FINAL CUT PRO ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES
Part One: Cutting Dramatic Material
CH 1: Basic Dialogue Scenes
Building the framework – controlling the focus
Who, what, where, why, when & how
Finding the hinge
Finding the climax
Moving in slowly
Dirty vs. clean
Matching angles
Cut for reactions
Incorporating an insert
Using a cutaway
Backing out to the master
Using gang sync
Split every edit
Dynamic trimming
Ch 2: Complex Dialogue Scenes
Building the framework
Managing screen direction
Following eyelines
Cutaways and inserts
CH 3: Basic Action Cutting techniques
Preserving continuity & momentum
Moving to moving, still to still
Cutting on action
Find the easy spot
Using a reverse
Building tension with close ups
Cause and Effect
CH 4: Cutting FOR STORY AND CHARACTER
Chase scenes
Importance of screen direction
Cross cutting
Speed up the cutting
Cutting a shootout scene
Dialogue in disguise
Building empathy through cutting
Incorporating the witness
Fights and Battle scenes
Intercutting techniques
Controlled chaos
The big picture
COMEDY SCENES [MAY BE CUT]
Comedy is surprise
Don’t get too close
Repetition
Ch 5: THE BIG PICTURE
Building and editing master sequences
Scene cuts and scene transitions
Trimming under a transition
Rearranging scenes
Find redundancy
Finding rhythm
Part Two: Documentary and Other Techniques
Ch 6: Documenting an event[ MAY BE CUT ]
Beginning middle and end
Find a story to follow
Find the best example of each event
Variation
Ch 7: Cutting an Interview
Cut for audio first
Trim trim trim
Soft cuts
Split edits
Visual variety
Ch 8: Working with B-Roll & Charts
The obvious choice
More creative choices
Sliding for accuracy
Fit to Fill for dire circumstances
Montage techniques
Contrasting images
Pacing tricks
Incorporating graphics, titles & charts
Controlling focus (highlighting)
Ch 9: Cutting a Music Video
Identifying the A story, B story, etc.
Cutting on beat
Cutting for mood over story
Action on the beat (within a clip)
Ch 10: Multi-Camera editing
Constructing a multi-clip
Synching on timecode
Synching on slate
Synching on action
Editing with multi-clips
Using multi-clips with standard coverage
Part Three: Working with Audio
Ch 11:Audio Finishing
The audio process
Dialogue sweetening
Managing levels
Basic EQ
Sibalance & pops
Sound FX editing
Spotting
Breaking out production effects
Practical vs. non-practical
Combining effects
Environments & walla
Building room tone loops
Getting creative
Subframe audio trimming
Using the reverb filter
Music Editing
Beginnings and endings
Stitching together sections
Removing vocals
Adjusting timing
ADR and Foley
Preparing for ADR & foley
Using the voice over tool for ADR
Recording foley
Matching ADR to the project
The cloth track
The Final Mix
Programming the Audio Mixer window
Setting the tone level vs. dialogue
Monitoring peaks
Realtime audio mixing
Preparing for film delivery
Ch 12: Working with Soundtrack Pro
Working with audio FX
Composing a score from loops
Round trip from FCP- Soundtrack – FCP
Recording audio in Soundtrack
Part Four: Project Management
Ch 13: Advanced Clip Management
Using the browser as clip database
Working with timecode
Dual system recording
Using 16x9 footage
Using 24p footage
Using 24fps footage in a PAL environment
Working with 60fps footage in 30fps TC
Ch 14: Managing Media
Clip and media relationships
Using the Media Manager
Ch 15: TRANScoding and Outputting Video
Edit to Tape (?)
Using Compressor
Creating video for DVD
Chapter markers
Creating video for Web
Using an uncompressed sequence
Creating video for HD DVD (?)
Ch 16: WORKING WITH CINEMA TOOLS
Importing footage from telecine (Creating the database)
Understanding the Telecine logs
Editing essentials
Using Film Safe Editing
Using Dupe Detection
Converting between 24 and 30
Generating Cut Lists
Generating Change Lists
Finishing Steps