Although we are still shooting, we have gone ahead and started capturing footage from our tapes. This is the process where we dump video from the tape into the computer.
Logging comes next. That is where we watch all of the footage, organize it, and describe it. This is the time to be thorough. We are looking at everything and cutting it to bits and describing every little bit as detailed as possible so that we can find each little piece that we need while editing.
To use an analogy, let's say you're trying to get across town to work. Well, you could drive down every street looking for the building or you could name all of the streets and use the naming convention to guide you to your destination. Which way you think is faster and allow you to get more work done?
As an editor all I have is my time. If I can't efficiently find that little video or audio clip that I need when I need it I'm going to waste a LOT of time looking for clips when I should be using that time to piece clips together.
Doing a good job logging means that I can take more time being creative in the editing process.
And that is a good thing! Thanks for reading!
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