Presented: May 25, 2011

Techniques to improve your storytelling skills.

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, online, training webinar discussing issues related to video post-production; often focused on Apple Final Cut applications. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 48:05

File size: 191 MB (ZIP file)

Format: QuickTime movie (1280 x 800)

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SPECIAL GUEST TUTORIAL

Guest Host Norman Hollyn, presents this fascinating look at the process of how to edit a dramatic film. As the head of the Editing Track at the USC Film School, Norman combines his years of teaching with his professional credentials as both a picture and music editor for feature films into this stunning presentation.

This webinar looks at:

• Analyzing the script
• Organizing your editing system
• Understanding the Script Supervisor’s notes
• Figuring out where to start
• Finding the focus of a scene
• Creating the first cut of a scene

Norman will be the first to say that he is not focused on technology. He focuses on the story and how to bring that story into the edit. Because of this, his presentation will be valuable to anyone looking to improve their story telling skills.

He begins by explaining how to read a script, how to find key emotional changes, called “Lean Forward Moments,” in each scene, how to determine what is important in each scene, and how to describe the script in terms of what changes in the story.

He next moves into Final Cut Pro – though, in fact, any editing software could be used – and shows how he organizes his clips and plans his edit. He illustrates a sample cut of a scene and explains his thinking on why he selected each shot and how they all fit together.

This webinar is an essential tool for anyone wanting to learn the craft of editing. (As one participate wrote, “This stuff is GOLD!”) Whether you are a new editor, or an old hand looking to pick up new tips, this seminar can help you bring your stories to life.

Audience Level

No prior knowledge of any software is necessary to view, or understand, this tutorial. This tutorial looks at story-telling and aesthetics, not technology.

BONUS FEATURE

To quickly find the information you need, we added chapter markers for easy navigation.

Content Outline

• • Why it is important to take time to think.
  • Reading, and understanding, a script
  • Tools to analyze the emotional points of a script
  • Defining and illustrating a “logline.”
  • Breaking down the script for a scene
  • What to do when dailies come in
  • Getting your editing system organized
  • How clips get named
  • Understanding the Script Supervisor’s notes
  • Creating a first cut
  • Tuning the first cut
  • The impact of the director’s vision on the first cut
  • Questions and answers from the audience.

• DEMO: Organizing Final Cut Browser clips
• DEMO: The importance of shot order
• DEMO: Determining who gets the first close-up
• DEMO: The impact of trimming

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