5. Consider remote workflows Advances in technology mean it is now possible to edit 4K files collaboratively from different locations – something filmmaker and photographer Clive Booth discovered while filming McCullin in Kolkata, a documentary following photojournalism legend Sir Don McCullin in India.
Returning to the UK with more than 15 hours of footage, Clive was faced with a lengthy and expensive stay in London to work on the edit. "I was looking for a solution that would enable me to work from 160 miles away in Derbyshire," he says. Team Projects, which is integrated into Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Prelude, enabled Clive and his editor, Tristram Edwards, to work remotely and collaboratively on the same edit.
"We each had a drive and the same project uploaded to our computers," explains Clive. "Team Projects accesses the same assets in the same file tree and we shared screens." Clive was able to watch Tristram working on the project and then, when he wanted to view the new edit, upload it to his second screen at the touch of a button.
"It was revolutionary," says Clive. "Once you know you can do that, it's liberating. I'm very much about collaboration and this workflow was no different – it was the same as being there in person. It's now possible to do a huge amount of filmmaking remotely."