Dividing long clips after capture at DVinfo.net

Mike Medavoy · October 23rd, 2005, 10:37 PM

Hi!

I just captured 31 hours of footage for a documentary. I did it in 31 long 1-hour chunk of clips.

Now, I want to divide it into a miriad of clips based on the transcript that I got. The problem is, I don't wanna go through the subclips route... I want the project to look as if I logged in and captured all those clips from the very beginning - a very tedious process. But I want everything to look AS IF I went the hard way.

Is that possible? Can I divide everything into small clips and get rid of those 1-hour long chunks?

Thanks.

Greg Boston · October 23rd, 2005, 11:11 PM

The 'marker' is your friend here. Study its uses and break that footage into pieces.

-gb-

Shane Ross · October 26th, 2005, 01:22 AM

Are you sure that it wouldn't have taken you just about as long to log and capture the footage as it will to capture the whole tape, then break it up and label it?

Yes, it is tedious, but who said editing (or assistant editing for that matter) is easy or fast?

Zach Mull · October 26th, 2005, 02:53 PM

If you want the entire project to look like you never did ultralong captures then you'll have to use the media manager. But by far the best way to media manage for your purposes is making subclips then media managing only your folders full of subclips. If you've already captured then you'll want to use the copy function and make sure that you don't include master clips outside your selection.

Boyd Ostroff · October 26th, 2005, 03:26 PM

I guess this doesn't help much now, but I have to agree with Shane. I didn't use the log and capture function for years myself. But once I started I never went back. I don't think it takes any more time, and it can save a lot of disk space. Also, hour long captures can abort halfway through, resulting in corrupted files and time wasted.

In the future consider logging and capturing. The beauty of this is that after marking everything you can go away for awhile and let the computer do all the hard work :-)

Vic Owen · October 27th, 2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Boyd Ostroff

In the future consider logging and capturing. The beauty of this is that after marking everything you can go away for awhile and let the computer do all the hard work :-)

Or, consider making the leap to a Firestore (or similar). I seldom capture from tape anymore....it expedites the process considerably. Tape is used only for back-up.

Dave Perry · October 27th, 2005, 08:56 PM

Mike,

Sounds like you are getting ready for an edit session with a client :)

Anyway, in the future I would use log and capture. For now I would use the subclip feature and rename each sub clip in a manner that looks as if you captured each one separately.

As for markers, thanks for the tip Greg. I'm going to look into that myself.

October 23rd, 2005, 10:37 PM	#1
Mike Medavoy Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 63	Dividing long clips after capture Hi! I just captured 31 hours of footage for a documentary. I did it in 31 long 1-hour chunk of clips. Now, I want to divide it into a miriad of clips based on the transcript that I got. The problem is, I don't wanna go through the subclips route... I want the project to look as if I logged in and captured all those clips from the very beginning - a very tedious process. But I want everything to look AS IF I went the hard way. Is that possible? Can I divide everything into small clips and get rid of those 1-hour long chunks? Thanks.

October 27th, 2005, 08:56 PM	#7
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Mike, Sounds like you are getting ready for an edit session with a client :) Anyway, in the future I would use log and capture. For now I would use the subclip feature and rename each sub clip in a manner that looks as if you captured each one separately. As for markers, thanks for the tip Greg. I'm going to look into that myself. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

October 23rd, 2005, 11:11 PM	#2
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	The 'marker' is your friend here. Study its uses and break that footage into pieces. -gb-

October 26th, 2005, 01:22 AM	#3
Shane Ross Major Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Los Angeles, USA Posts: 539	Are you sure that it wouldn't have taken you just about as long to log and capture the footage as it will to capture the whole tape, then break it up and label it? Yes, it is tedious, but who said editing (or assistant editing for that matter) is easy or fast?

October 26th, 2005, 02:53 PM	#4
Zach Mull Major Player Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 273	If you want the entire project to look like you never did ultralong captures then you'll have to use the media manager. But by far the best way to media manage for your purposes is making subclips then media managing only your folders full of subclips. If you've already captured then you'll want to use the copy function and make sure that you don't include master clips outside your selection.

October 26th, 2005, 03:26 PM	#5
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,801	I guess this doesn't help much now, but I have to agree with Shane. I didn't use the log and capture function for years myself. But once I started I never went back. I don't think it takes any more time, and it can save a lot of disk space. Also, hour long captures can abort halfway through, resulting in corrupted files and time wasted. In the future consider logging and capturing. The beauty of this is that after marking everything you can go away for awhile and let the computer do all the hard work :-)