Editing a Dialogue Scene
The goal of any filmmaker is for the audience to lose themselves in the film. To believe what they are watching.
Film is an "Illusion of Reality".
The work of the best editors is not to be noticed!
The audience should appreciate the work without noticing their work.
Excellent tutorial demonstrating how to effectively edit a dialogue scene in a short film. The objective is to have a scene where actors interact naturally with one another. The audience should believe what they are watching and the scene should "feel" natural.
This tutorial demonstrates how films are actually cut during a dialogue scene. Briefly reviews how a scene is shot (coverage shooting) to how the audio is cut first. And finally how the visuals are matched and trimmed so that the video and audio cut at different points.
Key concepts explored:
The goal of any filmmaker is for the audience to lose themselves in the film. To believe what they are watching.
Film is an "Illusion of Reality".
The work of the best editors is not to be noticed!
The audience should appreciate the work without noticing their work.
Excellent tutorial demonstrating how to effectively edit a dialogue scene in a short film. The objective is to have a scene where actors interact naturally with one another. The audience should believe what they are watching and the scene should "feel" natural.
This tutorial demonstrates how films are actually cut during a dialogue scene. Briefly reviews how a scene is shot (coverage shooting) to how the audio is cut first. And finally how the visuals are matched and trimmed so that the video and audio cut at different points.
Key concepts explored:
- Edit the audio in a dialogue scene first.
- Backtiming
- Matching Action/Syncing audio shot to shot
- J Cuts
- L Cuts
Source: Chinfat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C00G7lWqIUA |
Cutting dialogue
L Cuts and J Cuts Explained Cutting the Audio and Video at different points. Achieves two purposes: 1. "Hides" the edits during a dialogue scene - audience is less likely to notice the cuts and more likely become involved in the scene. 2. Dialogue flows much more naturally if the cuts between video and audio are staggered. It won't seem like a ping pong game of dialogue. Ie. My turn to speak - your turn, my turn your turn... A scene editing in that manner will be boring a become monotonous. 3. Cutting early or late between subjects allows for reactions to what the other person is saying. This allows for the actors to act - their reactions are often more interesting or important than the actual words being spoken. |
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Workflow Editing Tips
Change clip thumbnail in project bin select frame of slate so clips are easy to identify |