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The Craft of the Cut

The Digital Video Editor's Handbook
Wiley-VCH GmbH
ISBN/EAN: 9781119951735
Umbreit-Nr.: 3840020

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 380 S.
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Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Erschienen am 26.07.2012
Auflage: 2/2012
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    • The art of professional video editing Although technology is rapidly evolving, it is still complicated to edit video. This unique book not only teaches you the art of professional editing, it also gives you authentic professional experience. You'll be guided through a typical industry production workflow; you'll have access to raw footage, including alternate takes of each scene from a professional short film; and you'll make your own decisions. By the book's end, you'll have completed your own version of a film. It's the perfect primer for aspiring editors who want to ascend to industry-level positions. * Immerses you in the actual experience of editing a film, from video rushes to the shooting script and continuity notes * Provides actual media, including alternate takes, and you make all the decisions * Walks you through the post-production of a professional short film; by the book's end, you will have acquired the skills to complete your own version of the film * Shows you how to use Final Cut Pro X as part of the production process The Craft of the Cut goes deep inside the world of professional video editing and equips you with skills for professional-level editing.

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    • InhaltsangabeForeword xix Introduction 1 Who This Book Is For 1 What This Book Offers 2 How to Use Th is Book 3 Part 1: Preparing to Edit CHAPTER 1 Familiarizing Yourself with the Film 7 Reading the Script 9 Story and structure 9 The characters 11 Working with Reports and Logs 12 The continuity shot list 13 The continuity script 16 Your Role as Editor 17 CHAPTER 2 Final Cut Pro X Essentials 19 Getting Up and Running 20 Locating your fi les on the Mac 20 Considering media storage 21 Copying the media to your hard drive 22 Exploring the Interface 23 The Event Library 25 The Event Browser 25 The Project Library and Timeline 26 The Viewer 27 The Toolbar 28 The Inspector 29 Working with Keyboard Commands 30 Essential keyboard commands 30 The Command Editor 31 CHAPTER 3 Importing Media 35 Setting Import Preferences 35 Organizing 36 Transcoding 37 Video 38 Audio 39 Importing the Rushes 40 Creating new Events 40 Importing files 42 Keeping an eye on background tasks 44 Understanding how Events are organized 45 Grouping Events 46 Importing Media from Other Sources 47 Filebased cameras 47 DSLRs 49 Tapebased cameras 50 iMovie Projects 52 CHAPTER 4 Organizing and Preparing Media 53 Viewing Media in the Event Browser 53 Working in Filmstrip View 54 Working in List View 56 Skimming clips 58 Playing selections 59 Marking In and Out points 61 Evaluating the Rushes 62 Developing a strategy 62 Selecting Favorites 63 Rejecting clips 65 Removing ratings 65 Naming clips 65 Filtering clips 67 Using Collections to Organize Your Footage 69 Working with automatic collections 69 Assigning keywords 71 Deleting keywords 72 Working with Keyword Collections 72 Finding your footage 73 Creating Smart Collections 74 Organizing Collections into folders 75 Working with Metadata 75 Working with metadata in the Inspector 75 Customizing metadata views 76 Customizing metadata properties 78 Assigning Roles 80 Part 2: The Edit CHAPTER 5 The Assembly Edit 85 Understanding Projects and Timelines 85 Creating new Projects 86 Duplicating Projects 89 Understanding Storylines 91 Compiling the Assembly Edit 91 Appending clips 93 Performing overwrite edits 94 Performing insert edits 95 Working in the Magnetic Timeline 96 Navigating in the Timeline 99 Changing the clip appearance 100 Using the skimmer and playhead 101 Keyboard navigation in the Timeline 101 Finding clips with the Timeline Index 102 Using markers and to-do's 104 Using placeholders 107 CHAPTER 6 Editing the Rough Cut 109 Trimming Clips 110 Performing a Ripple edit 111 Performing a Roll edit 113 Performing a Slip edit 114 Performing a Slide edit 115 Using the Precision Editor 116 Manipulating Media in the Timeline 118 Cutting clips with the Blade tool 118 Performing a three-point edit 119 Replacing clips 120 Auditioning clips 121 Mind the Gap 124 Working with the Position tool 125 Making the Connection 126 Connecting clips to the Primary Storyline 127 Working with Connected Clips 129 CHAPTER 7 Completing the Cut 131 Adding Cutaways 132 Secondary Storylines 132 Manipulating clips in a Secondary Storyline 133 Working with Secondary Storylines 134 Breaking apart clip items 136 Adding audio clips to the Timeline 136 Compound Clips 137 Working with Compound Clips in the Timeline 138 Working with Compound Clips in the Event Browser 143 Adding Transitions 145 Adding simple dissolves 146 Changing transition durations 147 Selecting transitions in the Transition Browser 148 Manipulating transitions in the Inspector 149 CHAPTER 8 Editing Audio 153 Accessing the Music and Sound Browser 154 Working with Audio 154 Using the audio meters 157 Controlling audio volume