I studied for and worked in the mechanically precise environment of 35mm film editing for ten years. When I began most of the equipment I worked with was from the 50s. Presently, it is being replaced almost completely by digital work environments. It leaves something to be desired when You come from the smokey backrooms of yore in Hollywood. Current profesional standard editing software is awkwardl;y super imposed on the editing process, making some important processes invisible to the observer. Read= unnecessarily protective of intellectual property = pay for education = tricky= Read =taxing the intelectual capacities of assistant editors with solitary double work and constant detailed user interface changes are not necessary .
I took a year off and invested myself in tinkering with my DP G4 andnow OS X. I created a digital film editing environment allowing the tech to work ergonomically within the process. Integrating a new technology and restoring an old fashioned environment. Open source code is the spine of this becoing a reality. I think its up to all of the professionals who tinker out there to apply technology to the environment gently as a networked community of professionals.
As a professional I see the great teachers of an era handicapped by tech integration issues. Many film budgets only include tech support from the hardware back. Filmmaking includes international, multi format and multi-national nightmares. Its a great opportunity for international networked communitiesto apply tech inteligently.
By metaphor, I have chosen a challenge for this process of integration, a theme for the next phase of technological intergration that will include software writing. The rebuilding of a Norton Commando 750, with half a whitworth tool set. If the frustration of that physical tinkering doesnt work out the kinks in the software design process, I dont know what would.
tinkering at work,
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I studied for and worked in the mechanically precise environment of 35mm film editing for ten years. When I began most of the equipment I worked with was from the 50s. Presently, it is being replaced almost completely by digital work environments. It leaves something to be desired when You come from the smokey backrooms of yore in Hollywood. Current profesional standard editing software is awkwardl;y super imposed on the editing process, making some important processes invisible to the observer. Read= unnecessarily protective of intellectual property = pay for education = tricky= Read =taxing the intelectual capacities of assistant editors with solitary double work and constant detailed user interface changes are not necessary . I took a year off and invested myself in tinkering with my DP G4 andnow OS X. I created a digital film editing environment allowing the tech to work ergonomically within the process. Integrating a new technology and restoring an old fashioned environment. Open source code is the spine of this becoing a reality. I think its up to all of the professionals who tinker out there to apply technology to the environment gently as a networked community of professionals. As a professional I see the great teachers of an era handicapped by tech integration issues. Many film budgets only include tech support from the hardware back. Filmmaking includes international, multi format and multi-national nightmares. Its a great opportunity for international networked communitiesto apply tech inteligently. By metaphor, I have chosen a challenge for this process of integration, a theme for the next phase of technological intergration that will include software writing. The rebuilding of a Norton Commando 750, with half a whitworth tool set. If the frustration of that physical tinkering doesnt work out the kinks in the software design process, I dont know what would. tinkering at work, ja