[Jeff Regan] "transferring 6, 8 or more hours of footage at the end of a long shoot day is not my idea of a good time either. Local PA? These young kids are good with computers! "
Not in my world.
IF you OK letting the lowest paid person on the set handle your digital master? I would never trust my my work to some intern or PA just because it was easier. How many posts have you seen here on the cow that demonstrate how poorly some people treat their content.
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