Edit Suite: Getting the Most From an Edit Bureau (page 3)
Do I Need to Know Special Lingo to Use an Editing Bureau?
Time in an edit suite costs money. Sometimes big money. The more you know about the editing process and its related technology, the less time you'll spend asking the editor what something means. And less time means a lower editing bill.
Don't worry if you can't operate the equipment, using the gear is the editor's job. Just learn enough to tell the editor what to do. If phrases like, "I want to put a dissolve here," or "Cut to the wide shot when she leaves the frame" don't sound like a foreign language, then you probably know enough to work comfortably and efficiently in an editing bureau.
If you don't know much about how editing works, most editors will help explain things along the way. Just be aware that you pay twice for every minute that an editor spends explaining something to you. You pay them once to explain something to you, and then pay them again to actually edit your program.
It can be a great way to learn about the process, but it can also cost you big chunks of …
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