onto the on-line

over the past week, me and paul configured a brand new system to finish editing the film. it's taken about a week to order the new computer, order new hard drives, install the cpu, and install all the current software. we also needed it to be assimilated into our home network. the last step to get the system up and running is to get the new avid software and install it and test that everything is kosher.

after thinking about how to post the film, i decided that the cheapest way was to purchase my own avid system and edit the on-line on my own. because the film is so complex, the amount of time that it would take to take the project to an outside editor, have them on-line it, and post it and pay them for their time and their editing, etc. i decided that purchasing my own system was the way to go. and owning my own system is cool because i can use it not only for this project, but for future projects as well.

once the avid system is all up and running, i'm planning to sub-rent a digital betacam deck and digitize all the footage of the film. once it's all edited and everything is complete, i'll dump it all back out to tape. sounds complicated, but i think it should all work out great.

i'm excited to be on-lining the project. working with the digibeta footage is going to be way cool, since up until now, the rough-cut was lo-res. so it's kind of like getting used to seeing a second generation vhs tape of a movie, then watching a High Definition DVD of the same movie.

i think that once i get started on the on-line, it'll re-affirm the reason why i shot film.