Editing Selecting significant event details and putting them into a specific sequence to tell a story with clarity and impact.

Linear Editing Copying sections of the source tapes to the edit master tape in the desired sequence.

You must access material consecutively. Linear Editing You must access material consecutively.

Linear Editing VCR’s are used

Cannot access material randomly Linear Editing Cannot access material randomly

Video cassette or audio cassette EXAMPLE Video cassette or audio cassette

NON-LINEAR EDITING File Management

NON-LINEAR EDITING Randomly access files

Done entirely by computer. NON-LINEAR EDITING Done entirely by computer.

Can display various camera shots side by side. NON-LINEAR EDITING Can display various camera shots side by side.

EDITING FUNCTIONS

COMBINE Simplest kind of editing Combine various tape segments Generally in chronological order

EXAMPLE Vacation Video

Reduce overall length Concentrate on what you need to show and say. CONDENSE Reduce overall length Concentrate on what you need to show and say.

EXAMPLE News Story

Editing to fix production mistakes Most difficult CORRECT Editing to fix production mistakes Most difficult

Talent mispronounces a word EXAMPLE Talent mispronounces a word

Most satisfying Build a show from many carefully planned shots

EXAMPLE Commercial

CONTINUITY EDITING Creates seamless transitions from one event detail to the next so that the story seems to flow. Not concerned with logic, but how pictures and sound carry over from shot to shot.

MENTAL MAP 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.

VECTORS Graphic, Index & Motion vectors are important to establish and maintain continuity from shot to shot.

ON & OFF SCREEN POSITIONS To maintain on screen positions & vector continuity, cameras must stay on the same side of the vector line. (the 180)