LAB ASSIGNMENT # 25 – MONK the TV Series

Points or grade basis: 100 Points

Due: see schedule

Goals of the Assignment:

To gain practice editing a narrative TV drama.

To increase your skills on Final Cut Pro software.

To increase your skills on FCP Color Correction

Exporting and importing video footage.

Increase understanding of timing.

Increase expertise in shot selection.

Increase understanding and use of background music and sfx.

Increase your story telling skills.

Assignment Description:

This exercise is a short video/film opening scene from the USA TV NETWORK Show MONK starring TONY SHALHOB. Using the dailies and script provided you are to edit this scene as if it was to be aired on broadcast television. This includes, Color correction, logging, selection of available shots to tell the story, proper use of transitions, proper selection of cut-aways and cut-ins. There are hundreds of ways to edit this scene. It is up to you as the editor to decide which editing style to use. You can tell the story any way you wish but you must include everything in the script.

Remember Murch's Rules of 6. With your amazing editing talents this scene should come alive. You must turn in a playable DVD in a professional DVD Sleeve of your production.