"Cutting carrots" teaches the basic fundamentals of video sequencing by the cameraman shooting a subject doing something repetitious, such as a person cutting carrots.
Think of your story as an English paper broken down into smaller parts: the shots are like individual sentences. When you string together the shots in a specific order you have a sequence, which is similar to a paragraph. The sequences are combined together to make your story.
Use the 6-shot system to film your shots.
The 6-shot system includes:
1. Close-up of the hands
2. Close-up of the face
3. Medium shot
4. Over the shoulder shot
5. Wide shot
6. Extra wide (Establishing) shot
Hold each shot for 10-20 seconds to get the "action" of the scene. This will give you cutting points when you go to edit.
Once you have filmed your sequence, edit them together in Final Cut Pro. You are telling a story through your shots in an interesting way.
Share to YouTube and embed on your blog.
Once you have filmed your sequence, edit them together in Final Cut Pro. You are telling a story through your shots in an interesting way.
Share to YouTube and embed on your blog.
Here are examples of the "Cutting Carrots" exercise:
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