Masters in Motion 2011 - Same Day Edits
Day Three - About the Film
The last day of #MastersInMotion was a blast! It started with Philip giving a presentation on colour and production workflow. As expected, you rocked it out! The last presentation of the conference was by Adam Forgione, whose advanced audio rundown blew both minds and ears. For me, it was by far the best presentation out of all of them -- if it's even possible to separate any of them from the lot! Following this, everyone got some hands on experience at the local skatepark as everyone broke into groups to shoot with the Epic, Phantom, and to learn advanced timelapse techniques.For this short, I wanted to spend more time enjoying the day verses filming for the entire day so with the help of Daniel Cohen, I was able to enjoy the after party.
Day Two - About the Film
For day two of Masters in Motion, I wanted to focus on the attendees as well as the atmosphere.
Day One - About the Film
Day One has wrapped and all I can say is that if you were unable to make it to #MastersinMotion, you are missing out. On day one of the conference, I wasn't sure how I wanted to cover the event as I was unsure how everything would play out.
As a result, I overshot the event -- making editing a pain in the ass! The above video is a look at day one. It is a bit long and still requires a colour correction pass but I will do this when I get back to Canada.All timelapses I exported from QT 7 at 1080p. I applied CHV long exposure to add a nice flowing effect to the static timelapses.
One thing I did different for this piece was the way in which I shot and processed the timelapses. Normally I shoot all timelapses in RAW, process in Lightroom, and then export from QT 7 at full res. However, due to the nature of this piece (timeline), I shot all TL's as JPEG's. One thing I really like about processing in QT 7 for same days edits is the ability to process multiple TL's at the same time -- allowing me to export about 15 TL's in about 40 minutes (Apple Pro Res 422 LT).
What I Learned
The biggest problem I came across on this project was overshooting. After having completed a full year of shorts, I found a fine balance between overshooting and not shooting enough. However, I didn't have a firm plan coming into this project and as a result, I overshot -- forcing me to spend a lot of time filtering through all the clips. I would have liked to grade the piece as well as do a fine edit but was unable to -- because I overshot. Biggest lesson for same day edits -- have a firm plan before you shoot and shoot for the edit!