Introduction to Video Dialogue Editing

3h 14mBeginner2015-09-29

Authors

Ashley Kennedy

Managing Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning

Course details

Introduction to Video Dialogue Editing explores the history of dialogue in film and introduces a workflow for effective editing of dialogue-based scenes. Staff author Ashley Kennedy breaks the workflow down into four steps: reviewing the script and footage, assembling the project's foundation, refining transitions and timing, and adding finishing touches such as sound, effects, and color correction. She then edits three case studies using scripts with identical dialogue. Combining the dialogue editing strategies from the course with the power of performance, Ashley produces three completely different final cuts.

Learning objectives
Understanding the editor's role
Acknowledging nonverbal dialogue
Looking at the script
Choosing shots
Laying the foundation
Refining the edit
Viewing the final cut

Skills covered

Script WritingPremiere ProIntroduction toVideoAdobe

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - Which software does this course use

1. A Study of Dialogue

04 - Understanding the editor's role in cutting dialogue
05 - Exploring the editor's vision
06 - Understanding nonverbal dialogue
07 - Examining the cut

2. Getting to Know Our Scene and Strategy

08 - Looking at our script
09 - Getting a sense of direction and performance
10 - Understanding the basics of dialogue construction

3. Case Study 1 - Happy Scene

11 - Choosing shots
12 - Laying the foundation
13 - Refining the edit
14 - Finishing the edit and viewing the final cut

4. Case Study 2 - Sad Scene

15 - Choosing shots
16 - Laying the foundation
17 - Refining the edit
18 - Finishing the edit and viewing the final cut

5. Case Study 3 - Tense Scene

19 - Choosing shots
20 - Laying the foundation
21 - Refining the edit
22 - Finishing the edit and viewing the final cut

Conclusion

23 - Next steps