Into the Streets (People’s Climate March + Flood Wall Street) from meerkatmedia on Vimeo.
BASIC EDITING TIPS
KNOW WHEN A SHOT STARTS OR STOPS - Every shot has a beginning and an end.
ESTABLISH A RHYTHM - There is a way in which editing is like music. The shots don’t
need to be the same length, but if you have a series of shots, look at the durations.
THINK ABOUT THE SPACE that you are creating in a series of shots. Do you give your
viewers a sense of 'being somewhere.’
MATCH CUTTING - Match cuts are the bread and butter of editing. This is the illusion of
continuous action.
AVOID EXTREMES OF FOCAL LENGTH ON CUTS - Part of the key to editing is to
establish a sense of space; this means not getting the viewer seasick.
DON’T CUT FROM MOTION TO STATIC or STATIC TO MOTION - If you try to cut a
PAN before the camera has stopped, you will see the problem.
WHEN IN DOUBT, TAKE IT OUT – Ideally, a finished film has only necessary images in
it. If you think something is superfluous, your audience will probably agree.
Review folder Structure
Final Cut Express cheat sheet
Exporting movie handout
Understanding Codecs:
How Codecs Work - Tutorial from David Kong on Vimeo.
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