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Lecture 8. Video Editing Principles Short Movie Example Basic Film / Video Editing Compress Time Create Illusion of Continuity Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Storyboarding Videos | Readings | Resources. Video Editing Principles. Video Editing Principles Short Movie Example
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Lecture 8 Video Editing Principles • Short Movie Example • Basic Film / Video Editing • Compress Time • Create Illusion of Continuity • Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Storyboarding • Videos | Readings | Resources
Video Editing Principles • Video Editing Principles • Short Movie Example • Meaning – Basic Film Editing • Compress Time • Create Illusion of Continuity • Create Illusion of Cause & Effect • Parallel Editing • Motivate Cuts
Film Editing – Tools & Devices • Illusion of Motion • Continuity of Direction of Motion & Speed • Total > Medium > Close-up Shot • Continuity of Location of Focus • Continuity of Line of Sight
Where Does Boy Reappear? His Direction of Motion? • ? • ?
Film Editing – Tools & Devices (cont.) • Frame Grid • Action Reaction • Cut-Away & Audio L-cut • Establishing Subjective POV
Film Editing - Create Illusion of Continuity • Compress Time by Selecting "Highlights" • Viewer Fills In • "Real time" = "Screen time" • Maintain Continuity for: • Location of Focus • Motion & Speed • Line of Sight • Theme: similarity in subject & background in terms of shapes, color, texture, motion • Leverage Conventions & Viewer Expectations
Create Illusion of Cause & Effect • Sequence Shots • Use Continuity Principles • Viewers Create Relationships that Do Not Exit in Reality
Parallel Editing • Cut Back and Forth between Different Storylines • Creates Illusion of Events Happening at the Same Time • Enhances Anticipation or Anxiety