ultimate artistic transition????

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Ogrus

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I have some interviews i´m editing from a art fair. It was a on location at the moment interviews. I have got rid of the unwanted footage but the final results lacks in smooth continuity so i need the ultimate artistic transition (transitions from a person speaking to the same person speaking from different distances)
I dont really see any premiere default ones that convince me
Any advice, suggestion is welcomed with HUGE gratitude....!

Thanks!!!
 
ultimate artistic transition????

I have some interviews i´m editing from a art fair. It was a on location at the moment interviews. I have got rid of the unwanted footage but the final results lacks in smooth continuity so i need the ultimate artistic transition (transitions from a person speaking to the same person speaking from different distances)
I dont really see any premiere default ones that convince me so probably AE is the place to make one!
Any advice, suggestion is welcomed with HUGE gratitude....!

Thanks!!!
 
A dissolve is all you need. About a 10 frame dissolve will probably work, but tweak to taste. We always called it a "soft cut"--it's certainly not a full-on fade, but it can ease a jarring transition that would be created by a hard cut. Of course, it tends to work better when your framing remains the same between the shots.

Even better--bridge the edit with a clip of B-roll. Since you said it's a piece shot at and presumably about an art fair, I'm guessing that you've also got some shots of the artist's work. Just use a shot or two of that to cover up the edit. No one will ever be the wiser... :)
 
So does that mean the camera shot is always the same?

Try this:
make a mask outline of the next person speaking

animate brush strokes filling in the mask area during the last 20 or so frames of the last person that spoke

Once filled, do a couple quick white flashes inside the mask and remove the mask
 
cbrougham said:
A dissolve is all you need. About a 10 frame dissolve will probably work, but tweak to taste. We always called it a "soft cut"--it's certainly not a full-on fade, but it can ease a jarring transition that would be created by a hard cut. Of course, it tends to work better when your framing remains the same between the shots.

Even better--bridge the edit with a clip of B-roll. Since you said it's a piece shot at and presumably about an art fair, I'm guessing that you've also got some shots of the artist's work. Just use a shot or two of that to cover up the edit. No one will ever be the wiser... :)
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Do you mean cross fade when you say "Dissolve" If so, dont get me wrong, that is way too normal. It has to be something much faster, like 1 second long for transition to complete. I would like something very different and original. Crossfading is not really the idea.

The second idea is much more in the direction i´m looking for...
but since transition is sooo short nothing will be seen.....

Thanks for the help!
 
Both of these ideas seem very interesting to experiment with!
Thanks for your input... will let you know how its evolving...
The more original and different, the better!
cheers!
Ogrus
 
always try to stickk b-roll footage thats why u always have to shoot lots

thas my expericne with doc/interview stuff b-roll saves lives :D
 
saturnin said:
always try to stickk b-roll footage thats why u always have to shoot lots

thas my expericne with doc/interview stuff b-roll saves lives :D
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Yes, i agree, but what i´m looking for is a pure transition, something that will surprise when seen!
 
If it's the same person at diff distances I would play with roto'ing the speaker out and shifting position in z space against one of the backgrounds with some quick cuts and inserts of various scales of that roto'd speaker. It's all about using the frame effectively and using the content to drive the visuals which should take precedence of flash and pizazz.
 
oneinfiniteloop said:
If it's the same person at diff distances I would play with roto'ing the speaker out and shifting position in z space against one of the backgrounds with some quick cuts and inserts of various scales of that roto'd speaker. It's all about using the frame effectively and using the content to drive the visuals which should take precedence of flash and pizazz.
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This sounds very interesting also...
 
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