AV News 190 - November 2012
Post-production
Given the absence of any video editing software in my portfolio, I had very limited
capability (i.e. almost none!) to make any kind of post-processing adjustments.
· PTE's 'Convert video clip' feature was used to do the trimming and was easy
to use.
· There was no obvious loss of image quality when converting the files coming
out of the D300s
· Video has to be trimmed to whole frames therefore durations may not be
quite as precise as might have been desired. Therefore, trim 'long' and lose
the excess behind the next slide.
· Allow for the transition time into the next slide when setting the duration of
the trim. If you want a 7 second clip and to have a 2 second transition into
the next slide, prepare a 10-12 second clip.
Editing the 'film'
In getting myself prepared to include video in my AV, I researched the craft of the
film-makers. As well as using Wikipedia, I watched some of my favourite films
again (from my DVD collection) - but now paying attention to how the director and
editor had handled the changes from scene to scene. I discovered that they have
used a 'language':
· 'Cut' (the equivalent of PTE's 'Quick')
Used to join scenes that form part of the same piece of action.
For example: an actor walks away from a bar - cut - comes out of the building
- cut - walks across the street - cut - enters the hotel.
· 'Dissolve' ( the equivalent of PTE's 'Fade in/out')
Used to indicate the passage of time or a change of location within the same
sub-plot. For example: ѡ