The document discusses the process of reviewing footage and making selects. It recommends viewing all footage to determine which shots came out successfully, which did not, and if any necessary shots were missed. When reviewing, the viewer should look for strong composition, compelling imagery, interesting movements, and shots that support the story being told. The document provides examples of criteria to log for each shot, including timecode, duration, comments, and whether it is good or not. It advises filling out a logging chart with this information for each take while reviewing footage.

1. Lesson 7: Making Selects
Lesson 7: Making Selects

2. Reviewing your Footage
Once you’ve exported
your footage onto a
computer, you can
view it.
Lesson 7: Making Selects

3. Reviewing your Footage
Reviewing your
footage is a very
important step in the
process of creating a
video.
Lesson 7: Making Selects

4. Reviewing your Footage
Depending on the
camera you use, your
footage may be in one
long piece with no
breaks, or your
footage may be
divided into clips.
Lesson 7: Making Selects

5. CRITICAL
PROCESS
Lesson 7: Making Selects

6. CRITICAL
PROCESS
In order to prepare to make your selects...
Lesson 7: Making Selects

7. CRITICAL
PROCESS
...look for the following things when viewing
your footage and make note of them when
you see them:
Lesson 7: Making Selects

8. First Determine:
I
What shots came out
successfully?
Gina
Nemirofsky
Lesson 7: Making Selects

9. First Determine:
II
What shots did not come
out successfully?
Lesson 7: Making Selects

10. First Determine:
III
Did you miss any necessary shots?
?
Lesson 7: Making Selects

11. First Determine:
IV
Did any technical
problems occur?
Lesson 7: Making Selects

12. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•interesting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Terry
Henderson
Lesson 7: Making Selects

13. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•ointeresting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Michael
Fox
Lesson 7: Making Selects

14. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•interesting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Jamie
McConnell
Lesson 7: Making Selects

15. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•interesting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Luke
Cormack
Lesson 7: Making Selects

16. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•interesting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Jennifer
Serchia
Lesson 7: Making Selects

17. Then Look For the Following:
•strong composition or framing
•compelling imagery
•interesting movement in the frame
•interesting movement of the camera
•images that support the story you are
telling
•images that ask or answer a question
Daniel
Lichtblau
Lesson 7: Making Selects

18. Exercise:
take #
ex.
You should have
a logging chart
that looks like this:
in-point
out-point
00:25:10:02 00:25:32:02
duration
20 sec.
comment
overexposed
good
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Lesson 7: Making Selects

19. Exercise:
take #
ex.
You should have
a logging chart
that looks like this:
in-point
out-point
00:25:10:02 00:25:32:02
duration
20 sec.
comment
overexposed
good
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Take some time with
it while reviewing
your footage to fill
out all of the
information about
your shots.
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Lesson 7: Making Selects