From the course: Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x: Commercial Editing Techniques
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Laying in the visual structure for the spot - Final Cut Pro Tutorial
From the course: Final Cut Pro X v10.1.x: Commercial Editing Techniques
Laying in the visual structure for the spot
- Now that we've got the audio foundation laid in we're ready to begin adding some visuals to our spot. Before doing so, however, let's talk a little bit about our plans for the commercial. Now with our client, we've identified a little bit about how the structure of this spot will be laid out. In the last chapter, we learned from the style frames and brand information that there are going to be three hero shots that will be punctuating the spot. Let me just jog your memory by showing you the style frames that were drawn up. OK, so we'll be choosing three shots to send to a motion graphic artist so that they can animate the H+ Sport logo within the footage. It will have the logo and there will be these little H+'s emanating from the athlete's core. It's going to be very stylized, very dramatic, lots of flair. And, of course, they'll also be designing a final shot of the bottle with the logo over it. But as we know, we don't actually have these shots from the motion graphics artist…
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Setting up the project5m 34s
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Marking the best shots to prep the edit2m 58s
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Building the audio foundation for the spot6m 43s
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Laying in the visual structure for the spot4m 53s
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Creating subsequences to experiment and flesh out content9m 1s
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Focusing on timing and pacing5m 27s
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Continuing the edit and working with compound clips4m 55s
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