[Frameworks] query for those who teach filmmaking

[Chris Freeman]

I disagree with $4000.  A 21" iMac - what a school would likely be running
Final Cut on - starts at $1299.  I assume there are bulk discounts for
schools, but they likely already have the computers.

I'm not a teacher, but I graduated four years ago and kept in touch with
teachers at my old school.  They bit the bullet and upgraded to FCPX in
2012.  The teachers I've kept in touch with say it's easier to deal with
and to teach it compared to old Final Cut.  For example, if you've got 20
students using 20 different cameras, plus appropriated footage from the
web, FCPX is more likely to be able to deal with all of those file types -
so there's less MPEG Streamclip or Compressor converting and fewer fires to
put out in class.  I've also heard the interface is more intuitive to
students coming from iMovie or who have no video editing experience.


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Aaron F. Ross
<aaron at digitalartsguild.com>wrote:

> My advice is to abandon FCP entirely. This is the rational response due to
> the fact that Apple has essentially abandoned the educational and
> professional markets. Nowadays for a decent OS X system you have to drop
> nearly $4000, not including software. Take a look at their alleged
> educational discounts, it's a joke. And the whole FCP X debacle caused many
> users to switch to Premiere.
>
> Premiere used to suck, but that was ten years ago. Now it's totally
> viable, and I would recommend going that route. It's not perfect, but it's
> far better than FCP X. Plus, it's cross-platform, if you're into that sort
> of thing. Please don't flame me because I alluded to Windows. ;)
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
> At 4/17/2014, you wrote:
>
>> Dear Frameworks,
>>
>> This isn't strictly an experimental film query, but I know many people
>> who teach read this listerve. My department has delayed for years the
>> decision about what to do about the transition away from teaching Final Cut
>> Pro 7, and result has been increasingly chaotic and unsustainable (we've
>> developed a messy do-whatever-you-want solution where individual faculty
>> members choose which editing platform to teach, so some of our students
>> only know FCPX, some are still using FCP7, a handful are learning Premiere
>> on their own, and it's all a bit of a mess). I'd love to hear from as many
>> instructors as possible about what your program has done about teaching
>> editing post-FCP7, how you reached your decision, what your reasons were
>> for teaching or not teaching FCPX, and how things have been working out.
>>
>> Please reply off-list if it seems more appropriate: this may or not be a
>> public discussion topic of interest to others and is maybe a bit
>> off-Frameworks-topic but it would be very helpful for me to compile some
>> information about what others are doing.
>>
>> Thanks so much in advance for your help.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> ............................
>>
>> Irene Lusztig
>> Assistant Professor, Film and Digital Media
>> University of California, Santa Cruz
>>
>>
>>
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