Uncover the Mysterious Power of the Ladybug Effect with Greg Porper – SYS Podcast Episode 535 Exclusive!
Ashley
So, now, so this guy comes to you and he says, do you know Avid, is he literally going to hire you to be the editor on this documentary? And did you have some experience in nonlinear editing? I mean, Avid isn’t that much different than Final Cut Pro or this, you know, so did you have some experience with editing or you went in there, he hired you professionally to be an editor and just in three weeks he took a master class in it.
Greg Porper
So, to clarify, yes. No, fortunately, I was not the primary editor. I was, as the story producer, more responsible for creating string outs and viewing the footage that’s coming and analyzing it and putting footage on timelines, but not having to do pretty extensive edits. But that being said, I did use the edit on Final Cut Pro. I did learn on iMovie, which only takes someone so far. Did do a lot of work with Final Cut Pro. So, I kind of knew some of the ins and outs, some of the tricks, some of the natural shortcuts translates, but in terms of the workaround with Avid and the workflow, especially working on a production like that when there’s so much footage, there was definitely a learning curve. And for the first two weeks, and I’ve shared this with the people I worked with, I would go around to different editors and just ask a question about something I didn’t know, but I was intentionally not going to the same person to ask all these questions because trying to hide the fact that I’m still relatively new at this. So it did take two weeks to really get comfortable with it, but again, it wasn’t extensive editing. And that was something that I got clarity before accepting the job, what the job would entail. And it was light editing, but basically it’s creating string outs and just being able to use the program. So, it wasn’t the hardest thing in the world, but at the same time, it’s like if I didn’t have that initial editing background, I don’t know if I would have been able to do it.
