There’s a new article on CGSociety about the editing in AvP2. Most of it goes way over my head, it’s very technical. They talk about the crew using AJA KONA 3 and Apple Final Cut Pro to edit the movie.
“The Alien vs. Predator 2 editorial team modified their existing workflow to integrate with the pipeline at visual effects studio Hydraulx, setting up an Apple Final Cut Pro editing pipeline for the film that relies heavily on AJA’s KONA 3 card. Shot on 35mm 3-perf film, the setup allows Hydraulx to cut the film at a 1080i resolution, lay down previews to a D5 deck and go out to an HD deck for studio reviews before finishing the film with a 4K Digital Intermediate scan and film output. The pipeline employs five KONA 3 cards: a projection system, an editor system, a visual effects editor system, a utility system and an assistant system.
Interesting to note, they also call AvP2 an “effects-heavy” film.
Thanks to therockbottom65 for the news.
Until they both refine which pieces of film are going to be used and physically process it, there isn't any film - and that's what constitutes the making of it. Look at 'Underworld'. It's beautiful! Each and every single FRAME of that film had to go through a very special processing for the colour. The same applies to 'The Matrix', where they filtered out certain colours for the real world and then did the opposite for when the characters were in the simulation. If they're doing the same for this, then it's going to take some time. The only reason people want any publicity materials is to get even more hyped up for it. There are a lot of months to go before it's in any way ready. Give them a chance to get it right, instead of going straight to the stage of making posters and so on.
