Action Sequence - Bomb Sequence task

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This was the third and final part of the final video and was the third project clip that I added to the Master sequence to make up the final project.

This action sequence gave us as a group a great chance to prove our selves on final cut and demonstrating previously learnt skills and experiment with new skills and clip editing.

We practically demonstrated the 3 ways to edit which includes cutting with the blade tool, dragging clips smaller with the select tool. The third is to set in and out points and drag the selected part of the clip you want into the project.

We were given the opportunity to drop or raise the sound levels in certain parts of the sequence also if needed to create a more action pace to the scene or to create more of a tense action part.

We were set to film and edit this opening sequence using the camera's we had previously used, prior to this task we had already used the camera's in a practical fashion and we had gained the knowledge required to upload to final cut to edit the clips using the three ways of editing. For this task we were required to create a blog post and write a report to demonstrate through text what we did on a practical scale.

Overall it took me about an hour to complete the full sequence.

I wanted to create a very fast paced and speedy action sequence which included one main primary shot, the 180 degree over the shoulder shot. For this task we focused mainly on parallel shot, to make action transitions more realistic. For the parallel shot you need to transitions the shots from each take, for example one shot may have a character running off one side of the screen, it is then essential for the character to be seen running in from the other side of the screen to create a realistic transition that viewers can recognize.

Tom A, 4th Nov