From the course: Effective Storytelling with Final Cut Pro X v10.0.9
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Finding the meat of the clips - Final Cut Pro Tutorial
From the course: Effective Storytelling with Final Cut Pro X v10.0.9
Finding the meat of the clips
Sometimes you have to build a story without a map, such as a script or even an outline. When you do that, it's important to find the dramatic action of each clip. It's not what the bean picker is doing before he or she picks the beans, but the actual action of reaching up and grabbing a bean, reaching an arm to snap it from a branch, pounding and grinding beans, pouring a cup of coffee, but not necessarily waiting for the coffee to boil, unless of course, you learn something of value while that's happening. Most of the clips in this Coffee Growing keyword collection have already been selected in terms of the favorite portion, but there are a few that haven't. And if you're following along with the exercise files, this is the first chapter that you'll be using those files. Let's take a look at the clip called making coffee. (Video Playing) Well speaking of boiling water, we saw a lot of that happen in this particular clip. So what is the action in this clip? The action and the…
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