Avid Editing Notes

Exporting:
go to  format options, make sure sound is checked

Keyboard Shortcuts:
s=save
h=hide
] or [=zoom in/out
j <---
l --->
c will open clip in source window
l or k to make tracks different sizes

Audio:
s button will solo a track, m button will mute a track
CDs are normally louder - adjust in import settings
windows, workspaces, audio editing
can select from fast menu to automation mix as the sequence plays, right click, modify

Dupe Detection will highlight if you've used any frames more than once

AMA linking:
If AMA link up doesn't work then delete the AMA management folder on the macintosh hard disk

Users:
To make new user go to settings, drop down from apple to new user

Save bin layout in case you mess bins up: workspaces, properties, associate a layer with a workspace

Effects:
If have green dot they play in real time without rendering
To save an effect drag its icon into the bin

Titles:
Tools, title tool application
...... put border on
drag box to create shadow, click in box to change direction of fade
object menu, soften shadow
click white box to open temporary control
object menu, send to front or back
roll is up and down
crawl is side to side
set in and out points to adjust the speed to credits
right click, render at position to make text work

Time Warp:
won't change sound speed
fast menu, speeding frame
use speed graph or points on graph
Roger recommends 'blended inerpolated'
put anchor in middle, click both keyframes on, make middle one another point, type -100 in first bottom box

Nesting:
Double click video track to add another effect

Colour Correction:
workspaces, colour correction
waveform monitor, rgb parade
y waveform is luminsesence
if leave video track on it applies effect to whole track
eye drop a colour cast with wrong colour
retroscope reads colour saturation
option c will save colour correction

Working with still graphics:


When editing a news story:
A1=Sync (dogs barking, people talking)
A2=Voiceover
A3=F/X (traffic noise etc)

Warnings:

• When you make a new sequence you lose your undo list
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Editing in Orphan Black

• Begins with 'Previously on Orphan Black' - clues audience in on the past events that are relevant to the particular episode
• This includes lines voicing over montages of relevant clips
• Covers all the different storylines but assumes that the viewer has some knowledge of the show's premise

Sarah scene

• quick cuts create confusion and uncertainty about location
• Cutting from dark blue tinged shots to brighter yellow tinged shots - change in location, yellow tinge helps connote flashback, juxtaposition
• Jumping in location adds to confusion
• Sounds as if underwater - emphasizes shock, Felix's voice cuts through confusing noise
• Quick cuts of CUs of her body and people examining - fragments her, dehumanised, treated as scientific subject rather than person
• Voices over reaction shot of face - separated, blame, tiredness
• can't see full faces of people examining - viewer knows same limited info as Sarah, outs us on her side - we can't empathise with anyone else
• music vs more silence accompanying the isolating LS of her one her own
• Change in pace from fast cuts to one long in duration shot of Sarah giving self up

Titles

Sarah Scene

• Does'nt establish setting but pan up from hand cuffs shows that she is incarcerated
• Audience allowed to see the one way window in interrogation room but not interrogators face - not given priveleged info but making clear that she is being scrutinised
• CUs of objects on table
• Electronic rills put us on edge as Sarah is
• Sarah demands to see Kira

Cuts to Kira Scene

• Begins with long medical equipment - could be a needle (threatening invasive) but isn't - delayed reveal
• Starts with CU so not sure which storyline but greater yellow tone shows it is set in a different place
• Put on Kira's side - see her steal something from unaware nurse
• Put on side of characters we recognize
• Lots of CUs of Kira's face show secrecy
• We get to see her calling under the blanket
• She knows more than us - all the voice on the phone says is 'hello' creating enigma

Kazzima Scene

• Fast cuts of lab begin scene so initially feel a little displaced
• Recognisable characters show us where we are not establishing shots
• Master shot positions different scientists in relation to each other after initial confusion
• 'This is all on Rachel's orders'

Cuts to Rachel scene

• Begins with CU of first Rachel (establishing her authority) then Deplhine - power balance
• master shot of them both in lift together
• Cut from LA to normal angle - Dephine's words regaining some power putting Rachel in the wrong 'If you let her die without me it is personal'
• Shot lingers on Delphine alone in the lift - her reaction. doors shutting emphasize the fact she is getting out her phone - know that Delphine is not out of the story yet, not passively giving up

Kazzima Scene

• Pan up from Kazzima's breathing apparatus - don't initially know its her - we learn at the same time that other scientist says that they need delphine
• We are able to see what security guy can't due to the cutaways to Kazzima's laptop screen
• Talk about the plans for Sarah

Sarah Scene

• Establishing shot of window and cameras in interrogation room
• 'Look at me do I really need to sign' accompanied by CU of handcuffs - highlighting her point, camera pans up to Dr's face showing power relationship
• Match on action of Sarah throwing down pen first in CU then in MS
• 'Take me to her' plus shot from door suggests some movement is going to take place

