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'24 Style Sequence'
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Jeremy Ordan
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There are lots of ways to do it in Vegas with the cropping tool.
JasonFox
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Well, in Final Cut I think you would put each piece of video on its own layer and then scale them to size under the Motion tab (I think, don't have FCP open right now). Don't think it's that hard, really. I do, however, actually get sick of "24" doing it, but only because I've now it seen it in every single episode.
Dammit, Chloe! We don't have time for split screens!
Dammit, Chloe! We don't have time for split screens!
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
JasonFox said:
And yes, this effect is easily accomplished in most editors. Generally in a similar fashion to the method described above for FCP.
- Mikko
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
That's actually one of the things I really like about 24. Generally when they do it, or so it seems to me, they are reminding us (the viewer) of each of the timelines that have been viewed since the last time.
So, we watch Jack chasing the bad guys down the 405, then we watch the latest white house worm plot to undermine the president, then we see Chole give her goofy squinty face at Mr. Buchanan, then we see the terrorists talking on the phone. As the terrorist sequence comes to an end it moves to one corner and each of the other corners light up. One corner showing Jack driving and dialing his phone, another corner showing Chloe staring down someone over her terminal, and the final corner showing the "worm" leaning back in his chair pondering his latest move.
Ties up each story, especially going into commercial, prepares me for wherever they head next when we come back.
Of course, this is all just my way of viewing it. You are certainly entitled to dislike it, but if you do I'll send Jack over to "interogate" you!! :evil:
All that to say, I like the 24 style of editing...for this show. It wouldn't work for everything, but I think it works here.
Back to the "thread" (sorry about the "jack" :grin: )...most NLEs have a pan/crop style tool that allows you to resize the video event within the viewspace. Simply drop several clips into their own timeline, resize and move them to fit the corners (or whereever else you want them) and let play as normal.
Hope that helps,
Larry
So, we watch Jack chasing the bad guys down the 405, then we watch the latest white house worm plot to undermine the president, then we see Chole give her goofy squinty face at Mr. Buchanan, then we see the terrorists talking on the phone. As the terrorist sequence comes to an end it moves to one corner and each of the other corners light up. One corner showing Jack driving and dialing his phone, another corner showing Chloe staring down someone over her terminal, and the final corner showing the "worm" leaning back in his chair pondering his latest move.
Ties up each story, especially going into commercial, prepares me for wherever they head next when we come back.
Of course, this is all just my way of viewing it. You are certainly entitled to dislike it, but if you do I'll send Jack over to "interogate" you!! :evil:
All that to say, I like the 24 style of editing...for this show. It wouldn't work for everything, but I think it works here.
Back to the "thread" (sorry about the "jack" :grin: )...most NLEs have a pan/crop style tool that allows you to resize the video event within the viewspace. Simply drop several clips into their own timeline, resize and move them to fit the corners (or whereever else you want them) and let play as normal.
Hope that helps,
Larry
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Yeha, you would be right.
Each view "window" needs it's own video track - including the clock in the middle.
So a basic 4 video windows and a clock takes 5 tracks. Or 6 to do properly with a "black video" background.
- Mikko
Each view "window" needs it's own video track - including the clock in the middle.
So a basic 4 video windows and a clock takes 5 tracks. Or 6 to do properly with a "black video" background.
- Mikko