Lesson 14. Multicam Editing

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Lesson Files

Lesson 14 Project

Media

Music Video folder

Time

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Work with PAL footage

Organize multicam workflow

Sync multiple cameras by In points and timecode

Create and view multiclips

Modify multiclips in the Viewer

Edit multiclips in the Timeline

Cut multiclip angles live

Switch angles with effects

Collapse and uncollapse a multiclip


Many shows use multiple cameras at the same time to shoot a production, event, or performance. Depending on the type of event, you might see anywhere from 3 or 4 cameras up to 20 or more. Reality television shows can use an even larger number of cameras to follow individual characters over a period of time. Daytime programming, such as soap operas and prime-time sitcoms, have four or five cameras rolling at once. Even dramatic television shows shoot some scenes rolling A and B cameras at the same time.

In Final Cut Pro, you edit multiple camera source material by using the multiclip function. This function enables you to group multiple clips together according to angle and then cut between them, as though you were cutting the show live or in real time. But you don't have to shoot multiple cameras to use this feature. With FCP's multiclip approach to grouping clips, you can sync and play any set of clips together at one time. The material does not have to share the same timecode, or even be shot at the same time or location.

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    Apple Pro Training Series. Final Cut Pro 5
    Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 5
    ISBN: 0321334817
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 235
    Authors: Diana Weynand

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