Editing a feature

I really don't know what you mean by this. You have a view onto all your source footage, you cut what you need into sequence/timelines as needed with as many versions as you need, build up from scene, cenes. reels, acts, etc. These are just pointers onto the existing footage - what isn't used doesn't really matter.

Michael
 
Hi guys thanks for all the info, very interesting. Last question, when breaking it into "chunks" do you do it all in the same project i.e use different sequences for different chunks, or do you use a separate project for each chunk? And if so do you just copy and past all together or export each chunk as a movie and connect together like that? Thanks again
 
Different project for each scene. Export each scene in intermediate codec in however many versions you want to try. Then play around with the intermediate files until you have chucks which please you. Once the entire project is approved chunk by chunk, you create a giant project with each chunk imported. Then export to intermediate codec and watch the movie. Make fixes until you're satisfied. Once you approve the final project consider the picture is locked. Now you can start the sound editing in Premiere. When done, export audio in OMF and go to post production facility for mixing if you want to farm out the mix. If you want to farm out the colour correction, make a second project file, put all the video tracks onto one track, remove the audio files. Bring that project with all the reference video files to the colour corrector. The colour corrector should always work from the originals. The mixer will give you 6 WAW FILES (the movie in 5.1) and the colour corrector will give you a PRORES 444 MOV file. Line all these files up on a new Premiere project and consider that your finished movie. Encode the 5.1 in DOLBY PROCODE (which you have to purchase) when going to DVD in 5.1. For a theatrical DCP, the same files should be given to the DCP encoder. Please note that you have to decide what aspect ratio you want prior to doing the colour correction as the colour corrector will give you the final film. For the DCP there are only THREE aspect ratios to chose from: 1:1.85 (Standard) - 1:2.0 (Red)- and 1:2.39 (scope). All other aspect ratios are considered "BASTARD" ratios where black lines will appear. If you want to show the movie in 16/9 in a movie theater, they will encode it in 1:1:85 and you will see two bars on the left and right side of the screen. WORD FOR THE MOTHER :).
 
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No sir. I'm not paid at all at this point. I use a workflow to maximize my efficiency. I think it would be a nightmare to work on projects the way you've described, but I can see that it could be an effective way for some people.
 
Amadou, I'm glad it works for you. If you hadn't used the smiley face I would have told you that to assume my work is of low quality because I don't follow your workflow is pretty arrogant.
 
You're right in that, but being efficient can make you more effective, just like being inefficient can make you less effective. However, being efficient will never make you less effective.

The point is, being efficient in any activity is only an improvement, never a problem. Whereas lack of efficiency is very often a problem.
 
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