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.

Linear Editing  You must access material consecutively.

Linear Editing In Television production, VTRs are used

Linear Editing  Cannot access material randomly

NON-LINEAR EDITING File Management

NON-LINEAR EDITING  Randomly access files

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

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

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

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

EXAMPLE Vacation Video

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

EXAMPLE News Story

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

EXAMPLE Talent mispronounces a word Talent mispronounces a word

BUILD  Most satisfying  Build a show from many carefully planned shots  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. 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 Continuity  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 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.

180 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 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 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 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 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 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.