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Massive Documentary Editing Workflow in FCPX

Alex 68 Views Asset Management, Editing, FCPX, Final Cut Pro, Interview, metadata, Videos

Final Cut Pro X treats footage as data instead of film. FCPX lets you take a massive amount of data and narrow it to the view you need when you need it. Narrowing the view of footage is absolutely crucial

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Marking Long Interviews in FCPX

Alex 32 Views Asset Management, Editing, FCPX, Final Cut Pro, Interview, metadata, Videos

Here’s a tip if you have a very long clip like an interview, or maybe you wanted to keep rolling between takes. In this example we have taken all the little “hosting” spots from our host, Dr. Craig Evans (no

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Shoot your 1st Interview

Alex 84 Views Interview, Planning, Setup, Video

Have you ever wanted to interview someone to tell their story or share their point of view? Do you know how to make a subject feel comfortable in front of a camera? Or how to make sure you’ll get the

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Modern Australian Women – BTS

Alex 318 Views Digital Storytelling, Interview, Modern Australian Women, NGV, NGVA, Video

Behind-the-Scenes footage from a video interview at NGVA with the owner of a distinguished private collection of artworks by Modern Australian Women. Find out more about Digital Storytelling here: alexharkness.com/digitalstorytelling/

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Education Resources – ABC Education

Alex 384 Views ABC Education, Interview, Planning, Storyboards, Video

ABC Education has +4000 educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more.

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Hiding a Mic in Plain Sight

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Griffin shares his hidden microphone trick—how to place a mic blatantly in a locked-down shot, and use masking to hide it in Final Cut Pro X.

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When to break the 180 degree rule

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A brief interview with cinematographer Matty Libatique, who with director Darren Aronofsky deliberately bent and broke the line of action to make Requiem for a Dream a more powerful story. Source: When to break the 180 degree rule – Frame.io

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How to Shoot a Commercial with ONLY 2 Lights

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Using a Slider to Bring Interviews to Life

ah-blogEditor-SC 534 Views Interview, Slider, Video

No matter how interesting your interviewee is, you can’t rely on good conversation alone to create a polished video interview. Here are some great ways to use a slider to make your interview slick and professional without distracting from your

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Recording Telephone Interviews

ah-blogEditor-SC 364 Views Audio, curve, EQ, Equalisation, Equalization, Interview, Phone Recordings, Podcast, Voice

If you record voices over the telephone, Skype, FaceTime, etc. aim for this EQ curve to instantly improve the sound. Instructions for Improving Sound Quality: Open original recording Choose Effect Find Equalization… Draw out an EQ curve like the one pictured above Export

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