Film editing/Understanding "L-Cuts"/Hearing Voices

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A three way conversation
The best way to learn about editing a conversation is to get the film dailies for a scene and edit the scene.
 * Using insert shots and L-Cuts


 * The story
 * Two men are talking about law cases in a cafeteria. Their partner arrives with news about an important case.


 * A challenge
 * This scene was shot quickly with only a few shots to get all the coverage. Not all the shots match perfectly.  The performances change from the wide angle shot to the close up shot.


 * So you must worry about a lot of things, not just how to create "L-Cuts".


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A simple scene from a TV drama

 * DVD-Video disk
 * The Star Movie Shop has a disk which shows a three way conversation. The disk is called "Hearing Voices"


 * The disk is both a DVD-Video with a demonstration of how this scene can be edited. You just watch the demos and see the many options.


 * Also the disk is a DVD-Data disk containing all the film dailies for use in your editing program.


 * Enough points?
 * If you have enough points, let me know and the disk will be send to you.


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Who do you want to emphasize?

 * Speaker 1, speaker 2, speaker 3?
 * This disk contains the unedited film footage of one scene which has three people.


 * The dialog is fixed (more or less). But the picture can changed by making "L-Cuts" and adding cut-away or insert shots.


 * Making "L-Cuts" and adding cut away shots changes the way that the audience interprets the scene.


 * In short, you editing creates the emotional content of the scene.


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Who's in charge?

 * Which is the actor's point of view is the most important?
 * In this scene, you do not know what happened before this scene. Therefore, it is not clear who is the most important person in this scene.


 * Therefore, you should try editing this scene three ways. Each way emphasizes a different actor.


 * Using editing, you can emphasize one actor over the others. Watch the DVD-Video content and see how it is done for this scene.


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The next page

 * The next page discusses the first disk about "L-Cuts".


 * "Fireworks Display" DVD-Video [[Image:Crystal Clear action forward.png|24px]]

Contact your instructor

 * Your instructor for this class is Robert Elliott. To email me, you simply  Click Here. [[Image:Crystal Clear app xfmail.png|24px]]


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