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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
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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
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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
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Film Editing – Tools & Devices (cont.)
Frame Grid
Action Reaction
Cut-Away & Audio L-cut
Establishing Subjective POV
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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
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Create Illusion of Cause & Effect
Sequence Shots
Use Continuity Principles
Viewers Create Relationships that Do Not Exit in Reality
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Parallel Editing
Cut Back and Forth between Different Storylines
Creates Illusion of Events Happening at the Same Time
Enhances Anticipation or Anxiety
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Short Movie Example
NIKE AD slow– Click on
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/Video/ Please click on “nikeadslow.wmv” link to play video (it may take a while)
– Analyze happens to the focus of attention and which continuity principles are employed.
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Summary – Basic Film Editing
Compress Time
Create Illusion of Continuity– Location of Focus– Motion & Speed– Line of Sight– Theme: similarity in subject & background in terms of shapes,
color, texture, motion
Create Illusion of Cause & Effect
Parallel Editing
Motivate Cuts– Any Edit Has Potential of Breaking Illusion of Continuity – Use or Break Conventions & Viewer Expectations– Use Cuts to Create Rhythm– Maintain or Break Continuity As Storyline Requires
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Summary – Basic Editing Principles
Continuity of Direction of Motion & Speed
Total > Medium > Close-up Shot
Continuity of Location of Focus
Continuity of Line of Sight
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Summary - Create Illusion of Continuity
Compress Time by Selecting "Highlights"
Viewer Fills In
"Real time" = "Screen time"
Maintain Continuity for:– Motion & Speed – Location of Focus– Line of Sight– Theme: similarity in subject & background in terms of shapes, color,
texture, motion
Leverage Conventions & Viewer Expectations
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Storyboarding
Videos
AFI’s Storyboarding Guidehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPjjoOFIu8
–Help you visualize what you want to see in your video or film–Show what the camera is looking at a specific moment–Taxonomy of Shots: Long | Medium | Close-up | Point of View …–Sequence of Camera Shots to Capture Essence of Idea
Vimeo Storyboarding Basics–http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/4/storyboarding-basics
How To Make a Storyboard–http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_3bq_0eSY
ReadingsKnight Digital Media Center: Storyboarding website | video
Story Cookbook: Storyboarding video
AFI’s Screen Shot Reference video
Resources http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/10/500-storyboard-tutorials-resources/
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