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Refining the dialogue scene

Refining the dialogue scene - Premiere Pro Tutorial

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Refining the dialogue scene

In this movie, I will refine the scene I have been building by increasing the overall number of shots and cuts, which will affect the pacing of the scene. Pacing is employing a sense of rhythm to your cutting. Beyond determining the duration of a shot, the overall scene needs to move with the rhythm. Cuts may increase in pace with the shots becoming shorter in order to build energy and intensity. Or you might actually lengthen shots to slow the pace and increase drama during an important bit of dialog, like this. I will add some time here to build tension where Dalton says, "Simple deadline, meet it," and then turns his back to walk away. I will take my cue from the actor's halting performance to determine how much time I want to add. (Mr. Dalton: Simple deadline, meet it. Joseph: That's it, six p.m., huh?) See, the quickness of moving from Dalton's line to Joseph's, it just makes me kind of lose the drama there. So I will trim that, pressing T to select that cut point. Pressing…

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