EditingEditingSelecting

significant event details and putting

them into a specific sequence to tell a story with clarity and

impact.

Selecting significant event

details and putting them into a

specific sequence to tell a story with clarity and

impact.

Linear EditingLinear Editing

Copying sections of the source tapes to the

edit master tape in the desired

sequence.

Copying sections of the source tapes to the

edit master tape in the desired

sequence.

Linear EditingLinear Editing

You must access

material consecutively

.

You must access

material consecutively

.

Linear EditingLinear Editing

In Television production, VTRs are used

In Television production, VTRs are used

Linear EditingLinear Editing

Cannot access material randomly

Cannot access material randomly

NON-LINEAR EDITING

NON-LINEAR EDITING

File ManagementFile Management

NON-LINEAR EDITING

NON-LINEAR EDITING

Randomly access filesRandomly access files

NON-LINEAR EDITING

NON-LINEAR EDITING

Done entirely by computer.

Done entirely by computer.

NON-LINEAR EDITING

NON-LINEAR EDITING

Can display various camera shots side by side.

Can display various camera shots side by side.

EDITING FUNCTIONSEDITING FUNCTIONSEditing can be used to combine, condense, correct, and build.

Editing can be used to combine, condense, correct, and build.

COMBINECOMBINESimplest kind of editingCombine various tape segmentsGenerally in chronological order

Simplest kind of editingCombine various tape segmentsGenerally in chronological order

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

Vacation VideoVacation Video

CONDENSECONDENSEReduce overall lengthConcentrate on what you need to show and say.

Reduce overall lengthConcentrate on what you need to show and say.

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

News StoryNews Story

CORRECTCORRECTEditing to fix production mistakesMost difficult

Editing to fix production mistakesMost difficult

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

Talent mispronounces a word

Talent mispronounces a word

BUILDBUILDMost satisfyingBuild a show from many carefully planned shots

Most satisfyingBuild a show from many carefully planned shots

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

CommercialCommercial

CONTINUITY EDITINGCONTINUITY EDITING

Creates seamless transitions from one event detail to the next so that the story seems to flow.

Dominant style of editing in The U.S.

Creates seamless transitions from one event detail to the next so that the story seems to flow.

Dominant style of editing in The U.S.

Spatial ContinuitySpatial

ContinuityPreserves the location and motion of objects over a series of shots to help viewer establish & maintain where things should be & where they should move.

Preserves the location and motion of objects over a series of shots to help viewer establish & maintain where things should be & where they should move.

Establishing ShotEstablishing Shot

Usually a wide shot that shows all of the important elements of a scene. Often referred to as the master shot, it can be cut to during the scene to reestablish spatial relations.

Usually a wide shot that shows all of the important elements of a scene. Often referred to as the master shot, it can be cut to during the scene to reestablish spatial relations.

180 degree rule180 degree rule

This rule states that the camera should always be placed on one side of an imaginary line that connects the subjects in a scene. Violating this rule can disorient the viewer.

Example: a basketball game

This rule states that the camera should always be placed on one side of an imaginary line that connects the subjects in a scene. Violating this rule can disorient the viewer.

Example: a basketball game

Temporal ContinuityTemporal Continuity

Concerned with maintaining continuity of an action over time.

Can be used to condense or extend time.

Concerned with maintaining continuity of an action over time.

Can be used to condense or extend time.

Jump CutJump Cut

Objects or characters seem to jump in time and space.

Occurs when two shots are too similar in composition.

Objects or characters seem to jump in time and space.

Occurs when two shots are too similar in composition.

Matching ActionMatching Action

A series of shots cut together to create the illusion of seamless movement.

The character must repeat the same motion for each shot.

A series of shots cut together to create the illusion of seamless movement.

The character must repeat the same motion for each shot.

Montage EditingMontage Editing

Concerned with creating a relationship between seemingly unrelated shots by cutting between them.

Juxtaposition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side.

Example: Battleship Potemkin

Concerned with creating a relationship between seemingly unrelated shots by cutting between them.

Juxtaposition: the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side.

Example: Battleship Potemkin

Montage EditingMontage Editing

In the United States, montage editing is usually used to condense the passage of time.

Example: Rocky training scene.

In the United States, montage editing is usually used to condense the passage of time.

Example: Rocky training scene.