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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