

However, you can’t get emotion and tone from a transcripts. It is indispensable for documentaries or projects with a large number of interviews.

FCP X has a great option with Intelligent Assistance Lumberjack that will take a transcript and create ranges with notes right on your clip. Interview Transcripts are a timesaving way to understand the content of an interview. Pressing option-M with create and edit a marker, then press Tab to change it to a todo maker then I”ll type my note. Optionally, I’ll also add todo markers for glaring audio or video issues to be address later. Get in the groove when logging interviews by keeping your hands on the keyboard. With the notes field by pressing “RETURN” then start playback with space bar and start your process again.Re-enter the memo field by pressing TAB, even while playback continues. To review your content range again, press Return to exit the memo field then press forward slash (same key as the ?) to play the selected range range.I’ll then type or speak a summary using the macOS built in dication. Press the “ TAB” key twice to enter and activate the notes field.For me 1 is “mess”, 3 is “passable”, 5 is “fantastic”. Assign a star rating for the range by pressing ctrl-1 through control-5.To move faster, press L multiple times to speed up playback.Spacebar to begin playback, then press “O” to set my out and spacebar to stop.

Use the waveform as my guide, I’ll play with spacebar and press “I” to set the in point of my range.I’ll typically add a temporary marker before I start logging so I can show the items marked in the clip. Note: For this to work properly you’ll need to mark something on the clip and twirl down the disclosure triangle. Here is how I identify content, rate and summarize using just the keyboard.
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I also use my Contour Shuttle Pro with a customized setting (which you can download here) to locate specific frames even faster than they keyboard. Content entries typically will be a sentence, but on longer interviews, content will encompass several sentences.įCP X has excellent keyboard shortcuts for logging so I’m able to keep my hands on the keyboard. In the first logging of the interview my goal is to identify content with a range, rate with a star rating and summarize it. I like to watch in away from my edit station, on a iPhone or separate client monitor so I can watch distraction free.

If time permits I’ll watch the interview straight through without stopping to try to get an overall broad impression. Step 3 – Create, rate and summarize content rangesĪlthough I’m often tempted to quickly scrub through the interview and get right to editing, I need to take the necessary step to know and analyze the content.
