut Pro is critical - every camera and audio source needs to be labelled. The main church audio, which runs for the whole ceremony, becomes the foundation for the camera and other audio tracks to synchronize with. The software matches everything together into one track so the editor can then cut between the angles. In my book “Edit Without Tears with Final Cut Pro” this editing procedure is explained step by step and in depth so you can learn how to produce a professionally produced multicam video.

It was a great wedding day, with one little hiccup when the wedding limo planned for the day was unfortunately unavailable. But incredibly while at the photo shoot a guy turned up with a white Ferrari and very kindly offered it to the couple for their photos!

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Kenneth Lui

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8 months ago

Whenever people complain about "bad CGI" they're usually talking about bad 3d modeling/animation. Reminds me of when people ask me why the VFX in older movies looks better than today's. It's because a...

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Emily J

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- Sam Sokolow
8 months ago

Great share! Thanks @Ashley! It's so true for all of film/TV, people find that ONE THING to rip a project, but it takes HUNDREDS of people to make a film happen, especially when it comes to projects that feature so much VFX!

Sam Sokolow

Great point, Kenneth Lui - the workflow has a lot to do with the results. But VFX are so prevalent now that it's easy to judge instead of being awed, which I usually am :)

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- Ashley Renee Smith
7 months ago

Here's an article I just watched last night and it's dead ass accurate. Reminds me of a time when I was at this one studio and right in the middle of the show, they let us know were on for "12/6's" (1...

Ashley Renee Smith

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- Maurice Vaughan
7 months ago

Awesome share, Kenneth Lui! I was just rewatching Attack of the Clones the other day and talking about the effects. This was so interesting!

Harri-Pekka Virkki

This was amazing! I have to get my copy of Stephanie’s book

”Selfish: Step Into a Journey of Self-Discovery to Revive Confidence, Joy, and Meaning”.

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7 months ago

Me too, Harri-Pekka Virkki!

Such an important thing to recognize and discuss. Thanks for sharing, Ashley Renee Smith!

Brad Carpenter

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8 months ago

Mauro, It's a tough transition to make, for sure. When I staff up my departments, I'm always looking for editors with the strongest TV resume. If my "go-to" regulars are all working, I'll move into le...

Pamela Jaye Smith

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- Mauro Morando
8 months ago

Agree with Brad. Plus, it's important to keep the elements of collaboration and fun in what you do. As a director-producer, I so enjoy working with with competent, talented editors who make the time go by with a fun attitude.

Mauro Morando

8 months ago

Thank you so much Brad and Pamela. So helpful to have your feedback. Cheers :)

Gloire Martins

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- Maurice Vaughan
8 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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- Maurice Vaughan
8 months ago

This is really interesting and useful. Cool grading has always been a challenge for me and I am working on getting better at it. Thanks for sharing, Naveen Chandran!

Thank you for sharing, Maurice Vaughan!

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Ashley Renee Smith. Al always shares incredible advice and insight.

Laurie Ashbourne

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8 months ago

Marcel Nault Jr. why are you concerned about it for animation? Or do you just mean that's what interests you about it?

Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg

Yes, Unreal Engine is great. It can bring down the cost of CGI from ~$2k/finished second to ~$1500/finished second on some projects. Even lower, if you don't want anything original.

Marcel Nault Jr.

Laurie Ashbourne A bit of both. I'm concerned because of the budget involved, its limitations and its practicality, like I said. It's still an amazing engine though.

Mike Boas

Many of our 3D students use Unreal just as a renderer, after creating their films elsewhere. Any new advances should be good news for them.

Marcel Nault Jr. It has yet to be fully explored as a feature animation tool, but there are many using it. This new release will increase that. The reason is because it changes the traditional animati...

What a great story and topic in general - so much emotion and practical information. I cherish my wedding video and know how hard it was to actually pull together by the amazing team that did it. Exci...

Stephen Folker

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9 months ago

Three tips I've learned over the years.

1) Use Timecode. You don't need a slate. Timecode will auto sync everything in one click / less than 2 seconds. After each shooting day, I organize by scene numb...

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- Maurice Vaughan
9 months ago

This is awesome, thanks for sharing Ashley Renee Smith !

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9 months ago

I agree with Stephen Folkerthat slating is overrated. It takes too much time, and if I can skip it, I will. Premiere does a pretty good job of syncing your good audio to scratch audio. (Can Resolve do...

Hey Mike Boas - I use a wireless timecode generator. Tentacle Sync or Deity TC both make great units! Just plug into your audio recorder and each camera you want to keep in sync / sync once at beginni...

I love this and will recommend it to every new filmmaker I know. These are actionable tips that can save a project when it gets into the remarkable but often complicated and time consuming world of po...

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