Film school:Narrative Dialog Editing:Story of Penny and Eggbert:L-Cuts 1

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Limitations

 * There are limitations. You cannot always create "L-Cuts" at every edit.


 * This is because everytime you roll a picture edit, you have a protential sync problem.


 * Remember: Where ever you roll a picture edit, you always hear the sound from one clip while you see the picture from another clip.  Therefore, the picture will be out of sync... if you see the lips of the speaker.


 * But if you don't see the lips of the speaker, then you have no problem!


 * Let's see how this rule applies to our scene.

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The previous steps
Previously, we created the rough edit. Here is what it looks like.

There are just two edits in the entire scene. Very simple.


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Just straight cuts based on the spoken words of the actors Rough Edit
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Here is the rough edit

 * Three clips which have been trimmed (by hidding the unwanted footage) and then assembled together. Very easy!


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Roll the picture edits
Once you create the rough edit, you lock the audio and roll the picture edits to find the best visual transition.

But there is a problem. You cannot always roll a picture edit because then you will lose sync.

Notice that one of the possible ways to roll the picture edit is not allowed. Why?


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When are "L-Cuts" allowed?
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Begin Rolling the Picture Edits

Why can you not roll the edits anyway you want?

 * Notice that one of the arrows is x-ed out. Why?


 * You cannot roll the picture edit in that direction because you will loose audio sync.


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Forbidden
You are not allowed to roll the first picture edit to the right. If you do, the picture and the sound will be out of sync.


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Not allowed
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You see Penny's lips

 * When you roll the picture edit, you will see Penny's lips in the wide angle shot while you hear Penny from the over the shoulder shot. That is why if you extend the wide angle shot by rolling the picture edit to the right, Penny's lips will be out of sync with the audio from the second clip.


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Allowed
You are allowed to roll the first picture edit to the left.

Once you have rolled the picture edit to the left, you will see Penny before she begins to speak while you continue to hear Eggbert finishing his dialog from the clip which shows both Eggbert and Penny (the two shot).


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Allowed
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You do not see Eggbert's lips

 * This is good! You cannot see Eggbert's lips in the over-the-shoulder shot.  Therefore the audio and picture are never out of lip sync.


 * Because the audience cannot see Eggbert's lips, they never know that the two clips are actually out of sync. To the audience, it looks normal.


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Allowed
You are not allowed to roll the first picture edit to the right.

Once you have rolled the second picture edit to the right, you continue to watch Penny after she has finished speaking while you hear Eggbert begin his dialog from the clip which shows both Eggbert over the shoulder of Penny.


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3 - Allowed
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You do not see Eggbert's lips

 * This is good! You cannot see Eggbert's lips in the over-the-shoulder shot.


 * You are allowed to roll the second picture edit to the right because no one will know that the picture and the audio are out of lip sync. That is because you cannot see the lips of the speaker who has his back to the audience.


 * Once you have rolled the picture edit to the right (without changing the audio which remains locked), you now see Penny after she has finished speaking while you hear Eggbert begin his second dialog from the over the shoulder of Eggbert.


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Allowed
You are not allowed to roll the first picture edit to the right.

Once you have rolled the picture edit to the left, you will see Eggbert before he begins to speak while you continue to hear Penny finishing her dialog from the clip which shows both Penny over the shoulder of Eggbert..


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4 - allowed
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You cannot see Penny's lips

 * This is good! You cannot see Penny's lips in the over the shoulder shot.
 * You are allowed to roll the second picture edit to the right because no one will know that the picture and the audio are out of lip sync. That is because you can not see the lips of the speaker (who has her back to the audience.)


 * Once you have rolled the picture edit to the left (without changing the audio which remains locked), you now see Eggbert listening before he begins to speak while you hear Penny finish her dialog from the over the shoulder of Penny.

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