When labeling a clip its important to include the following information; shot type, time of day and describe the  action within the frame. Also, if the the clip is mute use a bullet point so illustrate this this. For instance, the clip below should be labeled as follows;  

• WS, NIGHT, EXT, TRAIN TOWARD CAM    

Session One

How to set up a FCP project;

Firstly, open FCP through applications. Press 'AltQ' to bring up user preferences. First job, to set auto save from 30 mins to every 5, then physically save the project, elliminating "untitled project 1". Next, go to the timeline thumbnail and set the starting time code from 01:00:00:00 to 10:00:00:00, we do this as its industry standard.     

Close user settings and open sequence settings (alt0). Here you can change quicktime video settings, in this came making sure to select DV-PAL, at the same time, make sure the FPS are set to 25. NOT 24!

TO PREVENT INJURY;

Customise keyboard for faster working (ALTH). 

Today I learnt a new one, J, K & L. These are useful when previewing a clip to fast rewind, fast forward and pause the preview process.