Pineapple whip: Editing EXERCISE

ScavengeR HUNT

For: Groups of 1-2
Difficulty: Beginner

Objective
This exercise reinforces the material from the video coach DVD series, specifically Volume 3: B-Roll. Students should be able to recognize different shot types and better understand their usefulness in an edit.

Points to emphasize

  • Every shot must have a beginning, middle, and end.

  • Pacing is everything. Cutting too fast can seem hectic. Cutting too slow can make the edit drag.

Equipment: Computer, editing software, headphones

Assignment

Students must create a video of the following shots, in this specific order. Each clip of b-roll can only be used once in their edit. The final video should be 25-35 seconds in length.

  • Tight of Hula dancer

  • Wide shot

  • Vocal Nat Sound pop

  • Low Shot

  • Shot with Depth

  • Tight shot with nat sound

  • Linking Shot

  • Angled shot

  • End with a three-shot sequence of making whip

 

 

Example

We suggest waiting until after the students are finished to show the example.