© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri Hi – I am in a rush
© Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion
© Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion
© Anselm Spoerri Motion Out of Frame
© Anselm Spoerri Where Does Boy Reappear? His Direction of Motion? ? ? ? ?
© Anselm Spoerri Direction of Motion Continuity
© Anselm Spoerri Need to Maintain Speed Continuity
© Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion
© Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion
© Anselm Spoerri Total Shot
© Anselm Spoerri Medium Shot
© Anselm Spoerri Close-up Shot
© Anselm Spoerri Total > Medium > Close-up Spatial Alignment
© Anselm Spoerri Total Shot
© Anselm Spoerri Medium Shot with Poor Spatial Continuity
© Anselm Spoerri Close-up with Poor Spatial Continuity - Jumpy
© Anselm Spoerri Current Location of Focus
© Anselm Spoerri Maintain Location of Focus
© Anselm Spoerri Continuity of Location of Focus
© Anselm Spoerri Line of Sight between Protagonists
© Anselm Spoerri Angle of Line of Sight Continuity
© Anselm Spoerri Camera on Same Side of Line of Sight
© Anselm Spoerri Do not Cross Line of Sight
© Anselm Spoerri Establishing Line of Sight
© Anselm Spoerri Crossing Line of Sight – Seesaw
© Anselm Spoerri Maintaining Angle and Line of Sight
© Anselm Spoerri Camera Again on Same Side of Line of Sight
© Anselm Spoerri Film Editing – Tools & Devices (cont.) Frame Grid Action Reaction Cut-Away & Audio L-cut Establishing Subjective POV
© Anselm Spoerri The Frame Grid
© Anselm Spoerri Action
© Anselm Spoerri Reaction
© Anselm Spoerri Action or Cut-Away
© Anselm Spoerri Reaction or Jump in Time (Audio L-cut)
© Anselm Spoerri Stop The “Argument”
© Anselm Spoerri Direction and Angle of Gaze
© Anselm Spoerri Subjective Point of View
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Sequence Shots Use Continuity Principles Viewers Create Relationships that Do Not Exit in Reality
© Anselm Spoerri Close-up of Face
© Anselm Spoerri Subjective Point of View
© Anselm Spoerri Effect
© Anselm Spoerri Cause?
© Anselm Spoerri Effect!
© Anselm Spoerri Parallel Editing Cut Back and Forth between Different Storylines Creates Illusion of Events Happening at the Same Time Enhances Anticipation or Anxiety
© Anselm Spoerri Two Protagonists
© Anselm Spoerri In Discussion
© Anselm Spoerri Boy
© Anselm Spoerri Rushing Home
© Anselm Spoerri Action
© Anselm Spoerri Reaction
© Anselm Spoerri Really …
© Anselm Spoerri Action
© Anselm Spoerri Reaction
© Anselm Spoerri Really Rushing
© Anselm Spoerri Resolution …
© Anselm Spoerri Short Movie Example NIKE AD slow –Click on 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.
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri 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
© Anselm Spoerri Storyboarding Videos AFI’s Storyboarding Guide –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 – How To Make a Storyboard – Readings Knight Digital Media Center: Storyboarding website | video Story Cookbook: Storyboarding video AFI’s Screen Shot Reference video Resources