Chaz Shukat
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Wow! I am a drummer and I can’t play that. And I thought I was a professional editor, but now I feel like an ameteur. That was incredible. I don’t know, even as a drummer, if I could edit that. He certainly has the rhythm of a drummer and a damn fine piano player too. Kudo’s, 2 thumbs up and a 10 from the Olympic judges.
Chaz S.
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Let me add that you can’t import a project into another project. Unlike FCP, in Avid you can only have one project open at a time.
Chaz S.
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I’m not sure what you are referring to when you say invisiable edit anymore.
Everyone here is talking about what you could almost call an effect, something that is used on occasion, but not on every single edit. I think that good editing is editing that viewers don’t notice because they are focused on the story because the edits are not jarring and don’t call attention to themselves. To me, that’s invisible editing as much as the “hidden” edits discussed in previous postings. And in answer to you plane example, I would say that it is not an invisible edit or good editing and the first example would be an opportunity to do a hidden edit if you were cutting to another shot with a person walking in the same direction, not a pan in the same direction, unless there was something in the forground like a tree or a pole or a wall edge that was moving across the screen in the same direction.Chaz S.
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If you cut on an action, the viewer is paying attention to the action. The action draws attention away from the edit, so you don’t notice it. You see it but you don’t notice it because your attention is drawn to the action or movement in the frame. It’s like a magicians slight of hand, where he does an action to distract you while he does his slight of hand. It’s right there to see but you don’t notice it because the action distracts you from it. Same principle. Does that help?
Chaz S.
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[mr_gfx] “i cant believe editors out there have just guessed at what would work and it just does. i mean like how did someone learn the proper rate of editing to cut together a good commercial? a good movie trailer? etc?”
How did someone learn the proper rate of editing? editors just guessed and it worked? No, it’s all from trial and error. As long as you have the ability to perceive when it’s right or not right. It comes from your gut and you mind. How does it feel? There is no formula, it’s ART! If it ever gets reduced to a formula then the machines can do it without us. It’s like when disco came into radio and music was reduced to BPM (beats per minute) formulas.
You are doing the right thing watching HGTV or any other reality or documentary shows. There is a way to do things, some secrets or tips, but nothing is etched in stone numbers. You are on the right track. There are many great books about editing (mostly about narrative film editing and a few on documentary), but I get the feeling you are one of the many, many people who don’t necessarily want to read the entire history of editing and theory, but just need to know what the pro’s know about how to edit reality shows in a professional rather than ameteurish manner. If you are interested, go to my website at http://www.chazmoedit.com and you can view my work in this field and also get my email address to contact me about ordering my e-book, Editing Reality, which is designed to be a mentor to editors like yourself to give them the tips that you are looking for without having to wade through a lot of other information that is not what you are looking for. It’s simple and compact and will answer all those type of questions that you posed.
Chaz S.
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[person] “i find that when someone else is in the room i see the material through their eyes for the first time. it’s strange, but it works.”
Yes, that is true. That is because each of our individual minds are part of the collective mind.
Chaz S.
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[FischTale] “I suggest steering clear of any editor who talks more about their equipment than about their editing abilities.”
Ditto that, it’s not about the gear.
Ditto I don’t care.
Ditto I’ve cut on both.
I was brought up on Mac, now own and work on PC, but prefer Macs.
Just expressing my OPINION. I think that’s allowed on this forum and that’s what this thread was about.
I’m not a computer expert like some of you know-it-alls out there (thanks for the technical history lesson) who just have to be right. 😉
I’m not flaming, I’m outta here!Peace out!
Chaz S.
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[Charlie King] “And I presume that is why MAC’s finally added a right click? Is that also why MAC’s are switching to Intel? Is that also why MAC’s have office programs designed for PC’s were always having to be developed seperately for MAC’s? Oh and also the virus thing, funny that there never was a reason for creating a virus for a MAC.”
Pifff! Small potatos next to MS Windows being a complete rip off of Macs OS. The one clic mouse was part of Macs simplcity, they didn’t copy other mouses. Switching to Intel chips is not copying, it’s switching. They didn’t design a chip that copies what Intels do and give it another name. Macs looks so much cooler than the PC “suits”. Who was the first to come out with a PC that wasn’t beige, was in a tiny unit the size of a candy tin, or was all in one unit, etc? Pah-leeze! And PCs still require additional keystrokes either way. And since when is not having viruses a disadvantage?
Chaz S.
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Macs start up slower and shut down faster. PCs start up faster and shut down slower. But it seems to me that whatever you want to do, it takes at least one additional keystroke to do it on a PC. Mac is inovative and PCs copy what Mac develops. It’s the tail waggin’ the dog. Mac is a “creative” and PC is a “suit”.
Chaz S.
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Use your ears. Make the music as loud as you can without it fighting the dialogue or distracting your attention from the dialog. It’s there for mood and to be heard on an almost subliminal level. But don’t put it so low that you can hardly hear it or else why put it in at all? During a pause, if it feels like there’s a hole there, fill it with music up, if not, let it ride. For a pause in someone talking, I say, let it ride. For a transition, pump it up. Make all transitions smooth, just use your ears. If it doesn’t sound right, it isn’t. Forget dBs and formulas, just don’t red-line it (or peg the meters as we used to say in the stone age).
You can find more newbie guidance by visiting http://www.chazmoedit.com and
email me about ordering a pre-publication version of my e-book “EDITING REALITY”.Chaz S.