The lady plans to marry the man. The man is both the hero and the villian of the TV drama.
The story
The man is not good. He will make the lady very unhappy. Last night, the man was visiting another lady. Now, he wants to postpone the wedding. She is too dumb to realize there is a problem. (This is a melodrama. It is not realistic.)
The challenge
This is a very simple conversation. However, editing it is not simple. Who do you look at? The reactions of the actor who is listening is often better than the expressions of the actor who is talking. This is a great conflict. Do you show this by rolling the picture edits (creating "L-Cut" which will be explained in a future lesson) or by inserting reaction shots? Not an easy decision.
Edit this scene
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The Overview Movie
Start by looking at the overview movie for "Wedding Bells". (This QuickTime movie file is in a different folder than the film dailies. Don't get the two folders confused.) The overview movie shows you the important parts of the film dailies in chronological order.
Transfer the dailies
Copy all the film dailies (not the overview movie) to your hard drive. If necessary, convert the dailies to whatever format your editing program prefers. Import all these clips into your editing program.
Edit the scene
Editing the cnoversation is easy. Always start by looking for the best audio (of the people talking.) Once the audio (along with the picture) is edited, you will lock the audio and roll the picture edits to find the best visual transition for each edit of the conversation thereby creating "L-Cuts".
