Steve says he puts in 8 hours (of editing) per minute of video. I can't wait to see this footage!
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Here's an explanation I pulled off of Steve's FB regarding a question he was answering on edit time.
Some can be in that range but not this type. When ya have a theatrical trailer type vid that has 6 different music scores in it... each about 2 minutes long, each 2 minute score is broken down into a collection of 1-3 second clips. Each clip's external frame is choreographed not only to flow from frame to frame but to the timing of the music in 1/100th of a second intervals. Within each frame, there's a shooter who's movements (cocking, loading, trigger pull, body movements) are also timed to the beat at 1/100th of a second... AND must also blend from frame to frame, for example one frame a shooter cocks and in the next a different one shoots or reloads. Then, each frame movement is manually created in post to tie the shooters movements to the music & theme. Each 1-3 second clip will usually have 4-8 manual post production movements put into it to accomplish this. As an example, the below clip has 5 points of manually induced movement in it. Then every clip is color corrected and overall speed/tempo altered to make things fit & line up. The real challenge isn't the above though... it's the cataloging & sorting & relocating of HUNDREDS of 1-3 second clips to where it has flow, makes sense, and tells a story. Like I said it's very time consuming... about 8 hours editing per minute of finished video. By comparison, my typical 15 minute airgun review can be edited in 25 hours or so. Those aren't bad but with 3-4 overlaying cameras they still take more time than one of my 30 minute vlogs, which can be edited in 3-4 hours. It all sorta depends but edit time has little to do final production length. It has more to do with the complexity of what one's trying to create.
Some can be in that range but not this type. When ya have a theatrical trailer type vid that has 6 different music scores in it... each about 2 minutes long, each 2 minute score is broken down into a collection of 1-3 second clips. Each clip's external frame is choreographed not only to flow from frame to frame but to the timing of the music in 1/100th of a second intervals. Within each frame, there's a shooter who's movements (cocking, loading, trigger pull, body movements) are also timed to the beat at 1/100th of a second... AND must also blend from frame to frame, for example one frame a shooter cocks and in the next a different one shoots or reloads. Then, each frame movement is manually created in post to tie the shooters movements to the music & theme. Each 1-3 second clip will usually have 4-8 manual post production movements put into it to accomplish this. As an example, the below clip has 5 points of manually induced movement in it. Then every clip is color corrected and overall speed/tempo altered to make things fit & line up. The real challenge isn't the above though... it's the cataloging & sorting & relocating of HUNDREDS of 1-3 second clips to where it has flow, makes sense, and tells a story. Like I said it's very time consuming... about 8 hours editing per minute of finished video. By comparison, my typical 15 minute airgun review can be edited in 25 hours or so. Those aren't bad but with 3-4 overlaying cameras they still take more time than one of my 30 minute vlogs, which can be edited in 3-4 hours. It all sorta depends but edit time has little to do final production length. It has more to do with the complexity of what one's trying to create.
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I know what you mean... I guess it's all relative! Upvote 0
