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More About This Title The Craft of the Cut - The Final Cut Pro XEditor's Handbook
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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.
The Craft of the Cut project and media files will work with all the versions of Final Cut Pro X (10.0 and above) but may need updating depending on the version of Final Cut Pro X you are using. For further instructions on how to update these files for your version of Final Cut Pro X please download the READ ME FIRST (UPDATED).pdf. Ebook readers can access the READ ME FIRST (UPDATED).pdf by using the link provided in the front matter of the ebook and hardcopy readers can access the READ ME FIRST (UPDATED).pdf using the link provided on the main page of Appendix B ‘Whats on the DVD’.
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Marios Chirtou and Mark Riley are London-based filmmakers with more than 20 years of experience in the broadcast TV industry. Their movies and music videos have been screened at numerous film festivals around the world and broadcast on BBC, ITV, and MTV. They designed The Craft of the Cut for aspiring editors to develop their skills using the short film Pranks.
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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
File-based cameras 47
DSLRs 49
Tape-based 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 159
Expanding and detaching audio 160
Syncing double-system sound 162
Creating audio fades 163
Making Audio Enhancements 165
Using equalization 166
Fixing audio problems 169
Part 3: The Craft of the Edit
CHAPTER 9 Setting Up the Story 175
Th e First Act 176
Evaluating the footage 178
Exploring the edit 178
Scene 2 179
Scene 3 189
CHAPTER 10 Cutting Dialogue 199
Dialogue Scene One 200
Evaluating the footage 200
Exploring the edit 202
Dialogue Scene Two 210
Evaluating the footage 210
Exploring the edit 211
CHAPTER 11 Editing Action 223
Th e Staircase Sequence 224
Evaluating the footage 224
Exploring the edit 225
CHAPTER 12 Building the Climax 245
Th e Final Act 246
Evaluating the footage 246
Exploring the edit 247
Part 4: After the Edit
CHAPTER 13 Building the Soundtrack 265
Replacing Dialogue with the ADR Files 266
Cleaning Up the Audio 268
Adding Ambience and FX 273
Incorporating the Music Cues 274
Constructing Your Own Sound Design 276
Creating a Surround Mix 278
CHAPTER 14 Working with Effects 281
Exploring the Built-In Eff ects 282
Transforming images 283
Trimming and cropping images 284
Creating the Ken Burns eff ect 286
Distorting images 287
Animating with keyframes 287
Working with the Animation Editor 289
Creating Effects for the Movie 290
Flipping Shots 291
Creating a camera flash effect 292
Creating freeze frames 293
Retiming Clips 295
CHAPTER 15 Applying the Finishing Touches 299
Color Correction and Grading 300
Fixing color balance issues 300
Color matching between shots 301
Manually Color-Correcting Shots 302
Working with scopes 302
The Waveform Monitor 303
The Vectorscope 303
The Histogram 305
Working with the Color Board 305
Using color masks 308
Using shape masks 310
Adding Titles and Credits 313
Working with titles 313
Adjusting titles in the Inspector 314
The Title pane 314
The Text pane 315
Creating the opening credits 315
CHAPTER 16 Sharing and Exporting Your Movie 319
Working with the Share Monitor 320
Sharing Movies 321
Sharing to the Media Browser and Apple devices 321
Creating DVD and Blu-ray discs 323
DVD 323
Blu-ray 324
Publishing to the Web 325
Exporting Movies 327
Exporting with Compressor 329
Understanding the Compressor workfl ow 330
Creating chapter markers for DVD and Blu-ray 331
Exporting to XML 333
Part 5: Appendixes
APPENDIX A
Resources 337
Red Giant 337
CrumplePop 337
Noise Industries FX Factory 338
Intelligent Assistance 338
X2Pro Audio Convert 338
APPENDIX B
What’s on the DVD? 339
System Requirements 340
What’s on the DVD 340
Using the DVD 341
Troubleshooting 342
Customer Care 343
Index 345
