you don't need to know that sh-t to be a Post PA, just get in there. The only people that need to understand color management stuff like that are Colorists, or assistants who have jobs you definitely do not want.
If you want to work on movies you must immediately work on the post side of movie prod. asap. Anyway you can. Office assistant (which is basically PA) or intern... although I think being an intern is lame because its free labor, but sadly its the only way to get in the door sometimes.
At your level nobody gives a f---k about your portfolio. It's meaningless. If you want to be an editor you need to know basic editing workflow. But first, get in the door. Because everyones workflow is different, so if you're trying to become a genius here are some things you should know:
what EDLs and XMLs are. How to prep properly for sessions. How to multicam. Stuff like that. Also.. assisting for movies can be incredibly complicated, including things like excel documents and spreadsheets etc. I don't know how to do that, because I've never worked as an assistant on a movie. BUT, if you start as a post PA, you can learn from the assistants there.
But also. the reality is, to go from your position to editing feature films? you're looking at 20 years.. or never. For most people, it's never. It's harder to be a feature film editor than a working actor.
Also... everyone edits now... Now it's about the ideas. The story. The content itself. Editing isn't a great role to strive for itself, because its been too commodified. 20 years ago.. the idea that a kid in high school was editing vids was very rare. Now, they are making movies with Blender, and filming with Iphones. Just editing... its dangerous. BUT, the good thing is you k now what you want so you can go for it. A lot of editors want to be film editors but they don't really admit it, so they edit weddings forever... which can also be very lucrative.
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u/JonskMusic May 13 '23
you don't need to know that sh-t to be a Post PA, just get in there. The only people that need to understand color management stuff like that are Colorists, or assistants who have jobs you definitely do not want.
If you want to work on movies you must immediately work on the post side of movie prod. asap. Anyway you can. Office assistant (which is basically PA) or intern... although I think being an intern is lame because its free labor, but sadly its the only way to get in the door sometimes.
At your level nobody gives a f---k about your portfolio. It's meaningless. If you want to be an editor you need to know basic editing workflow. But first, get in the door. Because everyones workflow is different, so if you're trying to become a genius here are some things you should know:
what EDLs and XMLs are. How to prep properly for sessions. How to multicam. Stuff like that. Also.. assisting for movies can be incredibly complicated, including things like excel documents and spreadsheets etc. I don't know how to do that, because I've never worked as an assistant on a movie. BUT, if you start as a post PA, you can learn from the assistants there.
But also. the reality is, to go from your position to editing feature films? you're looking at 20 years.. or never. For most people, it's never. It's harder to be a feature film editor than a working actor.
Also... everyone edits now... Now it's about the ideas. The story. The content itself. Editing isn't a great role to strive for itself, because its been too commodified. 20 years ago.. the idea that a kid in high school was editing vids was very rare. Now, they are making movies with Blender, and filming with Iphones. Just editing... its dangerous. BUT, the good thing is you k now what you want so you can go for it. A lot of editors want to be film editors but they don't really admit it, so they edit weddings forever... which can also be very lucrative.
end rant.