Specifications

ptg
100
Fine-Tuning the Sequence
Understanding Trimming
Trimming is probably the most important part of editing. Why? Well, any-
one can string together shots in a sequence, but that doesn’t really make
you an editor. Rather, it’s through trimming a sequence to affect timing
and pacing that you breathe life into a scene. By choosing precisely where
shots start and end, you have the ability to accelerate or relax the viewer’s
heartbeat, change your audience’s perception of a character, clarify or
mystify an action, and turn a good sequence into a great sequence.
The Importance of Handle
To under st a nd tr im, it’s good to first u nders t and handle. Usually, when you
mark a clip’s IN and OUT points, some part of the shot remains that you
chose not to include. Handle is simply that extra, unused footage. In reality,
however, all of this unused footage is still available to you.
Why would you ever want to include footage that “didn’t make the cut”? In
the fine-tuning process, you often need to loosen or tighten shots, which
means that you must add or remove frames. When doing so, it’s convenient
to be able to access those frames that you did not edit into the rough cut.
Handle can come before or after the edit points that you set for a clip. Any
part of the clip that exists before the shot used in the sequence is called
incoming handle. Any part of the clip after the shot used in the sequence
is called outgoing handle.
Timeline
laid flat
Timeline
facing us
Handle before
(incoming)
Handle after
(outgoing)
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