Unit 4

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Congrats, you’re halfway through knowing EVERYTHING about filmmaking! We’re continuing the “part 2” trend with Post Production Sound and Basic Shot Correction. We’ll also touch on writing dialogue, maintaining continuity, and shaping lights. Even boring sounding subjects like stabilizing your shots, timecode and logging will save you major headaches once you master them.
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Dialogue

In this set of videos we review the hyper-realism of screen dialogue, creating dialogue that aligns with a character's personality,...


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Timecode and Logging

This video covers the essential topics of timecode, alternate methods of synchronization of cameras and sound gear, and a professional...


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Continuity

We’ve touched on the idea of the line of interest a couple of times, but here we go into detail...


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Shaping Light

In this video, get acquainted with the most important equipment for directing, diffusing, and shaping light, along with the sometimes...


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Post Production Sound Pt. 2

In this section we look at where to set the various levels in a soundtrack, how to add an appropriate...


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Basic Shot Correction Part 2

After delving a little deeper into color theory we take everything learned from the this unit and the previous one...


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Tracking

This series of videos looks at the principles behind tracking, the various kinds of tracking (point tracking, planar tracking, 3D...


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Metadata: Production’s New Secret Sauce

Among the many types of metadata we use in post production, information about the content of media selects is the...


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Cinematic Lighting Using Only One Light

Lighting is a major factor in creating compelling and professional video content. There are many lighting techniques and schools of...


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Sound Tips for Picture Editors

World-renowned commercial editor Vladimir Boboshin brings his expertise to share with viewers tips and techniques on sound editing for picture...


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Crafting the Color in American Sniper

Meet Maxine Gervais, lead Digital Intermediate Colorist at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging (MPI), for an exclusive presentation on the...


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Stabilization and Tracking in After Effects

A common request for Editors is to stabilize footage (remove shake) or to track footage ( track the movement of...