Skills Audit Editing (Final Cut Pro)

Today we had a very helpful session in the Mac Suite with Marisa. We were learning how to use a programme called Final Cut Pro, the reason being as this will be the program we will be using on our Thriller Project. As You Can See in the Screen Shot above, is the programme itself. There are three separate windows at the top of the screen, All three of these windows are there for different reasons.(Left to right) the first is the Browser window, this is to browse through the recorded and separate clips you wish to put into a sequence. The next window is a player for each individual clip from the browser, with this window you may perform cuts to a clip by using 'in-points' and 'out-points'. And the final Window is for playing the edited and final sequence found on the timeline below.

After you put in-points and out-points on a clip, (editing out 'Action' and 'Cut' for example) you must then place it on the timeline. It sounds really difficult and technical but is actually really simple! all you have to do is click on the edited clip in your middle screen and pull it down onto the timeline, you can also drag it across into window on the right and this will also make it appear on the timeline. You can also add audio as we did to the Bait sequences in class, this is done in the same way as adding a clip to the timeline except you drag the audio below

Today we were concentrating on match cuts and learning basic use of the programme. We learned how to use tools such as the eraser tool and the zoom tool and we also learned how to add Special Effects (SPFX) Such as fades and transitions. Effectively, if we put the time in, we were told we could actually make our Thriller sequences look as slick and professional as blockbusters!