[Jon Fidler]

What im trying to get at is.

Ive got some experience with avid too as I work as a digitiser at a post facility. Is motion/after effects like final cut/avid where the software does more or less the same and as long as you understand editing/design principles youre pretty much ok?

[Jon Fidler]

Hi Dave

Ive just started out as a FCP editor and have done a few promo pieces (NHS, National trust) and corporates where I jut added basic text captions etc. I edited and graded these but I did not do any of the motion graphics for any of this. I just passed them back to the clients and they passed them onto whoever dealt with that side of things. I do know they used motion though.

I also know how to use of the 2D motion graphic capabilities, filters and composite tools in FCP too, so this isnt an area which is totally alien to me.

To be honest id much rather continue my career in editing/grading im not particularly interested in the area, but I realise that I do need a certain depth of skill and understanding of motion graphics to progress in the industry. I really want to know this from an editors perspective just so I dont go off track as well.

With that in mind what do you think the best course of action would be?

Thanks

[Jon Fidler]

Hi

Is there a site which lists scene length too anywhere or even one with a few films listed?

Thanks

[Jon Fidler]

Thanks for all the replys guys this has been helpful as usual

[Jon Fidler]

Thanks, this has been a massive help for me

[Jon Fidler]

Great Rocco

Thanks for your help, this was what was confusing me.

When an arc is being referred to im assuming it means the protagonists journey?

Is there such a thing as a story arc (with something like that featurette, where there is no main character just a theme to explore or a product to sell) or is that more in line with an essay, introduce a point or concept, develop and conclude and move onto the next, with a basic intro and a wrap up at the end.

Thanks

Jon

[Jon Fidler]

Thanks for all the replies this has been incredibly helpful to me.

In a lot of these documentaries for example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k23aHA_AzsA

A featurette you find on youtube. Each scene introduces a concept develops it and ends it and moves on to the next, when there is no arc to be seen, nothing has really changed. I find this on a lot of documentaries too especially the deature length behind the scenes ones on dvds etc.

In the professional world is this type of storytelling acceptable. I find these shows enjoyable to watch, but what confuses me is where is the story? This is why im thinking reading a bit more about journalism and essay styles etc.

Thanks again

Jon

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[Jon Fidler]

Thanks for all the replies this has been incredibly helpful to me.

Its not really the narrative documentaries I have a problem with (in both structure and editing), its the ones Rocco called the magazine style, is there any reading I could do to know how to get feel for this sort of style. I was thinking maybe guides on essays and dissertations or maybe a little bit on journalism.

Thanks again for all the replys

[Jon Fidler]

Also If im not mistaken it doesnt even seem to follow a 3 act arc either. Ive been watching a lot of behind the scenes stuff and this seems to be the case. Im very confused on this and clarity would be greatly appreciated

[Jon Fidler]

Ah right. So its just the flow of the dialogue/banter or whatever just to keep it ticking along nicely