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Fixing problems with cutaways - Premiere Pro Tutorial
From the course: Premiere Pro CS5 Essential Training
Fixing problems with cutaways
Now, in the last movie we saw how cutaways can be used emotionally. In this movie, we are going to take a look at how cutaways can be used in a more utilitarian purpose for fixing jump cuts. So here I have this clip from this movie called "Dream Job" that I worked on. In this scene, this actress is exhausted from her work. But she is looking pretty good here and then in just a second, we are going to have the slate cut come in and that has all the information and they are going to clap that thing. And then, after that's done, the DP needs to pull focus again. The DP being the Director of Photography. He pulls focus again and then we continue on with the rest of the shot. But actually, I want to use the first part of this shot where she puts the pen down. And all she is doing here is just kind of like getting in the zone. She is like starting to feel her character and that's actually good stuff. We are not supposed to use it. But I am still going to use it. So what I want to do is I…
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