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Show me your favourite edits, BASED on the editting. (school proj)

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EH_DUBS
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For school I was assigned a "discovery" project. Which means choose something you want to discover and make a project out of it.

I decided I want to use this project to cover some things in the editing room that I feel I never really have the time for. So far for my technical goals I want to.

1. Explore a variety of colour grading techniques
2. Stabilize shaky footage
3. Work with masks/(photo)sequences in video
4. Transistions using animated shapes and burns
5. digital "zoom" from a wide shot to follow cam shot
6. "earthquake" effects + rgb splits (bad tv)
7. Animated titles with reflections/shadows


SO here's where you come in! I want more ideas! I don't watch as many edits as I used to and it's hard to find the quality stuff sometimes.

Basicly I'm looking for inspiration from ski/snowboard films that are HEavy on the post work.

This could be anything! Tilt shift, unique titles, animations, light streaks(been there done that), glitchy transistions. Knife show videos would be a fitting example. But please post videos other than that :P

The music I plan on using....lets call it dubstep. Even though it's not. But bass heavy, abrupt breaks, chaotic kind of style, quick pacing.

I have a board of professors to ask questions to so even if it seems like a complicated effect throw it in here!

Thanks NS!

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The-Rodent
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down to film-sandy boville edit forget exact nsmr and eheath-pretty much any edit he has msdr
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alexat955
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not skiing but this thread is about an effect that sounds like it might be what youre looking for:

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/661927/
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Downtofilm
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Heavy on the post work?

lulwut?
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eheath
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yeah, dont think he read the post. the most i do is color grade.
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123+ski
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As far as color grading, I would stick to using one look within the edit, unless there are multiple "scenes," like having skiing and then another resort or filler

stabilizing shaky footage should be done with a tripod/glidecam, but you can do it pretty easily (and reasonably well) with after effects. Just try to film at 1080 and export at 720, because it crops your video slightly.

as far as photo sequences, I did it in one of my first edits, https://www.newschoolers.com/membervideo/309818.0/CVU-Rail-Jam?s=142178&t=2&o=8
masking can be a useful tool, but do you want to just try it to learn it, or do you have a specific goal which requires it?

for film burns, look for the willstart clutter file to get you started. I personally don't really like ones with animated shapes, they remind me of iMovie too much, but I'm sure there is a specific one that could look good

the digital zoom I think is pretty simple, I think just drag and drop, same with the earthquake and bad tv. these can be pretty cool when used properly

animated titles are pretty easy, I haven't done much with reflections and shadows though, and it may be challenging to get something that reflects or has a shadow to not look out of place

as far as examples, start watching edits like knife show volume 2, gnarcade, etc. to get an example of prbly the most editing I have seen in ski/snowboard edits
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SOmething like this?
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blatt
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Knife show and USC ski edits use a shit ton of effects
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EH_DUBS
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^The final video will have one "style" colour grade. What I meant is I will explore different styles in the editting room to find one that fits and for future knowledge.

USC edits were sick! thanks for posting.

There was a trailer like two years ago that used a song called d.i.m. by jantsen. Super glitchy style. anyone know what I am talking about? Im pretty sure it was a small production company. right before the drop they had a shot of someone hoping switch and the camera vibrating like a mofo.
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