Essentially the most powerful tool in the edit suite is 'the cut', it can change the mood of the picture.

The Final Cut - for iPod/iPhone

Cutting footage

The Final Cut

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- The Final Cut

Ben Harrex describes what is expected of a video editor.

What does a video editor do?

Transcript -- Ben Harrex describes what is expected of a video editor.

Transcript -- What does a video editor do?

Transcript -- Essentially the most powerful tool in the edit suite is 'the cut', it can change the mood of the picture.

Transcript -- Cutting footage

Usually the dissolve is used to show a connection between two locations, Ben Harrex demonstrates how the dissolve can be used as an effect.

Dissolving transitions

Transcript -- Usually the dissolve is used to show a connection between two locations, Ben Harrex demonstrates how the dissolve can be used as an effect.

Transcript -- Dissolving transitions

Cropping and resizing can be used to show multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience.

Cropping and resizing

Transcript -- Cropping and resizing can be used to show multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience.

Transcript -- Cropping and resizing

Education

It is often said that a movie comes to life in the edit suite. Ben Harrex of Final Cut post production studios in London discusses five themes with examples; The Cut, The Dissolve, Cropping and Resizing, Titles and The Sound. Ben explains how the video editor has a huge amount of creative control over how the final product looks. This material forms part of The Open University course T215 Communication and information technologies.

Cutting footage

The Final Cut - for iPod/iPhone

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Cutting footage

Transcript -- Cutting footage

Dissolving transitions

Transcript -- Dissolving transitions

Cropping and resizing

Transcript -- Cropping and resizing