[Milton Hockman]

I looked at Drag Racing part.

Here is my opinion.

Drag racing is a fast sport. When you think drag racing, you think 3-5 second clips of cars speeding down the track. Quick cuts and lots of burnout, etc. Cut, Cut, Cut quick!

Your video is slow cut. there is a guy in a car about to go head to head with another car and he gets smoked! But, that sequence is so slow it doesn’t make sense visually. If you get smoked by this fast car it should be only a few shots long. It should be faster where the guy barely gets to talk and he’s been smoked. To show how fast these cars are. Cut quickly and shorten these sequences. Your videos have too long of shots. Even if it is the same shot (because of lack of footage) make that footage cut quickly with random jump cuts and stuff just to speed it up to fit your medium.

[Milton Hockman]

what do these editors mean by “flat?” do they tell you anymore than just that word? What does flat mean when they say it?

Here is a book i just picked up that has totally changed my way of thinking when it comes to editing. Before i read it, i usually would take a project and just edit it together, throw graphics in and just wing it. THis book has made me realize that each video you edit, be it a 10 second logo or a 2 hour film, they each need a visual structure. Each needsa an exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution. Not matter how long it is, even if it’s 2 seconds!

Read this book, it has expanded my mind manyfold and i think it will help you create films, videos, logo spots, etc. that are amazing.

—The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media—

Also, another tip i figured out is record commercials on ABC. There commericals are really good. Commercials for LOST, Grey’s Anatomy, etc. are awesome and going through them frame by frame you can learn a lot by looking at what the editor has done through the 30 second spot. They’re being paid the big bucks, so they have to be doiing something right.

By doing this i learned that these spots utilize VO, Music, SFX, and Actor Dialogue throguht the whole piece. A common trick is to use VO with music and then stop the music when a great Actor Dialogue line is said, then bring the music back in with VO after that….etc.

[Milton Hockman]

i woudl use avid to color correct or color finess which i have installed but never used. anyone else use it and recommed it over avid?

i’m really looking for theory books because theory applies to all applications.

[Milton Hockman]

before i read your post i did exactly as you said.

on my first test i mapped 3 keys at a time. once i got to the 6th key the problem occured again. i tried to unmap them to see if that would work and it didn’t.

so i then went key by key, closing the keyboard setting, and importing the clip. it worked perfect. i was able to remap everything key by key and it seems to be working fine now.

let’s hope it stays. to be safe i copied my user settings and put them on another drive. incase i have to bring them back

[Milton Hockman]

why doesn’t it understand it? i am trying to import deomo reels dowloaded from the web. LIke sorenson 3 files. can FCP not handle those?

[Milton Hockman]

i just ordered it off amazon today. i’ll let you know waht i think.

[Milton Hockman]

i could go through t.v. shows and look at the transitions and figure them out….but that would take too much time.

i am looking for a tutorial site that will give a transition tip just like you did on your post…….start 5 frames before….up the %….end 5 frames after…..etc.

i see t.v. commercials all the time on ABC that use this style with the GLOW BLUR effect. On THE NANNY they use this type of timing with the DIRECTIONAL BLUR effect.

TRAVEL TV uses the 100-400% 400-100% effect a lot.

These are standard, but i know there are other cooler transition effects out there. Also, i am not that familiar with Posterizing Time liek they do on PRIMETIME SPECIALS all of the time.

I am looking for a no-brainer type of site that gives all of these tips away for free, so that i don’t have the step frame by frame on recorded t.v. commercials or shows to figure out how they do them.

does this make sense?

[Milton Hockman]

i have seen those. I am looking for more of common cool transitions. Like the one where a clip will go from 100% size to 400% size on a cut and the next clip goes from 400% size to 100%size.

you know, all of those common transitions you see on TV. But looking for a resource that shows how to do them all.

[Milton Hockman]

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[Milton Hockman]

an instructor for a class said that you cut out the frequency in the music track to make a hole for the VO to land. if you don’t then the matching frequencies in the music override with the VO at the same frequency. cutting thos frequencies out gives the VO a place to be and not be combated with.

what you think about that?