Category: Video Editing

Video Editing, Video Production

How to Facial Track An Indie Shot

Fixed it in post! Added digital glasses for actress Lindsay Ogus In our recent short film, our actress Lindsay Ogus was suppose to be wearing glasses, but you know what happens when you actually start filming, the director (me) forgets about it. Thanks to today’s visual effects, I was able to fix this issue and add glasses into the shot in post. The set-up was done entirely in 2D which makes things more simple. The technique I used came from a mixture of free tutorials from Video Copilot. You will need a video editing software, a great open source one I […]

Video Conversion, Video Editing

How to Choreograph Fights on a Budget

How to choreograph awesome low budget fight scenes with no experience! If you’re an independent filmmaker, it can be difficult to co-ordinate a fight sequence that looks polished. Below are a few do-it-yourself steps to ensure that you can create the best fight scenes for your independent film project. We are working on a short film and our actress had no prior experience in fight choreography. However, she was really good at controller her body. We were able to use clever editing techniques and easy fight movements with less than 45 minutes of rehearsal time to create an entertaining combat scene. […]

Video Editing

Editing Interviews for TIGP (Part 2)

Read the first part here. Now that I have finished filming all the interviews I can start my editing process. I used Sony Vegas 12 to edit and color correct. The first thing I did when starting my editing process was to sort out all the clips into close ups, wide shots, and b-roll. I had also created a folder for the audio from my H4N Audio Recorder. I then dragged all the video clips into the timeline and paired the wide shot and the close up for each interview. Next, I dragged the rest of the audio clips for […]

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Least Depressing Best Picture Winners!

If you’re suffering from the post-holiday January blues, prepping for the Oscars by re-watching some best pictures of years past likely won’t pick you up out of that slump. The Oscars have a tendency of giving the big awards to, well, long, depressing films. War, slavery, death, debilitating mental illness, and we’re still only in the 2000s. Good news, they have let a few upbeat, crowd pleasers slip through and take best picture!        Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire, 2008 I know, Slumdog has it’s violence and death, but, it also has romance, and a final ten minutes […]