Lessons 1 and 2: The Prelim- Complete the edit of your preliminary task. Screengrab key shots and your work in FCE. Embed your video.
- Then evaluate using these questions:
1. Discuss how your group came up with the idea for the script. How efficient was the discussion? What key decisions were made? Embed your script.
2. Reflect on the planning / storyboarding stage and upload the storyboard.
3. How efficient was the shoot?
4. What were the key elements from the brief you had to demonstrate and how well did you handle each one? Did you make any mistake? What are you most pleased with and why?
5. What did you learn during the course of this production? What did you learn to do or do better with Final Cut?
- Finally embed another student's sequence and offer some peer-assessment:
What is most successful and why?
Are there any mistakes and where?
What could you suggest for further improvement?
Lesson 3:The art of editing
Watch the clip below from 1:03 to the end then answer the questions that follow.
Enemy of the State, Tony Scott, 1998
1. What is the point of this sequence? Describe briefly how tension is created through the editing.
2. Look at the use of CU or Medium CU. Why are they primarily used here? Refer to specific shots (screengrab them) and embed them within your post.
3. Choose 15-20 seconds from anywhere in the sequence and describe each shot in detail, explaining its effect / function for the audience, as well as commenting on how the cuts (the editing) add to the meaning.
4. How far does the editing of this sequence fit in with the genre of the thriller? Justify your opinion.
Above all, do your best to engage with the sequence and the task.
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