Action synch guide(s)

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:08 pm

I think documenting "how to do <insert type here> synch" is problematic for a few reasons.

First, much of that is opinion. Action synch especially. Do you cut, fade, link a motion to a sound, or something else? That's all taste and style. Neither of those can be taught. An editor has to find their style. Even examples will shape the subsequent style of an editor, since that's what they'll be familiar with.

Second, this is art. You can't just dictate "how to make a song", "how to compose", "how to choose chords", or "how to balance a painting". You simply can't.

However, I think that some amount of theory is good. For example, in music, if you know a bit of pschoacoustics, then you can control what is heard better. The same applies to color in painting. Here, if you know some of the basics, then the period where a new editor flounders around struggling with what to do is lesser.

So more theory, good. More "how to sync", bad. We neither need nor want to bias new editors towards any style. We want them to find their own.

Admittedly, I have a bit of bias here.

Note to self: expand theory guide with more recent ruminations.

JudgeHolden · Post by **JudgeHolden** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:34 pm

I dislike the style guides for one major reason: People think they are rules as opposed to GUIDES.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:03 pm

DriftRoot wrote: You're not young, are you?

Well, i'd like to think so, but it's hard to really judge, especially with the fact that some adults considered me more mature than they were, back when I was 14...

DriftRoot wrote: There's a rampant quality of "do it for me because I don't want to take the time to do it myself" among teens these days (note, I did NOT say "kids", but I could have). This generation has been coddled by their parents and other grownups to the point where they expect everything handed to them on a platter - and god forbid they have to ask for that platter. This may be why some people have short tempers when it comes to assisting newbies with certain issues. Many times the people asking for help haven't bothered to figure things out for themselves or, worse, don't think they should have to.

Call me cynical, but people like that deserve to be beaten until they smarten up. I'll do my part to help the process, or thin the herd, whichever is easier.

staces · Post by **staces** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:01 pm

You're not young, are you? There's a rampant quality of "do it for me because I don't want to take the time to do it myself" among teens these days (note, I did NOT say "kids", but I could have). This generation has been coddled by their parents and other grownups to the point where they expect everything handed to them on a platter - and god forbid they have to ask for that platter.

I am of the particular age bracket of which you speak, and I resent that. I think that stupidity runs equally rampant across generations, and idiocy is just plain idiocy regardless of age.