Film school:Narrative Dialog Editing:Story of Penny and Eggbert:The rough edit

An example for the course on Narrative Film Editing

Trim and assemble

I first trim the clips. I need a clip of the Eggbert's first dailog and then a clip of Penny's dialog and finally a clips of Eggbert's final dialog.
Then I assemble the trimmed clips to get the rough edit.






The story of Penny and Eggbert
Intro: Penny & Egg Introduction
Page #1: The story and script
Page #2: The camera setups
Pop Quiz: Penny & Egg Pop Quiz #1
Page #3: The dailies
Page #4: The rough edit
Page #5: "L-Cuts"
Page #6: Creating "L-Cuts #1"
Page #7: Creating "L-Cuts" #2
Pop Quiz: Penny & Egg Pop Quiz #2
Page #8: Planning the film score
Page #9: How to insert narrative music
Homework #1: Create the film score
Homework #2: Editing the scene


Note: Penny and Eggbert are 3D Poser models created by 3D Universe. For this lesson, these characters were posed and rendered with the free DAZ Studio.


My selection

To trim the clips, I have decided to select the wide shot for Eggbert's opening dialog and then use close up shots for the rest of the dialog. Very easy and simple decision.

I need to trim these clips

1. Wide angle

2. Penny OTS

3. Eggbert OTS


I use the audio to determine where to trim the clips. I trim the clips in the middle of the brief pause between the dialog. This is extremely easy to see if I look at the audio track.
Remember: When I trim a clip, I do not destroy any of the frames. Rather I just hide the unwanted frames. Any time I wish, I can still access the hidden frames just by rolling the ends of the clip to see more or fewer frames.



Trim clip #1

Penny and Eggbert

I just want to hear the opening dialog in the wide angle establishing shot


When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:



Trim clip #2

Penny

I just want the the shot of Penny for Penny's dialog.


When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:



Trim clip #3

Eggbert

We just want the shot of Eggbert for Eggbert's final dialog.


When trimmmed, the clip looks like this:


Very easy assembly



The rough edit



The three trimmed clips assembled

When you finish trimming the clips, assemble them in the correct order. When you do, the audio should sound good.

I need to assemble these clips in the timeline
Trimmed clip #1


1. Wide angle
Trimmed clip #2


2. Penny
Trimmed clip #3


3. Eggbert

These three camera setups will give me good converage for such as short scene.


Here is my rough edit


Wide angle

Penny OTS

Eggbert OTS



Clip #1 plus clip #2 plus clip #3






Next: Creating the "L-Cuts"

The next page

Once I have assembled the three clips, the audio should sound natural. Each pause between the dailog should sound natural.
However, the picture will seem dull and boring. Now I need to find the best visual transition by rolling the picture edits (without rolling the audio edits.)
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