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Lecture 13. Video Editing Short Movie Example Meaning – Basic Film Editing Compress Time Create Illusion of Continuity Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Parallel Editing Motivate Cuts. Short Movie Example. NIKE AD
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Lecture 13 • Video Editing • Short Movie Example • Meaning – Basic Film Editing • Compress Time • Create Illusion of Continuity • Create Illusion of Cause & Effect • Parallel Editing • Motivate Cuts
Short Movie Example • NIKE AD • Click onhttp://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/Video/Please click on “nikead.wmv” link to play video (it may take a while) • Count the number of image changes (within the same scene or between scenes)
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
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