The Importance of Transitions

 What are three key new things about transitions that you learned from this video?  Why did you find each of these interesting?

You must be intentional when doing a transition, even a hard cut transition could deliver a feeling you want, there's different methods of using a transition. You must be intentional when doing  transition because if you are just throwing in random transitions with no meaning behind it, it can be very disorienting to the viewer. Hard cut transitions could also be good when editing because it can give you a dry eerie feeling of jumping from one scene to another with the abruptness of the cut. There's different methods you can use when doing a transition, there more technical ones like using a moving object in frame, a wipe, or even a cross dissolve, but there is also ways you can do it on set like a whip pan when you move the camera fast and carry that motion over to the next scene. 

Natural Transitions

 What is a natural transition? What are the three different techniques that this video mentions? What would each of them add to a scene?

    A natural transition is when they use natural elements in the shot to make a transition. You can use shadows, sunrise/sunset, people, pavement, grass. You can use objects with the same shape. You could also use camera movements.  They could add context to moving from location to another, a passage of time, or switch perspectives. 

Editing with J & L Cuts

 What is a J or L cut? What do they do? How can they improve your edit?

    J or L cuts are when a scenes audio bleeds into the other or vice versa. They seamlessly carry the audio to the scene to make everything smoother. They can improve your edit by making everything more clear and smooth and coherent. 

Premiere Pro Shortcuts

 Summarize three of the shortcuts from this video that you plan on using going forward. What are each one's functions? How can they save you time going forward

    Shortcut number one that I would plan on using moving forward would be the viewing the whole timeline, this would let me view my whole timeline in a simple way to navigate the timeline and all the elements of it. Shortcut numero dos would be the quick select shortcut this would allow me to well you know, quick select! Shortcut numero 3 would be the full frame select so I can view my work in its fullest form! These would all save my time because its simple and quick!

Exporting Your Project

 What are the key factors to keep in mind when exporting your project on Premiere Pro?  What are some mistakes that you've made so far that you can fix?

    Key factors to keep in mind when exporting are your sequence settings, format & codec format, and the media encoder. Sequence settings you should keep in mind when exporting because you must match it to make sure it exports in the correct way it will be viewed. You must select the correct format and codec so that you can get the best quality for the format it would be delivered and viewed. The media encoder is important because if you click the wrong one your file won't export!. Mistakes i've made have been selecting the wrong sequence or format and it messed up the quality of the file. 

San Jose State Field Trip

 For those who couldn’t attend the field trip to California State University San Jose, how do you think exploring college film programs and facilities could impact your understanding of film production and career opportunities?

    Exploring college film programs and facilities could impact my understanding of film production and career opportunities through being able to get well versed in a more "advanced" viewpoint of the field. All teachers, equipment, methods, and classes are different so you can get a different outlook on it from one teacher and classroom vs another  type. If a teacher has one method of teaching film you will learn that way but if you go to another school with another teacher, you will learn a different way. It's all a subjective way of learning and depends on their methods and how that will impact you is up to you and the way you interpret their teaching. 

Understanding Timecodes

 In your own words, explain what timecode is to someone who has no idea. What is it? Why is it so important for editing video?

    Timecode is the timeline in editing in which the edit lives. Timecode is a way for us to track our edit better in order to match audios and things together. If we click on a certain part of a clip the timecode will tell us its exact hour, minute, second, and frame so we can locate it when needed. This is important to ensure a precise and clean edit. 

Resolutions

 What is resolution? What is the difference between each of the different resolutions mentioned in this video? What is the presenter's advice for using different resolutions?

    Resolution is video format and the quality of a video and how they are drawn on stage. Interlaced resolution is a resolution and that delivers the frame every other line and interlaces them together to create the image. Progressive paints the image top to bottom with less flicker that interlaced had. Do not worry about the latest gear to get the best resolution just create. Don't upscale a resolution it will lower the quality instead downscale it for a more improved quality. 

Analog Vs. Digital

 What is the difference between analog and digital? What are the benefits of digital?

    Analog uses signals that are constantly changing to represent data, such as radios and analog TVs uses different wave heights to represent sound and video. For analog inference could happen at anytime. Digital solved the interference issue by using clear cut coding and data with numbers to represent those wavelengths, making it more reliable to farther distances. Digital has the ability to be perfectly replicated anytime you would like to copy whereas copying an analog will decrease the quality each and every-time you copy it. The benefits of digital is how easy it is to copy an how consistent and nice the quality is compared to analog.

Editing First Steps

 You've just begun your journey into editing!  How does it feel to take your first baby steps?  What are three things that surprise you?  What are you finding difficult?

