Re: [Avid-L2] Scriptsync + Group Clip

ScriptSync really is the bees knees, isn't it? It's interesting that
you emphasise the need to have the audio follow the video. May I ask
why? Surely you want it to come from one feed?

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On 5 Apr 2010, at 20:06, "chad_ervin01" <chad.ervin@welltoldfilms.com>
wrote:

> Hi L2'ers,
>
> This will surely be of use to someone else, so I will share a trick
> we did for a project:
>
> For large events covered by many media outlets we typically acquire
> stock from a bunch of sources. In this case it was a health care
> 'summit' hosted by President Obama in early 2009.
>
> Footage captured (10:1m), transcript in this case provided for free
> (I think at whitehouse.gov). Footage is generally cuts cams and a
> few various alternate angles, total of nine sources. Master clips
> were grouped by inpoint (using a hard 's' sound from the POTUS).
>
> Key step: load group clip into preview monitor and make sure that
> the active camera has the full event, audio and video. Remember to
> use the 'audio follows video' function when switching the active
> clip in the group.
>
> Open transcript in Avid. Select the full spoken section of the
> transcript. Drag and drop your group clip from the bin onto the
> transcript. From menu select 'Sript/Scriptsync.'
>
> You can now use the script to locate a particular point during a
> massive event, switch into multicam mode (command+shift+M) and see
> every camera angle you have for this moment. Also useful for cutting
> large chunks of material into timeline for 'paper cutting' content,
> then return to fine tune without having to track down a bunch of
> master clips/timecodes/transcripts.
>
> It seems like this could have some use outside of political
> documentaries...
>
> -Chad Ervin
>
>

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