Nicholas Bierzonski
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Also you may want to create a Color Correction Bin within your project that contains the color correction filters, and settings for each interview subject. This way you can easily copy and drag from your Color Correction Bin to future clips inserted in your edit.
-Nicholas Bierzonski
Senior Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com
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I thought I would add something to the fine suggestions given in this thread. I recommend you shoot some cutaway shots that will not matter continuity-wise. This way if you encounter continuity issues you can cover glaring jumpcuts. For example…if I were shooting an interview I would be sure to shoot a few variations of the interviewer nodding their head as if they are listening to the interviewee. This allows me to cover a jump cut or audio edit while the interviewer is on camera.
If you are shooting close ups of doors on a model car being described by the talent…angle the close up of the door so that it does not show the talent. If the talent isn’t in the shot there is no action to match. Or use a shallow depth of field so the talent is out of focus behind the car. These cut away shots can be life savers. If you find you don’t need them in the edit; No harm. But you’ll sleep better at night knowing you’ve covered your butt.
-Nicholas Bierzonski
Senior Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com -
Well said! I agree.
I do not consider myself a “Final Cut Pro Editor”. I am an editor. Throw a completely new NLE at me and I will learn where all the tools are and wield it to my advantage.
That’s my mentality. What I can do with my background and editing skills in a program like iMovie will blow away a novice prosumer editor. In addition I will complete the task in a much shorter time.
I carry that mentality to every piece of software I learn and use. There is an abundance of NLE software out there each with it’s strengths and weaknesses. An intelligent professional editor will seamlessly integrate with that software to complete the job.
To quote the late Bruce Lee, “Be water my friend.”
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.”
-Bruce Lee-Nicholas Bierzonski
Senior Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com -
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-Nicholas Bierzonski
Senior Editor/DVD Author/Java Boy
http://www.finalfocusvideo.com