This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Basic editing approaches

Monday, October 31, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Basic editing approaches

But, if you *choose* to use it as a device... Oh well, I guess this is not
resonating the same for crafty professionals :)

-gl

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Jeff Cook <jeff@cookstudios.com> wrote:

> I'd say to not be a slave to any one element. Don't make picture & sound
> be a slave to music, but cut the music to meet your needs as you would
> anything else. Vary everything, if you truly want to speak the language.
>
> (And split an infinitive any damn time you like.)
>
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> On Oct 31, 2011, at 5:00 PM, George Loch <george@motoxpress.com> wrote:
>
> > I find that patterns are part of how we communicate in art (not to pull
> > THAT discussion into this). It's a great way to setup action and
> > expectations. Montage sequences are more likely as candidates for this.
> >
> > -gl
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Job ter Burg (L2B) <Job_L2@terburg.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> No.
> >>
> >> I don't know how and why you would count. Would you count shot lengths,
> >> basically measuring cuts? Most rhythmical editing - to me - is about the
> >> flow of what is happening _inside_ the frame, more so than about the
> actual
> >> picture change.
> >>
> >> I sometimes find I'm sort of counting, but more like when dancing,
> mostly
> >> to a 'beat' within the shot/scene.
> >>
> >> On 29 okt. 2011, at 00:52, George Loch wrote:
> >>
> >>> Do any of you find that you tend to edit in numerical patterns?
> >>
> >>
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