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Editing Dialog

(Figure 1: the screenshot of the Lynda online class called Creating a Short Film, source by Zhen )
  • To make more intensive to the dialogue, edit clips to adjust the pacing of the scene.
    • The method to do it is that find the sound wave and cut these clips basing on the high point and low point of the clips. As a result, the problem of jump show shows up.
  • Use reverses to cover jump cuts from dialogue edits.
    • In some clips, we can see the face of one character, we can start the dialogue before we see her face. Besides, we can add an audio transition effect called concent power into all clips and both the start and the end of the middle clip. Then adjust the time of the effect.
  • Borrow audio from other takes
    • Sometimes, the visual effect looks good but the audio doesn’t work. Normally, because we shoot a shot from various angles, we can borrow audio from other versions.

Matching Action

(Figure 2: the screenshot of the Lynda online class called Creating a Short Film, source by Zhen)

the tail of the outgoing frame & the head of the incoming frame

  • Sometimes, there are two actions looking quite similar. When the cut happens during an action. Things are shot in a way that doesn’t match. Thus, we can use it as the link to cut the action.
  • The edit of the overall story is more important than the cut
  • The focal point of the edit can help mask problems

Using establishing shots

(Figure 3: the screenshot of the Lynda online class called Creating a Short Film, source by Zhen)
  • Another way the editor to make the audience feel comfortable is using the establishing shots.
  • Shots that suggest where the scene is taking place. Besides, it can preset the mood of the film.
  • Important because the video is the 2D representation of the 3D world
  • It’s easy for audiences to get disoriented.
  • It can convince audiences the film was shot somewhere else. In other words, people can shoot in the studio but make audiences feel like the film in the real place.
  • It makes the cut more fluently.

Reaction Shots

(Figure 4: the screenshot of the Lynda online class called Creating a Short Film, source by Zhen )
  • We show characters with their emotional reaction to share the feeling and emotion of them to the audience. The audience is forced to connect with the character.
  • It can clarify the emotion or tone of the scene.
  • Besides, it also can show the feeling of another character.
  • It also can help the audience to see the meaning behind an event.
  • Thus, we can hold the shot for a long time to express the emotion.

Reference:

Chad Perkins 2018, Creating a Short Film, streaming video, Lynda, California, viewed 14 October 2018, <https://www.lynda.com/Premiere-Pro-tutorials/Editing-dialog/129026/789213-4.html?autoplay=true>.

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