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Lecture 13

Video Editing– Short Movie Example– Meaning – Basic Film Editing

– Compress Time– Create Illusion of Continuity– Create Illusion of Cause & Effect– Parallel Editing– Motivate Cuts

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Short Movie Example

NIKE AD– Click on

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/Video/ Please click on “nikead.wmv” link to play video (it may take a while)

– Count the number of image changes (within the same scene or between scenes)

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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

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Hi – I am in a rush

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Illusion of Motion

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Illusion of Motion

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Motion Out of Frame

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Where Does Boy Reappear? His Direction of Motion?

? ?

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Direction of Motion Continuity

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Need to Maintain Speed Continuity

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Illusion of Motion

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Illusion of Motion

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Total Shot

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Medium Shot

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Close-up Shot

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Total > Medium > Close-up Spatial Alignment

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Total Shot

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Medium Shot with Poor Spatial Continuity

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Close-up with Poor Spatial Continuity - Jumpy

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Current Location of Focus

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Maintain Location of Focus

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Continuity of Location of Focus

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Line of Sight between Protagonists

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Angle of Line of Sight Continuity

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Camera on Same Side of Line of Sight

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Do not Cross Line of Sight

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Establishing Line of Sight

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Crossing Line of Sight – Seesaw

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Maintaining Angle and Line of Sight

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Camera Again on Same Side of Line of Sight

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Film Editing – Tools & Devices (cont.)

Frame Grid

Action Reaction

Cut-Away & Audio L-cut

Establishing Subjective POV

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The Frame Grid

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Action

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Reaction

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Action or Cut-Away

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Reaction or Jump in Time (Audio L-cut)

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Stop The “Argument”

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Direction and Angle of Gaze

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Subjective Point of View

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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

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Create Illusion of Cause & Effect

Sequence Shots

Use Continuity Principles

Viewers Create Relationships that Do Not Exit in Reality

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Close-up of Face

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Subjective Point of View

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Effect

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Cause?

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Effect!

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Parallel Editing

Cut Back and Forth between Different Storylines

Creates Illusion of Events Happening at the Same Time

Enhances Anticipation or Anxiety

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Two Protagonists

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In Discussion

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Boy

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Rushing Home

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Action

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Reaction

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Really …

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Action

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Reaction

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Really Rushing

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Resolution …

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Short Movie Example

NIKE AD slow– Click on

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/Video/ 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.