VID131 – INTRO TO VIDEO EDITINGWeek 1

Class Schedule

Syllabus Contact Sheet and Syllabus Contract Course Overview Questions What is Editing? Discussion

Pre-Test Questions

What is your favorite film? Name one film editor What is a time-code burn? What is a layback? Give an example of an Edit Give an example of an Effect List 2 common frame rates used in North America

Questions…

What do you want to get out of this class? Why are you taking this class? What do you want to do in film?

The Art of Editing Walter Murch’s Rule of Six

1. Emotion2. Story3. Rhythm4. Eye-trace5. Two-dimensional plane of Screen6. Three-dimensional space of action

It is the 3rd and final vision of a film Viewer Manipulation

Terminology Capture Device: A hardware or firmware device used to convert analogue

video into digital video. Compressors & Codecs: Software or firmware used to compress and

decompress digital video. Compression makes the file size smaller. Editing: The process of rearranging, adding and/or removing sections of

video clips. Also, creating transitions between clips. Editing is part of post-production.

Encoding: The process of converting digital video into a particular format, for example, saving a video project in MGEG-2 format for DVD distribution.

Linear Editing: Also known as tape to tape editing. A method of editing in which footage is copied from one tape to another in the required order.

Non Linear Editing: An editing method which uses computer software to edit the footage.

Post Production: Everything that happens to the video and audio after production, i.e. after the footage has been shot. Post production includes video editing, audio editing, titling, color correction, effects, etc.

Terminology Scene - In film terms, scene means location. When you

change locations, you are changing scenes. Shot - A shot refers to the time you press record on your

camera, and press stop. Take - A take is a 'try.' It refers to every time you attempt a

shot from the same angle. Cross-cutting/Parallel-editing - These terms refer to

simultaneous occurrences in films. For instance, when you see a woman running down the street, and then it cuts to a man sitting at a restaurant eating alone. He looks at his watch. Then we cut back to the woman. We get the sense that these two events are happening simultaneously. Creating this illusion is called cross-cutting in the editing room.

Terminology Transitions - Transitions refer to what happens in between two

shots. How an editor 'transitions' from one shot to the next. Pan - A pan refers to a camera movement. It is when the

camera scans an object or space on a horizontal plane. Tilt - A tilt refers to a vertical camera movement. When it

camera looks up, or down. Cut - 1) used to refer to a 'draft' of the film. 2) used to indicate

the end of a shot. Dissolve - A dissolve is a transition used in editing. It is when

the editor takes two shots and the end of the first one blends into the beginning of the next. The first one dissolves into the next. This is often used in film to indicate a large passage of time between the two shots.

Terminology Cutting Room - The cutting room refers to the editing

room. The place where the editor cuts together the film. Rough Cut - A rough cut is the editors first cut of the

footage. Fine Cut - A fine cut is usually the editors cleanest and

smoothest cut. It is the final cut. Asynchronous - In a film, it seems like we are constantly

hearing the natural sound from the scene. Sometimes the filmmakers record the natural sound of the scene, but often they will shoot the scene without any sound and add the sounds one would hear in that scene later. This is asynchronous sound. Sound recorded on set is called Synchronous sound. Or also known as sync-sound.

The Role of the Film–Editor

Take the raw footage from the field and construct the narrative

Logs and Captures footage from the field Edit the raw footage into a cohesive story Collaborate between various departments

Viewing Exercise #1- The Conversation

Opening Sequence Aural and Visual cues

Viewing Exercise #2- The Social Network

Opening Sequence Post-Production Special Feature

Viewing Exercise #3- Psycho

Shower Scene

Configuring FCP7

System Preferences > Expose & Spaces

System Preferences > Mouse buttons to none

Original REMap FunctionF9 cmd+opt+F9 InsertF10 cmd+opt+F10 OverwriteF11 cmd+opt+F11 ReplaceF12 cmd+opt+F12 Super-Impose

Adjusting Preferences

User Preferences > Levels of Undo (Default = 10, Max = 99, 35 is good level) - uses lots of ram, the higher the number

Autosave Vault = Emergence back up which makes a copy of your FCP project file every X number of minutes

Hide the Dock when in FCP Arrange Standard = ctrl+u

Customizing Window Layout

If window title is grey and text is dark grey then it is active window

CMD+1 – Viewer CMD+2 – Canvas CMD+3 – Timeline CMD+4 - Browser

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

Four ways to drive FCP 1. Pull Down Menus 2. Keyboard Shortcuts 3. Interface Buttons 4. Right Click for context

sensitive menus A - Selection Tool T - Track Select Tool S - Slip Tool

CMD+B - New Bin

CMD+N - New Sequence

Double click bin to open in new window

OPT+Dbl Click to open bin as tab

Learning the Interface

Browser Viewer Canvas

TimelineTool Palette

Audio Meters

Learning the Interface Browser - place to organize media we are going to work with Bins - for Audio, Video, Images

TIFF, PNG, JPEGS, PSDs, PSD layers can be manipulated

Sequence File - icon is similar to the one for PSD Viewer is a sandbox for previewing media to place in your

show Canvas is the output of your project Timeline - graphical representation of what is seen in the

canvas 99 Audio and 99 video tracks

Spacebar = play sequence

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