I’ve always fantasized about hiring an entire production staff that could work from home. It doesn’t work for everyone, but I work much better in the comforts of my own house (and backyard). While is it possible, many supervisors remain resistant. One reason it is often easier to communicate edit ideas with editors as they edit. This has never been a big hinderance for me personally because I don’t mind being sent, emailed or FTPed a program and then writing up edit notes to send back. Sometimes I feel that I need to sit with the editor for morale sake because they have to go into the office.
Recently, I had the eye-opening experience of working with my editor friend Jenny Gebhardt. I was at work sitting at the Final Cut Pro editing station. She was at home editing on her Final Cut, and; because of screen sharing, I was able to see everything that she was doing. It as a little freaky at first to see the cursor and timeline seemingly moving on their own. One of my colleagues thought I was talking to myself while I was giving Jenny instructions through the computer microphone. Perhaps I am late to the game, but this totally blew my mind! Who needs the overhead when everyone can work remotely? It may be some while before working from home is the norm. But I’ve been ready for it for a while now.
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