Creating a Short Film: 08 Editing

In this installment of the Creating a Short Film series, learn how to enhance and punch up your story using key editing techniques.

Introduction

• About this training series
• The Assurance
• Introduction to this course

1. Understanding Film Editing

• Telling stories with edits
• The history of film editing
• The editing workflow

2. Preparing to Edit

• Offloading footage
• Organizing footage
• Syncing audio and video

3. In the Beginning

• Understanding the script
• Finding an editing workflow
• Understanding timecode
• Working with high-frame-rate media

4. Editing Basics

• Selecting the right take
• Respecting screen direction
• Matching eye lines
• Understanding the 180-degree line
• Crossing the 180-degree line
• Creating a montage
• Creating an assembly edit

5. The Art of Editing

• Knowing when to cut
• Knowing when not to cut
• Cutting vs. using transitions
• Matching action
• Controlling the pacing
• Using establishing shots
• Including reaction shots
• Controlling emotion with shot size

6. Working with Audio

• Organizing audio tracks
• Working with multiple sync streams
• Editing dialog
• Utilizing room tone
• Editing voiceovers
• Cutting on plosives
• Editing at the sample level
• Cutting to a temp score

7. Refining the Edit

• Using J and L cuts
• Following the focal point
• Reframing shots
• Creating a rough cut
• Declaring picture lock

8. Creating End Credits

• Giving credit on your film
• Making rolling end credits
• Using higher frame rates for end credits

9. Editing The Assurance

• Intro to our rough cut
• The Assurance rough cut
• Evaluating our rough cut
• Re-editing The Assurance
• Removing significant things

10. Exporting to Other Processes

• Preparing to export
• Burning in timecode
• Exporting the edit to a colorist
• Exporting the edit to a sound designer
• Exporting the edit to a composer
• Exporting shots for visual effects

11. Rendering and Output

• Doing intermediate renders
• Rendering for film festivals
• Rendering for theatrical screenings
• Rendering to DVD and Blu-ray
• Rendering for the web
• Rendering a master to archive

Conclusion

• Becoming a better editor
• Previewing the next course
• Final thoughts