Another workflow question (different than the one below) ... long projects

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AppaLuci

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What kind of light can ya'll shed on how you manage workflow when editing a long project, say over an hour and a half?

I just finished a 1hour, 45minute video and did it in 3 "pieces". Edited it as 3 different projects individually in Premiere, and then put all three together on the final timeline (project 4), put in opening stuff, DVD menu info etc. and burned the final project from there. But I wonder if that's more of a headache to do it that way, versus just editing EVERYTHING on ONE TIMELINE all throughout? Then when you're done, you have ONE project to archive, ONE timeline to keep track of, ONE place to go if you do have to re-edit something (otherwise, you change it in, say project 2, and then have to re-export project 2 and re-import it and replace it in the final timeline, project 4...).

I thought I was doing it a smart efficient way, but now I wonder what the advantages were of cutting it up that way. What do you guys/gals do when editing a long project like this?
 
I commonly do projects over 2 hours. I use one Premiere Project for the entire video. I do use many timeline/sequences in said project. I edit each piece in its own timeline, sync the audio (i use different sound tracks). Then create another timeline/sequence and drop in the other sequences in that. Export at end. That way all my one project is all together.

With changes, if you don't change the time length of a sequence, then there is not "re-export" problems to different projects, just export last (master) sequence. If there was a time change for any, that's easy,... master sequence, then move everything. done.

This is also how you do multi camera (max 4 cameras) shots.... but that's another post.
 
One Project and multiple sequences (also is simplest way to manage the media).

Back up Master project frequently.
 
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