Producer's Checklist
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Post Production
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Write a clear, understandable VIDEO script. Use language your viewer
will understand. Describe the visuals as you write the narration. Don't
count on the viewer remembering anything more than 10 or 15 seconds back.
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Prepare an editing script with visuals and time code. Use your editing
time to edit, not search for shots.
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Let the editor read the script. The editor is your partner. The
better he or she understands your program goals, the better the program
will be.
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Edit in sequence. Don't lay down all your sound-bites and narration
first; this limits you. Instead, lay in your picture and sound elements
one at a time. This way, you can let a shot last longer than the narration
if you want, or you can bring up natural dialogue or sound effects to add
texture.
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Remember the Great Underlying Rule of Editing. Each new shot should
be clearly different from the one before.
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Try to use basic sequences whenever possible.
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Be aware of the importance of pacing. If possible, after each edit,
rewind 15 or 20 seconds and review your cuts. Try to maintain a steady
rhythm, avoiding very short scenes and very long scenes.
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Don't butt your voice edits together. Leave at least 10 frames (1/3
of a second) between voices.
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Try to avoid starting a new picture and a new voice on the same frame.
Leave at least 10 frames between a syncsound voice and the in or out of
the accompanying visual.
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Learn from your experience. Wait a week and review your work. Ask
others to critique you. Decide what worked, what didn't work, and why.
As a professional, you want to repeat your successes, and not repeat your
mistakes.
© 2008 All rights reserved, Tom Schroeppel,
3205 West Price Avenue, Tampa, FL 33611-3720 (813) 831-0947
Author/Publisher of
The Bare Bones Camera Course and
Video
Goals
E-mail: Tom@TomSchroeppel.com - Home Page: www.TomSchroeppel.com
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