Unseen Abilities

Movie editing is one of my favorite things to do, but the self-teaching method can be quite frustrating for an independent filmmaker. I’ve used Final Cut Pro for a few small personal projects, but underestimated the amount of work involved in editing HD footage to make a solid half hour short film.

The problem isn’t knowing what I want to do or how to do it. The problem is how buggy the various software programs are and how one wrong setting can set you into a lengthy investigation process to figure out what is wrong.

In the last week, we’ve probably spent a combined 20 hours troubleshooting various Sound Track Pro problems. Granted, we are both new to the software and are working off over sized files, but there’s no doubt the program has issues. The good news is that our investigation skills are solid, and we’ve been able to overcome each hurdles thus far. Occasionally, I hope to share our findings to help other filmmakers avoid similar issues. God knows we could have used some clear answers online, but find very little support for Sound Track Pro.

As the first official post on the Unseen Abilities site, I want to share my goals with the site and with the movie.

I’d like the site to share my experiences as a 1st time writer, director & producer who hopes to gain attention from investors so I can turn the movie into a full feature after doing well in the film festivals. I hope other filmmakers will find my tips valuable or at least join me in the conversation of what it is like to create a movie.

I’d also like to provide fans of the movie with more information about he people involved in making this film possible.

Yes, I am writing my first post @ 3:40 am after struggling with Final Cut Pro & Sound Track Pro issues. This is another thing I intend to write about as I had to do a lot of troubleshooting due to the lack of solid documentation available online or in the manuals.

More soon,
Dustin Woodard

We’re switching the unseen abilities site to use wordpress so we can more regularly update the site. Thanks for your patience over the next day or so.