My DVD Learning Journey...

2010-02-11T06:15:00.000-08:00

Watched a very interesting advertisement! I find it the best of all beer's advertisement. It had alot of nice ideas composited together even though is a short advertisement. It attracts my attention when everything just blend so well. I realise they use alot of effects to make the advertisement a very successful one. It definitely promotes the beer and its brand at the end. It gives a very adventurous feeling and making the audience wanting to buy their beer.

Every step is really tedious, I hope produce this kind of standard in the future.

Enjoy~Love it~

2010-02-08T18:46:00.001-08:00

Film editing lesson had come to an end...

This will just be a summary of what I had learned throughout this semester =)

Trimming/cutting
Marking in and out
Adding & Mixing Audios
Adding Transitions
Adding text
Adding filters and bin
Shortcut keys of FCP

I will make use of the skills in my future film or projects! Thanks Miss Eda for your useful notes and the FCP practical that we had did.

For our cinematography assignment 2, we also did a trailer on candy island, with the help of final cut pro. So do take a look and enjoy =p

2010-02-08T08:19:00.001-08:00

Film editing is going to end soon.. had learnt lots of skills in editing and making a good video.

Comments are given for assignment 2 about the ending. We then changed it and try to make the brand and logo appear more. To promote it to the viewers.

In cinematography, we also use final cut pro to produce our short film....

This is our cinematography assignment one, edited using after effects and final cut pro.

I think that there is still room of improvement for myself, I will continue to learn and produce a good film in the future.

2010-02-01T16:49:00.000-08:00

Film editing assignment 2 had finally come to an end. In this advertisement, May Tze is the main lead, followed by Ting Ru and Suzanne and Meng Jiao. Being the cameraman, I met many difficulties. I had to consider many points like zooming, angle and controlling the camera.

As for the editing, we must ensure what we want our viewers to see. A great audio is then equally important to attract audience attention.

I learnt lots of things in this assignment. I am also looking forward to learn more and make my editing better or even perfect.

Now I had a better understanding towards final cut pro, compositing and cinematography. =) Hope you will enjoy our video.

2010-01-12T03:20:00.000-08:00

Today we had our own time to discuss our film editing assignment 2. I am grouping with May Tze and Meng Jiao. We are still discussing on the contents of the advertisement as changes needs to be make.

Hope that our advertisement can be a success=) My assignment 1 grade, I believe that it is not good. I will try my best in this assignment and push up my grades .

Tomorrow we will discussing our ideas and the type of effects that we are putting in it. Details and pictures will be uploaded by then... Stay Tuned =p

2009-12-14T07:04:00.000-08:00

Assignment 1 is done for film editing...

My before and after pictures will be posted up here. Reflections will also be written here=)

Shot 3: smoky and sparkling effect are being added after several tries.

Shot 5: Colour correction is done and the enlarging of Pamela.

Shot 10: Colour correction, changing of brightness and contrast of the picture.

I realised that choosing audio for video is very important. Planning and teamwork is needed to make the video a complete one. Lastly, I also think that I had to improve my final cut pro skills to make better videos in future.

2009-12-01T04:52:00.000-08:00

Today is a practical lesson, we had to follow the instructions given in the pdf and work on it. I am always confused and don't what to do. But after several times of trying, I will find out the right one to press. I also learnt what is patching and how to lower down the volume by clicking the stereo tab and lower the db value.

I find that there is a lot of steps to only edit a video which is tedious, making sure that I read every single sentence so that I don't make mistakes in my work.

Photos are taken for our assignment and we will continue by editing them in photoshop by this week. Screenshots and work progress will be posted up soon, aiming it to be a good video. =)

2009-11-17T06:56:00.000-08:00

In today's lesson, editing, inserting and overwriting are learnt. All this process is just to produce a rough cut. A rough cut is cutting all the various clip and get them into the timeline.

I also realised that planning is important and we must be sure what I want my viewers to see. So I will know where to mark in and out. The purpose of marking in and out actually serve as a tool to mark what you want and cut away all the unwanted parts.

I also found out the difference between inserting and overwriting. Insert is to cut out the whole clip as for overwriting is to overwrite the portion that you had marked out.

Found the glossary of flim editing on web:

Film Editing Glossary

cut
A visual transition created in editing in which one shot is instantaneously replaced on screen by another.

continuity editing
Editing that creates action that flows smoothly across shots and scenes without jarring visual inconsistencies. Establishes a sense of story for the viewer.

cross cutting
Cutting back and forth quickly between two or more lines of action, indicating they are happening simultaneously.

dissolve
A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps the end of one shot with the beginning of the next one.

editing
The work of selecting and joining together shots to create a finished film.

errors of continuity
Disruptions in the flow of a scene, such as a failure to match action or the placement of props across shots.

establishing shot
A shot, normally taken from a great distance or from a "bird's eye view," that establishes where the action is about to occur.

eyeline match
The matching of eyelines between two or more characters. For example, if Sam looks to the right in shot A, Jean will look to the left in shot B. This establishes a relationship of proximity and continuity.

fade
A visual transition between shots or scenes that appears on screen as a brief interval with no picture. The editor fades one shot to black and then fades in the next. Often used to indicate a change in time and place.

