Join Diana Weynand for an in-depth discussion in this video Retiming clips, part of Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x: Documentary Editing.
- Once you've evaluated the pace of your project,…trimmed it, and replaced weaker clips,…you might find there are sections…that you want to move through more quickly,…or others where you want to slow the pace a bit.…While changing the speed of a clip…may not be something you do in every documentary,…there is a section in this project…that might benefit from that effect.…Let's focus our attention at the very end of this project.…I'm gonna move my playhead down and zoom into that area.…This includes several clips of BD…talking about and sort of summing up…the importance of this experience for him.…
Above it, we have images of the market,…BD being happy doing what he's doing,…and then a woman that seems to…almost be hugging the vegetables,…which is sort of a cool shot.…But if you notice, there's a guy walking behind,…and the portion where she hugs is actually very short.…So, it might be ideal to take that short section,…and maybe play it back sort of in a slowmo way.…And with the BD image it might be nice…to take his face and freeze on a…
Author
Diana Weynand
Released
10/29/2014This course is part of a series that looks at documentary editing from the point of view of three different editors in three different editing applications. For more insight on editing documentary projects, take a look at Documentary Editing with Avid Media Composer and Documentary Editing with Premiere Pro.
Note: This course was updated to reflect the changes in the Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x update. Although the course was not re-recorded from scratch, we updated each of the movies by adding text overlays to guide you through existing changes. We also updated the exercise files to work with the most current version of the software. If you are running an earlier version of Final Cut Pro X, please watch Documentary Editing with Final Cut Pro X 10.0.9.
- Interpreting a creative brief
- Logging interviews and organizing footage
- Pulling selects and focusing ideas
- Assembling scenes into rough cuts
- Creating a title graphic sequence
- Animating images
- Tightening clip timing
- Compressing and exporting multiple files
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome55s
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Using the exercise files7m 11s
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1. The Call to Action
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2. Organizing Media
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Importing footage3m 37s
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3. Building Story Segments
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4. Creating a Rough Cut
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Clarifying the story6m 19s
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5. Refining the Story
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Tying up loose ends7m 49s
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Retiming clips5m 59s
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6. Embellishing the story
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Animating still images4m 11s
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Incorporating sound effects4m 58s
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7. Completing the Project
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8. Exporting and Archiving the Project
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Sharing the movie5m 13s
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Archiving the project5m 8s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye51s
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