Kira Scene

• Pan up from tea set - still just a child, innocence, play acting and understanding of pretense
• Cut to MS shows Kira has no playmates
• Cuts from Security camera view to Sarah arriving in room with monitors
• Juxtaposition of pink girliness with darkness of monitoring room
• Cut from Sarah watching through one way mirror to a shot of the mirror from inside Kira's room, Kira reaction shot showing her looking at it then she says 'Is my mum here yet' - dramatic irony
• Shot reverse shot of Rahcel manipulating Kira cutaway to Sarah's face reacting to their words from within the security room
• OTS through mirror of Rachel moving towards Sarah whose face is relfected in the glass cuts to LA of Rachel threatening - shows how she uses her greater knowledge as power
• Music builds up to cut to black

Mrs S and Felix

• Establishing shot of snowy outside of house
• Pans from Felix to Mrs S - reveal both to the character and to us about car bombs
• Learn who is at the door after character - but we realise who it is at same time - starts with Cu of hand moving curtain to checl, Mrs S asking who it is, then shot of Cal
• Shot reverse shot from Cal's shoulder to Felix and Mrs S seperately - S and F divided, common unknown
• Master shot as Felix picks up phone
• 'Arthur' 'What do you mean who'

Cuts to Arthur's house

• starts with CU of Art so we don't know immeadiately
• Helena with back turned
• 'Hello cestra brother'

Cuts back to Felix reacting

• CU of him saying 'Holy shit', focus on his face
• Cut MCU him whispering to Mrs S that Helena's back
• Cuts between different ends of phone conversation
• CU of Cal listening in with Mrs S in the blurred foreground
• Build up to music briges over the 

Cut to Sarah scene

• MLS of Sarah down prison corridor
• Cuts from front to profile of Sarah
• OTS  of Sarah but she sees who the shoulder belongs to before us
• Cuts from profile of Duncan passing her to over her turned shoulder as he is turning round to speak to her
• As lift doors shut cuts back to Duncan being led away back to Sarah's face - wonder what she will do with this information

Helena Scene

• Signalled by Tracking past piles of uneaten food
• Match on action CU of Helena turning to talk to Art to MS of Art listening
• OTS reveals that Felix is there
• 'She had a crisis of faith

Gracie Scene

• Establishing shot of truck driving down snowy road
• Cut to inside of truck
• piano music as they hold hands

Cal Scene

• CU circling the words 'dyad group' as he starts to explain
• OTS of his mind map
• Master shot reveals he is in Mrs S's house
• mindmap matches with their conversation about the Dyad's grouppower and attempt to influence genetic patent law
• Cuts to computer conversation
• Impact sound as response 'ask her about castor' appears
• Cut to establishing shot of garage
• Pan up from Stomach leaves us uncertain for a bit who is the centre of this scene
• Build up of people coming out of truck - uncertain who Mrs S's insider is
• Another pan up from the feet leaves us geusiing until Paul is revealed - suspense
• Shot reverse shot - CUs untrusting, tnese
• Details of 'plan' not revealed to us

Cut to Duncan Scene

• See family video before we see who is watching it
• Cut from back of head to front to see reaction
• Wide shots show isolation - far from the closeness they are shown to have had in the family video
• Cut aways to 'own' tea bag and water pouring from kettle
• CUs of his head - its importance
• Rachel CU in foreground with Duncan in background when she turns away - he is in her past, distance, inability to force him
• Cut from present day Rachel to MCU of her in the home video whilst Duncan voice asks her about her memories
• Faster cuts from past video to future death as he is revealing to have poisoned himself, linking in with Rachel referencing the past 'You can't leave me again!'

Mrs S scene

• Shot of them drinking tea as Mrs S had suggested at the end of their last scene
• Car enters while they talk - door disguises who is behind it
• highlighted metallic sound as Cal is revealed and cut to CU of Paul - closest shot to his face so far - stand off between Sarah's lovers
• Castor also slowly revealed
• Can't see what is inside orange file that Paul goves to Castor woman - enigma surrounding her

Kazzima and Kira Scene

• Establishing shot from security camera of the two together on her bed
• Pans up to different monitor of security camera closer
• Panning from screens to mirror as Kira gets excited
• Yellow room vs blue screens
• Kazzima voice over talking about force as camera cuts to her and Scott working in lab
• Shot reverse shot of Kazzima teaching Kira
• Kazzima sharpening pencil in lab then cutting back to Kira suggesting they make the pencil sharper with Kazzima says is 'a really good idea'
• Music becomes less desperate and more actiony
• Then 'tyring speed' - Kira is able to push pencil through paper
• After experiment cuts back to security room and Kazzima falling over in lab
• 'We're only gonna get one chance'

