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Tightening clip timing

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Tightening clip timing

This movie is about timing during the fine cut stage. Now I kind of hear you saying, timing? I thought all editing was about timing, and technically that's correct. However, our focus here is to look at some detailed issues with the timing and see how we can improve edits from just simply saying what we want them to say to actually singing and really working in the rhythm of a piece. I want to look at two specific spots that are important, but I want you to apply this type of thinking to your entire edit. The first spot I want to look at is actually the ending, and endings are important and so timing will be important here. There's also a clear improvement to be made. Let's look at this last shot, and I'll show you what I mean. (video playing) Two things catch my eye right away. One's obvious, the music cuts out way too early. So while we can't finalize that right now, we can briefly fix the problem. I want to go ahead and extend the music more than what I need. There is still going…

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