Video Editing: Moving from Production to Post

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using exercise files
• Using producer exercise files

1. The Challenges of Moving between Production and Post

• Why "fix it in post" no longer works
• Advantages of prepping for the production-to-post handoff
• Involving your post-production team before the shoot

2. Things to Accomplish before the Shoot

• Creating your creative brief
• Creating your concept boards
• Determining and communicating technical requirements
• Rights management

3. Shoot Essentials for a Smoother Edit

• Using slates to capture essential information and sync angles
• Taking useful field notes for editing with Live Logger
• Taking useful field notes for editing with Google Docs and continuous field notes
• Why room tone matters

4. Effective Media Management On Set

• Time of day timecode
• Prepping your shoot materials
• 3-2-1 backup strategies for source footage
• Planning for transcripts of interviews
• The benefits of having a DIT on set

5. Things to Accomplish before the Edit

• Preparing transcript “best bites” and shot selects for editing
• Handing off an editing script
• Preparing a list of stock, archival, and graphics assets

6. The Post-Production Kickoff

• Reviewing and revising your post-production plan
• Prepping your shoot materials
• Managing expectations and reviews

7. Setting Up Your Final Cut Pro X Project for Success

• Essential metadata to add to your clips in Final Cut Pro X
• Using tags and keywords to further organize media in Final Cut Pro X
• Using subclips to organize long clips in Final Cut Pro X
• Syncing dual sound media in Final Cut Pro X
• Syncing multicamera projects in Final Cut Pro X

8. Setting Up Your Premiere Pro Project for Success

• Essential metadata to add to your clips in Prelude
• Intermediate to advanced users of Excel
• Using subclips to organize long clips in Premiere Pro
• Syncing dual sound media in Premiere Pro
• Syncing multicamera projects in Premiere Pro

9. Additional Post-Production Strategies

• Future-proofing your project
• Exporting files for audio post and color grading

Conclusion

• Conclusion