Today we had an editing tutorial from our editor in residence, Matt. He explained to us the essentials of editing including the three main rules of editing, he insisted that we take notes during the session so this is a post that consists of the notes that I took during that talk.
Context sensitive, preview, bins and timeline - where the clips are found (bins), where they go (timeline) and where they're seen (preview)
Sync up iPad screen with music
Shot in the studio, match up with the iPad screen timecode - will make it easier to match performance and song in the edit
Either in sync or not - make sure everything is in sync!
Sync with a completely random number
Bass and snare, to sync up with audio
Take time to make sure everything is in sync - will look absolutely awful if the performance is out of sync with the song
Picture sync is a lot more reliable -light travels faster than sound, therefore, being able to match the video with the song will be more accurate than trying to match the sound with the song
Make sure all clips are named, ordered - makes cutting to a clip in the timeline faster as you are able to tell which clip is being edited
GROUP YOUR SHOTS TOGETHER
Pictorial match (cutting the flow of music) - seeing camera movements and cuts in time with the rhythm of a song makes the video flow more and seem more fluid
Aim for final cut first instead of rough cut - creating a rough cut will make the editor work less hard on what they are doing as it is only a rough cut so it will almost always be extremely average. If you aim to make the final cut first, then it will be of higher quality and will have been worked on harder
When editing a music video, do 10 seconds at a time - the task seems daunting and alost impossible when editing the 3 minute video which can discourage an editor, so if you break the task into small chunks, it will seem easier to do
Don't show anyone what you are working on - they may criticise good work, which could lead to disruption of a project that genuinely works
CONVERSATION
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