| If your wedding video consists only of
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| | another analog format, before viewing the
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| raw footage shot by friends and relatives
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| | footage, be sure to reset the video
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| because your budget had no room for
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| | player's counter to 00:00:00 for each
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| professional videography services, don't
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| | tape before you begin logging. You will
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| despair. You can still have a beautifully
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| | also rate or "comment" on each one of
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| edited video by doing it yourself or
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| | your log entries according to its
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| hiring a video editor. In either case you
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| | suitability (e.g., "don't use," "must
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| can save substantial time and money by
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| | use," "so-so," "really bad"), or any
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| first organizing the footage yourself
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| | other notes that you wish to remember
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| with the help of a secret tool called
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| | about a particular shot. Once the logging
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| "logging." Logging is a process whereby
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| | is complete, and you have selected all
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| you review/playback the footage and write
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| | the shots you want to use, you will have
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| down or "log" the starting and stopping
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| | a blueprint for editing the video. This
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| times, per the time code, of your
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| | "blueprint" will have the added benefit
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| preferred shots. You can make your own
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| | of substantially reducing the time you or
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| log sheets simply by taking blank pieces
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| | an editor spends in the editing suite.
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| of paper (8 1/2 x 11) and drawing grids
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| | Since most professional editors charge by
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| containing rows and columns. At the top
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| | the hour, this can result in significant
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| of the page you can have rows and columns
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| | cost savings. Video editing is the
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| in which you insert basic information
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| | process of building a video program, shot
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| about the program you are editing. For
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| | by shot, by electronically cutting and
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| example, you will want rows for the name
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| | splicing the raw footage, in order to
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| of the wedding, the date, the name of the
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| | tell a story in the most seamless,
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| cameraperson, and the videotape cassette
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| | compelling and entertaining way. Editing
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| number. This is important if the footage
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| | allows you to keep the good and dump the
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| comes from more than one camera that used
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| | bad, thereby creating a finished product
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| more than one tape. This way you will
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| | that is more than the sum of its parts.
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| know who shot the footage and which
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| | Picture the footage as a very long chain.
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| videotape cassette your are logging.
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| | The footage, like a chain, is made up of
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| Don't forget to have a place where you
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| | individual shots or "links". You select
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| can number your log sheets (e.g. Page ___
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| | and assemble the shots or "links"
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| of ___). This helps to keep you from
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| | together to tell your story. Video
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| getting lost when you have multiple log
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| | editing is a very creative and
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| sheets/pages. Now add about twenty-five
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| | exhilarating process. However, you might
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| rows, divided into four columns. Head the
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| | want to resist the temptation to channel
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| columns as follows: "Action" "Start"
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| | Steven Spielberg, by getting carried away
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| "Stop" "Comments". As you play back the
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| | with effects like too much slow motion,
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| tapes, write down the specific action you
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| | or using every wipe and dissolve in you
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| are viewing (e.g., "entrance of first
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| | editing program's arsenal. Remember...
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| bridesmaid," or "mother of bride being
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| | this is about the bride and groom and not
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| escorted to seat," etc.) Write down the
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| | about you and your burgeoning editing
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| time code when the action starts and then
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| | talents. Whether you decide to edit the
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| write down the time code when the action
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| | footage yourself or hire a professional
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| stops. Most newer digital cameras place
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| | editor, using the secret tool, "logging"
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| an automatic time code on your footage.
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| | will put you well on your way toward
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| (The time code isn't really "on" your
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| | having a beautifully edited wedding video
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| footage, but is a part of the playback
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| | that you will treasure forever.
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| display.) However, if you're using VHS or
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