TwoFour - Day 3
Today was great Fun! I got the opportunity to go into an edit suite with Kelly an editor and Bernie who is currently one of the directors for ‘Hotel Inspector – Series 5’. They were both in the process of editing episode two of Hotel Inspector.
Being in the edit suite was a fantastic and beneficial experience because I got to see first-hand how T.V programmes are edited together.
I was really surprised to discover that TwoFour use an editing programme called ‘AVID’. The reason I was surprised was because I thought the majority of production companies and broadcasters use ‘FINAL CUT PRO’ But after speaking to Kelly she said it’s only really the BBC that use ‘Final Cut Pro’ although some production companies are switching over to it. When I first heard ‘Avid’ was the programme most production companies use I was a little disappointed because we have been trained in ‘Final Cut Pro’ and I feel that during the last semester my confidence in editing using the programme ‘Final Cut Pro’ grew enormously with the help and support of our lecturers and when Kelly said this I felt this had been a bit of a waste of time. However she did go onto say that she was trained in ‘Final Cut’ and found ‘Avid’ was a similar programme to work with and managed to teach herself the editing programme. It just took her a little more time to edit because she had to find where all the editing tools were situated within the programme. But now she is more employable because she knows how to edit in both programmes. This was encouraging for me, because I then realised my training in ‘Final Cut’ hadn’t been a waste of time and it would help me learn other editing programmes; as the same editing principles apply.
When the programmes are being edited at TwoFour the editors work offline to save space and time, then when the programme is in it’s final stages it is edited online to add any final touches and polish it off to a professional broadcast standard.
Whilst I was in the editing suite I got the chance to help write some voice-over with Bernie. It was really interesting to see how quickly the voice-overs are put together and are recorded throughout the editing process. But the majority of the time the voice-overs are re-scripted and re-recorded by a professional voice-over artist in the final stages of the edit. The voice-overs, which are recorded by the editors, are used as a rough guide for timing issues and a guideline of the information that needs to be said in order to match the programme’s images and structure.
Both Kelly and Bernie were both very approachable and always willing to answer any question I had. One question I asked and was shocked at the answer was How much each episode of ‘Hotel Inspector’ cost to make?
Bernie explained that each episode costs on average around £125,000. The reason I was so shocked was because I knew the programme was being made for Channel 5 and for some reason I thought this was quite high for Channel 5’s budget. But Bernie explained to me that this was one of Channel 5’s biggest investments because it’s one of their programmes that’s gets the highest viewings, on average around 3.2 million viewers.
Hotel Inspector is scheduled to a five-week edit and there isn’t too much time for any leeway because of the programme’s budget, editors and directors need to move onto other projects and contracts and the programme has to be completed in time for its broadcast transmission. However in some cases Bernie explained that the producers sometimes allow extra time if it vital to the programme’s potential. Although the editors and directors have to put up a strong battle and justifiable reasons to get extra editing time and have to prove that the extra time will be beneficial for the programme.
But I was stunned to see how laid back they both were considering they were working to a tight schedule. However they both seemed to really enjoy their jobs and put a great deal of effort into the edits.
I think today was one of my best work placement days because I found it very insightful and learned a fair amount about TwoFour’s editing process and how programmes are edited together for T.V broadcast.
Pictures Source
http://www.bedandbreakfastsguide.com/Articles/the-hotel-inspector-series-4.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/Five.svg/753px-Five.svg.png
http://www.digitalcamcordernews.com/posts/2007/06/final-cut-pro-logo-tn.jpg
http://www.videohelp.com/toolsimages/avid_xpress_dv_76.jpg
Being in the edit suite was a fantastic and beneficial experience because I got to see first-hand how T.V programmes are edited together.
I was really surprised to discover that TwoFour use an editing programme called ‘AVID’. The reason I was surprised was because I thought the majority of production companies and broadcasters use ‘FINAL CUT PRO’ But after speaking to Kelly she said it’s only really the BBC that use ‘Final Cut Pro’ although some production companies are switching over to it. When I first heard ‘Avid’ was the programme most production companies use I was a little disappointed because we have been trained in ‘Final Cut Pro’ and I feel that during the last semester my confidence in editing using the programme ‘Final Cut Pro’ grew enormously with the help and support of our lecturers and when Kelly said this I felt this had been a bit of a waste of time. However she did go onto say that she was trained in ‘Final Cut’ and found ‘Avid’ was a similar programme to work with and managed to teach herself the editing programme. It just took her a little more time to edit because she had to find where all the editing tools were situated within the programme. But now she is more employable because she knows how to edit in both programmes. This was encouraging for me, because I then realised my training in ‘Final Cut’ hadn’t been a waste of time and it would help me learn other editing programmes; as the same editing principles apply.
When the programmes are being edited at TwoFour the editors work offline to save space and time, then when the programme is in it’s final stages it is edited online to add any final touches and polish it off to a professional broadcast standard.
Whilst I was in the editing suite I got the chance to help write some voice-over with Bernie. It was really interesting to see how quickly the voice-overs are put together and are recorded throughout the editing process. But the majority of the time the voice-overs are re-scripted and re-recorded by a professional voice-over artist in the final stages of the edit. The voice-overs, which are recorded by the editors, are used as a rough guide for timing issues and a guideline of the information that needs to be said in order to match the programme’s images and structure.
Both Kelly and Bernie were both very approachable and always willing to answer any question I had. One question I asked and was shocked at the answer was How much each episode of ‘Hotel Inspector’ cost to make?
Bernie explained that each episode costs on average around £125,000. The reason I was so shocked was because I knew the programme was being made for Channel 5 and for some reason I thought this was quite high for Channel 5’s budget. But Bernie explained to me that this was one of Channel 5’s biggest investments because it’s one of their programmes that’s gets the highest viewings, on average around 3.2 million viewers.
Hotel Inspector is scheduled to a five-week edit and there isn’t too much time for any leeway because of the programme’s budget, editors and directors need to move onto other projects and contracts and the programme has to be completed in time for its broadcast transmission. However in some cases Bernie explained that the producers sometimes allow extra time if it vital to the programme’s potential. Although the editors and directors have to put up a strong battle and justifiable reasons to get extra editing time and have to prove that the extra time will be beneficial for the programme.
But I was stunned to see how laid back they both were considering they were working to a tight schedule. However they both seemed to really enjoy their jobs and put a great deal of effort into the edits.
I think today was one of my best work placement days because I found it very insightful and learned a fair amount about TwoFour’s editing process and how programmes are edited together for T.V broadcast.
Pictures Source
http://www.bedandbreakfastsguide.com/Articles/the-hotel-inspector-series-4.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5b/Five.svg/753px-Five.svg.png
http://www.digitalcamcordernews.com/posts/2007/06/final-cut-pro-logo-tn.jpg
http://www.videohelp.com/toolsimages/avid_xpress_dv_76.jpg
posted by Keely @ 07:45
1 Comments:
At 21 June 2009 at 04:25 ,
Kim Brooke said...
1 x photo, 1 x screengrab, 2 x logos, 5 x good links, 4 x pic refs. Good desc of Avid v FCP & Offline & online editing. The history of editing is : everyone used to edit two tape decks (linear) then on Lightworks or Avid (very exp hard ware non-linear). Avid won the marketing battle and nearly everyone used it. As each edit suite cost upwards of £40,000 most of those that invested back then are still using it. When the BBC converted to FCP a few years ago it was a great shock & a huge write off of assets. FCP is the future. Don't worry, you have a great skill/asset in being able to use it!
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