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Lecture 11

Summary – Video Editing Principles

Video Capture Techniques– Knight Digital Media Center: Video Techniques – Video Shooting Tips

Video Editing– Media Production Workflow

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Summary – Basic Film Editing

Compress Time by Selecting “Highlights”– Viewer Fills In and "Real time" = "Screen 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

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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Video Capture Techniques

Knight Digital Media Center: Video Techniques Readings

Planning Your Shots Storyboard provides guidance

When Shooting Be Quiet

Hold Your Shots For 15 sec, before you pan, zoom or go onto another shot

Avoid Excessive Panning & ZoomingStatic (wide angle) shot – Pan – Static shot

Close-up: wide-angle view and move camera closer to subject

Shoot in Sequence and Get All Your Shots25% Wide shots, 25% Medium shots, 50% Close-ups shots

Cut-Aways and Natural sound

Framing and Composing Your ShotsApply Image Composition Principles Rules of Thirds

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Video Capture Techniques (cont.)

Steady Your Shots Tripod Lean on / against

Anticipate Action Think ahead, get positioned for Action to Come

Movement Into or Out of Frame

InterviewsProvide general scope of interview : want to capture fresh response

Person looks at you, not into camera | Shoot from the side

Sit-down Interview: Set-up Shot (back and side of reporter and shows only subject talking)

Wide-angle Shot (shows back of reporter and subject talking)

Cut-Away Shot (frontal shot of reporter listening to the person … same side as set-up shot … don’t cross line of sight)

Avoid High Contrast Lighting SituationsDon't place subject against bright background

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Media Production Workflow

Storyboard

Create / Capture ______Photo/Video/Phone Camera – Collect Raw Footage– Video Camera: analog or digital

Edit / Effects ______Premiere Elements– Create Story– Perform Edits and Apply Effects

Compress ______Premiere Elements – For DVD or Web

Share _____________Website | YouTube | Vimeo– Download or Streaming