Re: The value of a proper editing reel

All good advice and I agree with most of it.

I add one more thing to the "interview" process. I call it my "Technical proficiency exam", but it's really just one question. I say it's worth double your starting salary if you nail it. So far, nobody has gotten it correct. Here it is: Explain to me the difference between drop frame and non drop frame time code.

In five seconds I know whether they're BS'ing or not. A newbies answer to this question is just as revealing to me as looking at hours of their work... on line or via DVD. When viewing a sample reel there's always the question of "who did what". In an interview, very few people can bluff their way through.


Mark