Write Your Own Dialogue
Directions: Write a dialogue-driven sequence that involves two to three characters. In a dialogue-driven sequence, there doesn't need to be much action. It's the characters' words that moves the plot forward. Create a problem for the characters to solve or become invested in that is introduced and solved in the course of the scene. For example, perhaps one character needs something only another can provide, or one needs help or advice from another, or maybe a character is in competition with another in some way.
Requirements:
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Shoot Your Sequence
Edit Your Scene
Setting up Final Cut Pro
1. Create a new project
2. Immediately save your project in your folder using the following convention:
Lastname_FirstName_ProjectName.fcp
3. Set your scratch disks to your folder- do this EVERY TIME you open final cut or you risk losing your work!
4. Save your work often: Command+S
2. Immediately save your project in your folder using the following convention:
Lastname_FirstName_ProjectName.fcp
3. Set your scratch disks to your folder- do this EVERY TIME you open final cut or you risk losing your work!
4. Save your work often: Command+S
Cutting Your Sequence
This dialogue sequence is composed of only 5 shots:
•A Master Shot
•A pair of OTS “dirty” singles
•A pair of “clean” singles
That’s it- just 5 shots, but that’s all we need!
You may think that editing a dialogue is boring, or deceptively easy, but that’s not true. Dialogues are essential to narrative pieces and are great practice for new editors. The coherence of this sequence will depend on your choice of the each nuanced performance and the order of the shots.
A few cutaways and inserts (extra shots) have been included to enhance the action in the sequence. A special is a shot intended for a transition into or out of the sequence.
•A Master Shot
•A pair of OTS “dirty” singles
•A pair of “clean” singles
That’s it- just 5 shots, but that’s all we need!
You may think that editing a dialogue is boring, or deceptively easy, but that’s not true. Dialogues are essential to narrative pieces and are great practice for new editors. The coherence of this sequence will depend on your choice of the each nuanced performance and the order of the shots.
A few cutaways and inserts (extra shots) have been included to enhance the action in the sequence. A special is a shot intended for a transition into or out of the sequence.
Where should I start?
1. Organize your clips in your bin
2. Begin with the Master Shot
3. Watch for performance
4. How do you know when to cut?
*Every new shot must provide new information.
5. Match angles: cut MCUs against MCUs and CUs against CUs, etc., for more invisible edits.
6. Delay the Close-up