You just gotta love this "L" with all of the smart asses on it!
Personally, I look forward each morning to read all of the responses just
for my daily dose of humor.
Michael K. Kuentz
Sr. Editor
Ford Motor Company / FCSD
Allen Park, MI 48101
(313) 317-7413 edit
mkuentz@ford.com
"Happiness Is a Warm Avid" - Director James Cameron
-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson Chao [mailto:wilsonchao@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:55 AM
To: kskelton@asante.org; AVID-L@calvin.edu
Subject: Way OT: ideas / suggestions?
Kim Skelton wrote:
... I had a friend bring in a home video to edit for a project he is working
on. It was shot with a Sony Hi-8 (home user model #?) As I was digitizing
it I noticed that the majority of the footage was shot sideways. The guy
behind the camera told him that the editor could fix it.
... Is there any suggestions? I finally suggested that I go with him to
re-shoot the film. Any hints and ideas are appreciated.
Kim,
You could turn all your monitors sideways while you edit the show.
Then give your "friend" a VHS dub and tell him to rotate it 90 degrees
before inserting it in the player. ;-)
Best regards,
Wilson Chao
Cambridge Television Productions
Boston, MA USA
p.s. I learned about this a few years ago when I edited a show shot in
China. Naturally, all the pictures were upside down [I was editing in the
U.S.] so I had to insert the tapes upside down in the player to make them
look correct.
p.p.s. Also the people in the tapes were speaking Chinese, and I couldn't
understand them when listening on my American TV. However, I remember being
in Hong Kong a few years back, and seeing "I Love Lucy" on a Chinese TV,
with the characters speaking *in Chinese*. So, for this project I had a
Chinese TV shipped to the U.S., and when I played the tapes on it, everybody
was speaking English.
You're welcome... That's what the "L" is for.
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