Finishing a Video Edit

"And... Cut!", the director says to the DP as production has wrapped.  Thus beginning the long exploration of what is to come in post-production.  I have just recently had the pleasure on finishing one of the largest documentary projects I've worked on in a long time.  Here are some of the fun stats from it:

• Hours of Footage: 46

• Average editing shot length: 38 frames (based on 23.976 timeline)

• Number of Shows: 14

• Number of Killed Shows: 2

• Average Length: 1 minute

• Music Tracks Auditioned: 168

• Days in Post Production: 106

The set of web shows is to promote a new service from American Express Travel Services.  Basically, the idea is you get profile from taking a short quiz on the type of traveler you are.  Then you select how much budget you have for your trip you want to take.  Then Nextpedition plans your vacation for you.  You get an iPhone-like device that gives you information as you travel, telling you places they think you would enjoy.

It's a pretty cool idea and I hope it catches on.  Some of the awesome adventures people have gone on are:  learning how to row a gondola in Venice (opposed to riding in one), and taking a cooking class inside the kitchen of a famous french chef after shopping with her in the market.

We built the site to be friendly with HTML5 which means lots of compressions filled my days recently.  Every different show received an encode for - Firefox, Chrome, and all other browsers (as well as different ending for the youtube versions).  Lots was learned by myself and a lot of people along the way.