From the course: Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x: Narrative Scene Editing
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Adding reaction shots - Final Cut Pro Tutorial
From the course: Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x: Narrative Scene Editing
Adding reaction shots
- Now we've talked about cutaways in quite a lot of detail. But let's go deeper into the Reaction Shot. Go ahead and step into 03-04 Reaction Shots, and what I've done here is just put one clip on the main storyline, and I've placed a couple of Reaction Shots for you to work with already, as connected clips. Now they're actually grayed out, and you don't see them and you can gray out a clip or disable a clip by simply selecting and hitting the "v" key to enable or disable it, or, you can right click on any clip and you can choose to enable or disable it that way. So if it's enabled, you'll see the disabled option, and of course, vice versa. Now with the clips disabled, I'm going to go ahead and play the scene, and you can see the need to cut away from Mr. Dalton. - My job now, is to wear this suit, please clients, and make sure you do your job. Nothing more, nothing less. Understand? 6:00 p.m. Deliver. Oh, and, this design, they-- - So obviously, it's too long on Mr. Dalton, and…
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Planning an editing strategy3m 7s
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Editing dialogue: Building the basic assembly7m 45s
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Refining the assembly by adjusting timing4m 43s
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Adding reaction shots9m 3s
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Using alternative takes6m 21s
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Using split edits9m 24s
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Simplifying your timeline2m 27s
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Grouping clips together3m 35s
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Reviewing the first cut2m
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