    It feels AWESOME POSSUM. I already feel more well versed in being able to edit and it feels good to use premiere pro to edit vs lousy loser CAPCUT. What surprised me was how easy it was to navigate the media in the media browser tab, being able to log footage was super beneficial. As well as the different tools and how much easier it made it for me  being able to use all the tools. What I also really liked was in the exporting part and the different formats you can export in like blu-ray. What I found difficult was color grading  and having to color grade individual clips and having to match it with the previous one. 

Editing Tools

 Pick three of the different tools covered in this video and explain how they work in detail. Why are these tools important to learn to edit video in premiere?

    

Montage Techniques

 What are three concepts from this article that you can incorporate into your future montage edit?  Why did you pick these three?  How can you apply them in the edit?

    The three concepts and techniques of editing a montage that I could and SHOULD incorporate into future montage edits were; cutting into action, link scenes, and an l cut. I picked cutting into action because to me it is the smoothest way to cut into a scene, with cutting into action it helps the viewer not notice the cut because of the action aiding a smooth transition. Link scenes are also a smooth way of cutting and doing a transition because it adds context to the montage to prevent confusion for the audience so they stay immersed into the world you have built. L cuts I liked because it can be used with the previous two techniques to make it even more smooth. I could apply all of these in an edit to make my work smoother and keep the world I am trying to build consistent.

Pudovkin and Montage

 Summarize one of Pudovkin's techniques outlined in this video essay that interests you.  How does it contribute to the storytelling in the modern movie clip that the narrator talks about?  Why do you find this interesting?

    Pudovkin's technique that stood out the most to me were parallelism. Parallelism stood out to me and interested me because it connects two scenes together by its choice of a shot and it connects them visually; they typically use it to time jump from one period to another and I find that a very efficient and cool way of doing that. In the scene from Indiana Jones it is used to jump from one time period to another by showing a young Indiana Jones getting his iconic hat put on him to a present day older Jones with the same hat on to make the time jump efficient and give context to the build up of the story. I find this interesting because I think its very cool that you can use both efficiency and a good shot and editing to carry a story. In some cases you have to sacrifice one or the other but with parallelism you don't have to do that.

Cutting On Action

What is cutting on action? How does it seamlessly blend two shots together? What are two things that you must keep in mind when cutting on action in your films?

    Cutting on action is when you cut a shot when the subject is moving to another shot of them still in motion. It edits shots seamlessly together by cutting into the same motion at a different angle to make it all seem like one swift motion. Two things to keep in mind when cutting on action is NEVER cut when ur subject is still, you must do it when it is in motion  to prevent inconsistency.  

Mise En Scene

 What is mise-en-scene? How is the term used in the film industry? What are two reasons that it is so important?

    Mise en scene is "placing on stage". Mise en scene for the film industry is everything in a shot that should remain consistent in said shot. This is important because it essentially makes up your style; it is how you remain consistent and how you show off your personal artistry. It also is important because it helps keep the audience in the world you build, without mise en scene you could pull your audience back into reality which ruins the magic of the world you build in your work.

Griffith and Continuity Editing

 What was the significance of Birth of a Nation?  What was its terrible legacy?

    Aside from Birth of a Nations very clear racism and prejudice we can't ignore the significant affect it had on the film industry. Its use of editing and pioneering shots and ways of editing that have never been done before served a major culture shock with the film industry. Its 3 hour run time allowed Griffith to show multiple storylines and with editing he was able to parallel the storylines and carry the story because of editing. Now, there's definitely an elephant in the room in terms of the content in the film. This film is a vile piece of nationalist propaganda; the story follows people during the civil war and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, in this they paint African-American people to be disgusting, unhygienic, and rapist. Still today this film is used as a recruitment piece for the KKK. 

Editing Your Rough Cut

 What are the steps in editing a rough cut?  Why is a rough cut so important?

    Cut all your cuts longer in a rough cut so that its easier to make more refined cuts in the final cut process. In a rough cut you just sort of put everything in place so you know where everything goes but in the final cut you do more fine tuning. Rough cuts are important because it makes the final cut process way easier as well as leaving more room to change things if you sort of already have your general idea of the project.

Early Editing

 What was significant about the great train robbery in editing?

    The significance of The Great Train Robbery was that it was one of the first to truly use the craft of editing and splicing together film to create a story with its stills. The way editing is used in this film is a way to further the narrative of the story. This paved the way for more intentional editing in the film industry. They were able to get more creative shots and more impactful shots and transitions with their use and skills of editing. 

Organizing Your Footage

 Why is organizing your footage so important to editing? What are two things you found really helpful that you learned in this video?

    Organizing footage is important so that the editing process is more efficient and smooth. When your footage is organized the editing process is easier because you know where everything is. I learned that putting everything into folders is very handy and helps a lot in the long run. You should describe your footage so that its easier to work and find clips and shots.