final cut
The finished edit of a film, approved by the director and the producer. This is what the audience sees.

iris
Visible on screen as a circle closing down over or opening up on a shot. Seldom used in contemporary film, but common during the silent era of Hollywood films.

jump cut
A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action.

matched cut
A cut joining two shots whose compositional elements match, helping to establish strong continuity of action.

montage
Scenes whose emotional impact and visual design are achieved through the editing together of many brief shots. The shower scene from Psycho is an example of montage editing.

rough cut
The editor's first pass at assembling the shots into a film, before tightening and polishing occurs.

sequence shot
A long take that extends for an entire scene or sequence. It is composed of only one shot with no editing.

shot reverse shot cutting
Usually used for conversation scenes, this technique alternates between over-the-shoulder shots showing each character speaking.

wipe
Visible on screen as a bar travelling across the frame pushing one shot off and pulling the next shot into place. Rarely used in contemporary film, but common in films from the 1930s and 1940s.

From the research I found, I knew a rough cut general definition more and know what others is use in film editing. Tomorrow our group will take photos for Assignment 1. Will upload the photos next week. Some of the screenshots will also be put up when I try to edit the clip in Final Cut Pro.

Today's lesson and my difficulties encountered...

2009-11-10T04:49:00.000-08:00

Today had to open a file called sea world which is a really big file. Homework are also given that had to be done by next week.

When I was trying to mark in and out in the portion that was being told. I find that it is hard as you had to be really attentive and careful to get it perfect.

Before today's lesson, I was thinking that there are so many files in the project panel that makes people so confused when working on it. Therefore, I learnt that we can create different types of bins to organise different things like clips, audio , sequences .

Found this on the net:

You can navigate the timeline using J, K, and L keys.

L plays the sequence forward.

K stops playing.

J plays the sequence backward.

Tapping J or K two, three, or more times increases the playback speed by 2x, 3x, etc.

Hold down the K and L keys to play in slow motion.

Hold down the J and K keys to play in reverse slow-motion.

Tip #1 - The Fear of Cutting

For those of you that have not had to deal with cutting your favorite scene out because one reason or another - that day will come soon. Many times I have edited a great scene, the colors are perfect, lighting is great, acting is awesome, but sometimes a scene needs to be cut to continue moving the story forward. I hate cutting my favorite shots or scenes out but you have to let them go. Put them on the bonus features.

Tip #3 - A Third Eye Never Lies

Getting your rough cut shown to a friend or fellow filmmaker is always a good idea. I cannot stress how important it is to have another set of eyes look over your rough cut before you move on to polishing your project. Show it to someone you trust will be honest with you and will challenge you to improve your work. Every-time I have shown someone my rough cuts I have always come away with more to improve upon.

As for my opinion, I think that Tip #3 - A Third Eye Never Lies is really important. You may think that your video is good. But is always good to hear other people views. So that videos can then be improved and make audience impressed. Today, I made a mistake by marking in and out at the wrong point and I did not know how to clear the points. I keep pressing delete but it just won't disappear. I noticed that by doing a right click can clear it away. Now, I am still cutting on still images and there are still many interesting things for me to discover in Final Cut Pro!=)

Found this video which is done by final cut pro... Find it so amazing...

My reflections and my difficulties encountered....

2009-11-03T07:15:00.000-08:00

Today, I learnt marking in and out. At first when I tried pressing I and O, I cannot do the markings. I then noticed that I did not play the video when I was marking it.

Secondly, when I was dragging the images from the project panel to the timeline. I keep overlapping one frame onto another and one of them will disappear. Which I think I need to be really careful and patient.

I also did research on shortcuts on customize keyboards. I noticed that there are still many useful shortcuts that can be used. For example, for the viewer, there is :

VIEWER
Fit to Window	Shift-Z
Toggle Wireframes	W
Mark Clip	X
Mark In	I
Mark Out	O
Go to Previous Edit	up arrow
Go to Next Edit	down arrow
Play In to Out	Shift-\
Play Forward	Spacebar
Open Text Generator	Control-X
Close Tab	Control-W
Show/Hide Viewer	Cmd-1

As for my thoughts, I think that there are many shortcuts to remember and it is really tedious. But I think that as we get use to it, we will be familiar and use it as a everyday thing.

Found a more interesting and clearer view of the customize keyboard..=p For me, I will prefer this as it will have a clearer view of what to use and choose.

My introduction...

2009-10-28T08:06:00.000-07:00

Hi Miss Eda=)

This is my first post on this blog. I will write all my thoughts and my research here. It is challenging and tough working towards my goal, but I will work extra hard to achieve it. Today will be the start of my life journey in Flim Editing, from my next post onwards, it will be my actual journal for flim editing. Do enjoy!!!

Found this on the net and I feel that it is really what I should ask myself when producing a movie.

PUT YOURSELF IN THE PLACE OF THE AUDIENCE

1) What is the audience going to be thinking at any particular moment?
2) Where are they going to be looking?
3) What do you want to them to think about?
4) What do you want them to feel?

This is really important in order to make my movie worth to watch.