Video Editing: Moving from Production to Post

Course details

With projects moving at lightning speed, "fix it in post" is no longer possible. (If it ever was!) However, learning smart production strategies will streamline video editing and maximize your creative choices. Watch this course to learn how to prepare your projects, including interview-driven, multicamera, and asset-driven productions, for editing in Final Cut Pro or Premiere Pro.

Amy DeLouise reviews production planning, on-set strategies for effective media management, and tips for creating transcripts, editing scripts, and asset lists for editors. During post-production kickoff, she talks about managing your client's expectations: balancing their needs with the realities of production. With any luck, you can reconcile the two in post, using Amy's instructions for setting up Final Cut and Premiere Pro projects for success. The final chapter includes bonus post-production strategies for future-proofing and exporting projects.

Learning objectives
Building a creative brief and concept boards before the shoot
Determining the technical requirements for the shoot
Taking good field notes
Using slates
Managing media effectively on set
Backing up source footage
Preparing interview transcripts, editing lists, and asset lists
Reviewing your post-production plan
Setting up Final Cut Pro projects
Setting up Premiere Pro projects
Syncing dual sound and multicamera media
Exporting files for audio post and color grading

Concepts

Introduction

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

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

Things to Accomplish before the Shoot

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

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

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

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

The Post-Production Kickoff

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

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

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

Additional Post-Production Strategies

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

Conclusion

Conclusion