the editing process is a reductive art
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The editing process is a reductive Art. Some editors see it as “Cutting out the bad bits” Enhancing by removing, leaving only what informs, advances, communicates Some editors use the analogy of a sculpture. How do you decide what is essential?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• Some editors see it as “Cutting out the bad bits”
Enhancing by removing, leaving only what informs, advances, communicates
• Some editors use the analogy of a sculpture.
The editing process is a reductive Art
•How do you decide what is essential?
– Keep audience in mind-what you want them to feel/learn/accomplish
– Keep form in mind- how you present the information will help guide the” sculpture”
– Each shot should have a purpose- ask yourself, what is the reason for this cut?”
•Motivations to cut
– Technical
– Aesthetic
Technical motivation
• Bad Audio
• Bad Video-drop out-levels-color balance
• Bad Videography
• Bad Takes- talent.
Aesthetic
• This is where you get to express yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Follow Action- ( like eye-trace in Blink) go where the story is going.
• Better Angle- choose the angle that shows the audience what you want them to see.
• Shot order- visually tell the story-how you put the visuals together
• Pacing-Rhythm.
• Point Of View-Cut to show another point of view
• Create a Mood- Emotional
• Visual Variety- Dangerous!- Necessary but dangerous.
• Create Emphasis-
• Dialogue- Cutting to dialogue- using split edits.
Split Edit
An edit where the audio and video have different IN points
Audio Advance
Audio Precedes the video
Audio Delay
Audio comes after the video it is called an audio delay
Split Edits
Smooth out transitions
Make edits less visible
Create a more natural feel to dialogue and narrated video
Also called an Lcut
Split Edits
Can be used as a transition within a scene or from scene to scene
Editing creates Movement
Movement-zooms,tilts,pans,dollys
“Never” cut in the middle of a camera movement
Cutting on movement
Zooms,pans, dollys, and tilts work well together if:
Same direction
Same speed
Zoom
Using the lens the camera seems to push into the subject.
Tilt
Up and Down
Pan
Righ to Left
Dolly
Lens stays the same. Camera physically moves forward ( on wheels)
Camera Movement
Zooms, pans, dollys, and tilts cut well together if they have the same speed and direction.
This technique can be used to connect disparate visuals.
Variations of motion and direction work well to illustrate contrast.
Static Camera to Moving Subject
Versatile
Subject moves through screen and in the next shot the camera mimics the movement
Static Camera to Static Subject
Fast pace editing
Movement created by editing
A static shot doest not cut well to a shot with a static subject/moving camera