Film school:Narrative Dialog Editing:Story of Penny and Eggbert:The rough edit

An example for the course on Narrative Film Editing Trim and assemble I first trim the clips. I need a clip of the Eggbert's first dailog and then a clip of Penny's dialog and finally a clips of Eggbert's final dialog. Then I assemble the trimmed clips to get the rough edit. The story of Penny and Eggbert Intro: Penny & Egg Introduction Page #1: The story and script Page #2: The camera setups Pop Quiz: Penny & Egg Pop Quiz #1 Page #3: The dailies Page #4: The rough edit Page #5: "L-Cuts" Page #6: Creating "L-Cuts #1" Page #7: Creating "L-Cuts" #2 Pop Quiz: Penny & Egg Pop Quiz #2 Page #8: Planning the film score Page #9: How to insert narrative music Homework #1: Create the film score Homework #2: Editing the scene Note: Penny and Eggbert are 3D Poser models created by 3D Universe. For this lesson, these characters were posed and rendered with the free DAZ Studio.

My selection To trim the clips, I have decided to select the wide shot for Eggbert's opening dialog and then use close up shots for the rest of the dialog. Very easy and simple decision.

I need to trim these clips 1. Wide angle 2. Penny OTS 3. Eggbert OTS I use the audio to determine where to trim the clips. I trim the clips in the middle of the brief pause between the dialog. This is extremely easy to see if I look at the audio track. Remember: When I trim a clip, I do not destroy any of the frames. Rather I just hide the unwanted frames. Any time I wish, I can still access the hidden frames just by rolling the ends of the clip to see more or fewer frames.

Trim clip #1

Penny and Eggbert I just want to hear the opening dialog in the wide angle establishing shot When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:

Trim clip #2

Penny I just want the the shot of Penny for Penny's dialog. When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:

Trim clip #3

Eggbert We just want the shot of Eggbert for Eggbert's final dialog. When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:

Very easy assembly

The rough edit

The three trimmed clips assembled When you finish trimming the clips, assemble them in the correct order. When you do, the audio should sound good. I need to assemble these clips in the timeline Trimmed clip #1 1. Wide angle Trimmed clip #2 2. Penny Trimmed clip #3 3. Eggbert These three camera setups will give me good converage for such as short scene. Here is my rough edit → Wide angle → Penny OTS Eggbert OTS Clip #1 plus clip #2 plus clip #3

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Next: Creating the "L-Cuts" The next page Once I have assembled the three clips, the audio should sound natural. Each pause between the dailog should sound natural. However, the picture will seem dull and boring. Now I need to find the best visual transition by rolling the picture edits (without rolling the audio edits.) Click here to go to the next page. If you have any questions Your instructor for filmmaking classes is Robert Elliott. If you have any question, click here to email me.