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Hello everyone! This is film story. I hope every one of you is doing well.
I'm here out in the park to capture the sunrise but... today it's a little cloudy.
It wasn't as i expected, but i think i think it's worth a try to keep going out and see what's out there.
and capture the beautiful moment.
Today i'll be talking about editing.
The most crucial part in editing is is to think about what to exclude
instead of what to include.
And editing is connecting information that seem unrelated to each other.
And not only taking what's out there in the footage but also
all the other information all the other knowledge all the other things that you saw or experienced or heard.
Those things you combine together into one.
The power of connection is the pure power of creation
You need to know a lot of things.. not only about filmmaking but also about music
art, literature, politics, economics,or whatever you're interested in.
i think editing is almost everything about storytelling
when it comes to an accidental film
because there's no script written before so the editing is the actual part of script writing.
All right everyone, that was my little thought on editing now let's get to the real point
to the actual editing part and how i edit.
I will break down into
seven steps and follow along each of the steps.
Okay there you go so first thing i do is drag down all the footage i have onto the timeline.
I usually create proxy or record proxy internally from my camera if you
turn this on use proxy media if available and basically you're using the proxy files
that is already connected if it is not connected you can link your proxy
like this.
This is step one you need to know what you have so you need to look through all the footage you have
and here what i do is i make notes and it marks four important ones and see
if there's any pattern in the footage.
So what i would do is just play it like this with the sound on
because sound is very important in this particular video.
So this this was the part i asked Noah
I asked him what do you like about the park
and he said grandpa and grandma, so i put a mark on here asking questions grandpa.
Something like this so you put a mark on here and as you scroll through, find instances
where there's a meaningful conversation that's happening and you note on that like
note two. Something like that so i do it throughout the footage and once i've done it i cut it on
on the basis of those notes and make a story out of it that's that was a
part one, "To know what you have in your footage", and the part two is basically you write a script.
Since there's no script written for an accidental film it is essential to write one before editing your film
See if there's any pattern any repetitions or anything that's particularly
standing out and you make connections with those,
and if there's anything that comes to your mind for example,
for me, what came to my mind was basically "flower.
"Flower was a repetition that i i shot.
And the flower was a repetitive word
that my wife and i talked about and out of that i thought of
this poem by famous poet Chun Soo Kim: "When i called her name she came to me and became a flower."
so if it was an essay this would be your thesis. You need your writing you're connecting the
informations together and you're writing in one sentence what your main message would be in this film
Like i said you connect all the other informations.
For me it was this poetry but
it can be something else like music you listened to yesterday or a drawing or some picture or novel you read
a newspaper article what your friend said yesterday, last week, etc.
This is very important. Step three: "Edit the sound first."
Remember i thought of this poem
so i recorded it with my own voice a little narration
narration first here as an intro but before that i added the ambience sound
Can you hear this? Very subtle..yeah? birds chirping. Then i added the music that i chose
and then the words you know. Remember i made a marker here? Here and there and i cut these and
then make another timeline this is a basically cut timeline a timeline of cuts whatever you name it
simple cuts you make. So i make a cut here and then bring it over here for example i make a cut here
and bring it over here and and this indicates that oh i'll be using this there's something important
is is going on here. And i cut here and make a note on here and then since i have a marker here,
I know exactly what it is that this is important just copy it over here.
So like this i make a story i write a story through sound first.
And..see this is something that's very different it's the opposite of the scripted film.
Because for a scripted film you edit the features first because everything was set
everything was designed and scripted, and then you add a score usually that fits into that visuals.
But in the case of an accidental film, it's the opposite so you need to edit the music first.
This can be applied to music video or any type of video that music is more emphasized.
The step number four "Edit the intro and outro first."
Okay since i talked about a flower i chose this particular footage which is a beautiful flower
as you can see.
And then i added a tightness so this becomes my intro.
And also as an intro shot, I added this and then some other
establishing shots and then introducing the characters, my son and my wife.
And this tells the audience that, "oh we're here in this park we are here to enjoy the weather
and see if there's anything interesting going on."
And here actually i have two endings. One is here. Okay let me play this.
So basically Noa is saying where's my mom and I say, "here there your mom is over there."
The reason why i chose this particular footage as an outro is that i think this connects well
with the core message that i wanted to deliver.
The message being the beauty sharing beauty is
more appreciated when there's a people whom we can share that beauty with right.
Noah here is trying to find his mom as a sign of deep relationship
so i thought that was a nice summary of the message.
And also here.
So here, my wife says let's gather more petals and make something out of these
And i thought this is a very nice takeoff basically you know.
We become flowers to each other and that was my title.
When we have become flowers to each other
When we gather together we can make something out of our relationship we can do something
because we love each other we appreciate our time each other
That's so beautiful. And the fact that she said this..
I thought that fits right into the sending off, takeoff message so so that's why i included this.
Now let's move on to the step five, which is "Match images with sound."
This is basically filling
the gaps in between. Here, you should avoid repetitions and have variations of footage.
If you have shot this in 60p or 120p sometimes you can slow it down or and play normal so that
you can have that kind of variation as well. Also in between dialogues you have
you need to have some gaps so that people can understand and people can basically digest.
And also here's one thing i did which is kind of giving an audience a pause. I'm showing the stills.
This is basically giving them a different feeling.
And you're almost done. The next thing you need to do is the "Texts"
I think the text is also an essential part of the film.
Having a proper text and design will impact your film.
So choosing a font and style is very important.
You need to be consistent in style and
size of your font. I think for this particular film, having the subtitle is also a part of
film design and the feeling of the film. So i added intentionally to have the color
yellow to have the subtitle here.
Okay and lastly, step number seven
After long hours of editing, when i feel
it's almost done, I just stop it right there, and then i don't watch it anymore.
Instead, I leave the computer. I close my screen down and do something else.
The next day i wake up and
I watch it again and then, I find something different.. something else, some other new thoughts coming up.
And i add that or i see some mistakes and problems and then i fixed it.
And also this is something
I don't do it often, but sometimes I show it to my wife, to get a third person's perspective.
All right everyone! That was it. How did you find it?
I hope it helped you in some way..in your journey towards a filmmaking.
Well i didn't talk about color grading and correcting today.
It's because i think there's a whole different story a whole different topic that that needs to be discussed.
So maybe one day i'll be able to share that with you.
Thanks for watching. This is film story. I hope to see you in my next video.
Bye!