Sarah scene

• Wide shots
• Profil of her being strapped down
• Fast cuts between shaky cam as Sarah is suddenly is unknown danger
• Fish eye lens used
• Cutaway to trolley wheel
• focus change from scalpel to Sarah's body
• voices without faces
• Beeping
• Cutting between lots of different angles of a MCU of Sarah's face
• Suddenly slower as Sarah is finally revealed in an isolating LS to be stapped into a medical bed
• CU of rachel talking about Duncan's death
• Cutting between picture and Sarah as she slowly realises the plan
• Cutting between CUs of Sarah and slo mo ECUs of Rachel smashiing bone marrow test tubes
• Quick shots of Rachel getting shot in the eye to minimize what we see fast paced cuts as Sarah escapes, lingering MCU of Rachel with a pencil in her eye
• tense music vs long in duration LS as Sarah has to act normal
• Shot reverse shot of kira and Sarah vs Meriam
• Quick cuts as Sarah is eager to stay but is held back by Meriam's information
• Lingers on door shutting on Meriam but crescendo of music before cuts to black warns still may be some danger
• Hear rather than see that Cal is waiting outside to take them home

• Cuts to outside of Felix's apartment and Cal's voice ' 
• MCUs of Alison and Kazzima reacting to Cal
• Cut to apartment hall
• OTS shot reverse shot of them talking in the hallway
• Kiss whilst footsteps tell us someone is coming

Use of Sound in Yasuko to Kenji

Music

• Theme Tune - playful, features characteristic sound, trumpets and piano
• Royal orchestrial music when talking about how rich Erika's parents are
• Woeful clown music - mistakes
• Triumphant classical music in wedding fantasy - would be rich and happy
• Music cuts out when father arrives - interrupts their status quo
• Heavy metal guitar sound - Kenji's reputation and past
• Violin music - sneaking around, plotting
• Deep danger sound when talk about father coming round
• Jazz sound when plan doesn't go to plan
• Cheerful string music
• Oriental pinging sound when Kenji shouts - true self revealed, authority, anger
• Trumpet flare sound as Erika gets angry
• String music
• Drum roll before cut - something about to happen, a problem to fix
• Oboe/flute music - uncertainty, manipulation
• Silence when she tells him it has been 10 years juxtaposed with his loud outburst of anger
• Piano as dad collapses continues over manga problems
• Sad flute music with tenser piano sounds
• Soft piano music as they talk about jun - tenderness
• Trumpet music starts as Kenji reactsto Yasuko saying she will study abroad
• Jaunty music as limo pulls up
• Jazz highlight as reacts to Tower
• Silence as dad makes his offer to Yasuko
• Sad music as he says that they 'live in different worlds'
• emotional music as Yasuko pretends to be happy
• Intrigued music when sponsor is revealed
• Silence while Yasuko and kenji talk
• Fancy orchestral music at party
• Emotional string music as Kenji interrupts
• Silence after Kenji has left
• Theme song starts as Jun runs out
• aeroplane sound

Sound FX

• Mototrbike and horn sound - Kenji's past in bike gang, Erika's past
• Clatter of Erika being clumsy - building her character
• Cute sounds of Yasuko's youth, clumsiness
• Glittering sound matching with Tsubaki's perfection and how Yasuko sees him as beautiful etc
• Whirl of basketball - talented in different areas, manly pursuit
• Thudding sounds reflect the importance and disastrous effects of the press releases
• Pipe sound that connotes fighting, samurai etc when Kenji is angry/fights people
• Glitter sound mathcing her animated fantasy of Tsubaki as handsome prince
• Picture sound - famous, important
• Glitter as Tsubaki turns Yasuko around - like a princess
• Reaction sounds after father enters - shock
• Impact sounds as Erika and Yasuko realise they have to show Kenji being in love with Erika
• Pen sounds - working as manga artist
• Sound of neck cracking
• Chopping sound - ramen shop
• Sound of bowl being putting on side
• Grabbing Aijaksu by the T shirt and hitting with leek
• Pinging sound as Yasuko gets an idea
• Dinging sound as Kenji reacts to Yasuko saying 'ouch', whipping sound as turns his head, stool knocked
• Sound as he works out she was tricking him
• Flames sound as Erika's eyes become feiry with anger along with horn sound connoting her niker gang - connects her anger and her gang past together
• Sound of the coins he leaves
• Hits with sponge
• Hitting table with anger - trying to be alpha male - showing his definiteness
• Shock sounds matching with CUs of Harvard leaflet
• Rushed knock - concern
• birds as zooms in on their house
• Opening door sound
• High electronic glug sound as Yasuko makes up her mind
• Slamming food down - anger
• Picking up plates - scared of anger
• Whooshing sound as she fall over
• Limo driving and door opening sounds - taken to a different place very different to what she's used to, posh
• Reaction sound as see tower
• Heartbeat sound building up to confession
• Hammer thrown, kicking the table - unsettled, taking out feelings
• Door opening sound interrupts the beginning of Jun's speech
• Rev soumd as Kenji is uncertain how to act

Other

• Whisper - hushed tone, respect, secret that has been kept
• American voice saying 'Ms Yasuko please show us the wedding ring'
• Voiceover of her fantasy
• Tsubaki Saying 'Shall we dance' in english
• Kenji shouting - showing true self
• Yasuko's voice over establishing shot of house
• People stopping covos to bow to Tsubaki dad
• Words in past have echo effect on
• Erika shouting when comes in - urgent, worried
• Clamour of voices around jun - he is wanted, popular
• Voice echoing around hall
• Talk to business people in english
• surprised confused mumbles from extras