Avid Assistant

The secret to keeping any project on track is organisation. This can come in a number of forms but for this post, I wanted to look at how you can use simple folder structures to help organise and manage the content of your project. For most people, especially editors, when you use the word content they will instantly think of hours and hours of rushes, but in terms of a project, there is a ton of other 'stuff' that we will need to have to hand. The amount of 'stuff' we have will depend upon the type of project you are working on and the experience of the people you are working with too. Even if there is no information being offered to you, there are a number of things that you should be doing to ensure your project runs smoothly. Understand the workflow Make sure you have an understanding of the project's workflow. Talk with the producer, editor and cameramen if needed. Ensure you understand how the material is captured, backed up, delivered, ingested a...

This is an essential skill but often overlooked or completely forgotten on many projects.  As an Editor or an Assistant on smaller projects especially, it will be down to you to ensure that project remains on course, losing the project would be catastrophic and almost impossible to recreate in a short period of time. You did back it up? Right? As the Avid Project holds ALL your bins containing your Edits, rushes, effects, music, VO, and Titles it is essential that it is backed up on a regular basis, ideally every day. Remember the Avid Project is merely metadata (descriptive data) and so is relatively small as it does not contain the actual video itself. The process is very simple and takes little time and should be completed daily through the life of the project. Equipment needed Blank USB Memory Stick - 8GB min Where does the Avid Project live? When using a stand-alone Avid editing system the Avid Project can be located in one of three places described by...