its not unusual to have a director make this sort of request. Since he's the customer, once you've made your comment you have to make the changes. But save the sequence duplicate it and them work on that for him - keeping your edit. If you use the playhead to target shots from the viewer its quite easy to overwrite or better to overlay the shots into the next video layer above your main edit. You can then tweak the cutaway by dragging the clip shorter of longer. Good luck. By the way the audio level is very low on your videos. My old machine is very noisy and its hard to hear you.
Hi Mike It's a tough line to walk between getting the edit you think is going to work and complying with what the director or indeed the producer wants. No two creative ideas are the same! I think it's great that you keeop hold of your edit in case you want to refer people back to it later. In my work at the BBC I see lots of people struggling where one creative voice is pitted against the other and you come across as eminantly able to deal with that in a really professional way. Good stuff. Can't wait to see some edited footage...? F
If the CUs are used to place emphasis on 'whose' scene it is then good. At the beginning of most scenes it's wise to spell out to the audience the character we're with.
If the CUs are just to give an actor some screen time then that's just whack. Unless it's a Hollywood flick starring Angelina Jolie. Because it could make us think the scene is about the wrong character!
With that said, each film has different problems in the edit. However, cutting into shots CAN break the flow and if you/the audience get a funny/awkward feeling when watching a scene the chances are you've experienced a dodgy edit.
Good luck. Diplomacy is the key. Let the director think they have made the decisions and you won't go far wrong. You will eventually both work your way back to your 'cut' if it works the best.
Hi Mike, Going through the rough cut yesterday, I can see the fruits of how this reflection by blogging has influenced your work. The later scenes you have cut seem far more confident in their structure, and more creative that what you admitted you thought editing was, which was just putting the scenes in order. I think you should experiment over the summer...just playing with short sequences to see how the juxtaposition of images makes a difference to the audience experience.
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Hi Mike,
its not unusual to have a director make this sort of request. Since he's the customer, once you've made your comment you have to make the changes. But save the sequence duplicate it and them work on that for him - keeping your edit. If you use the playhead to target shots from the viewer its quite easy to overwrite or better to overlay the shots into the next video layer above your main edit. You can then tweak the cutaway by dragging the clip shorter of longer. Good luck. By the way the audio level is very low on your videos. My old machine is very noisy and its hard to hear you.
regards, MIke j
Hi Mike
It's a tough line to walk between getting the edit you think is going to work and complying with what the director or indeed the producer wants. No two creative ideas are the same! I think it's great that you keeop hold of your edit in case you want to refer people back to it later.
In my work at the BBC I see lots of people struggling where one creative voice is pitted against the other and you come across as eminantly able to deal with that in a really professional way.
Good stuff.
Can't wait to see some edited footage...?
F
If the CUs are used to place emphasis on 'whose' scene it is then good. At the beginning of most scenes it's wise to spell out to the audience the character we're with.
If the CUs are just to give an actor some screen time then that's just whack. Unless it's a Hollywood flick starring Angelina Jolie. Because it could make us think the scene is about the wrong character!
With that said, each film has different problems in the edit. However, cutting into shots CAN break the flow and if you/the audience get a funny/awkward feeling when watching a scene the chances are you've experienced a dodgy edit.
Good luck. Diplomacy is the key. Let the director think they have made the decisions and you won't go far wrong. You will eventually both work your way back to your 'cut' if it works the best.
Larry
NFTS Editing Student
Hi Mike,
Going through the rough cut yesterday, I can see the fruits of how this reflection by blogging has influenced your work. The later scenes you have cut seem far more confident in their structure, and more creative that what you admitted you thought editing was, which was just putting the scenes in order. I think you should experiment over the summer...just playing with short sequences to see how the juxtaposition of images makes a difference to the audience experience.
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