In Editing, Sometimes Less Is More The French word for staging is mise-en-scene. But when applied to film the term mis-en-scene is ambiguous. For some it means all the visuals elements including what is seen on the set and how the camera portrays the scene. For others...
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The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-6
Emerging Alternatives to Continuity Editing: The Director Becomes Editor An early film which demonstrates an alternative to continuity editing is from surrealist Luis Bunuel who directed and edited "Un Chien Andolaou" (An Andalusian Dog) (1929). He worked with fellow...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-5
Documentary Editing - Where Is the Truth? Pare Lorentz, the most influential documentary filmmaker of the Great Depression of the 1930s, defines a documentary film as "a factual film which is dramatic." There are many different definitions of documentary. Rather than...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-4
Talking Pictures When sound technology was added to film, there were a great many new opportunities for creative story-telling. Ironically the advent of sound made some editors less creative. The sound alone could easily carry the story so the director and editor did...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-3
Soviet Filmmakers Advance Editing Filmmaking spread around the world and D.W. Griffith's techniques were widely studied. In the 1920s Soviet filmmakers were fascinated with editing and the theory of film as a communications and propaganda tool. After the 1917 Russian...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-2
Hollywood Style Continuity Editing Film editors, then and now, strive to make one scene flow easily into the next. To do that, it helps to match the details of one shot with the next. When the details don't match, the viewer can lose his way. Consider a woman smoking...
The Art Of Film And Video Editing Part-1
Introduction Editing is an essential part of making any film or video. As Francis Ford Coppola says, “The essence of cinema is editing. It’s the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general...
The Difficulty of Editing AVCHD and What to Do About It
AVCHD is an acronym for Advanced Video Coding High Definition. It's a file format for recording and playback of HD video. It is typically stored on flash memory card or hard drives. It is great for recording footage from the camera, but it can be a challenge for...
How To Control Color In Video and Stills With White Balance — Part 3
The shots below are two more side by side shots to demonstrate the difference the Rembrandt card makes. Left: White balanced with a white card. Right: White balanced with the Rembrandt card Use our blue card to make your sunsets even better. When shooting sunrises or...
How To Control Color In Video and Stills With White Balance – Part 2
White Balance Instructions These instructions are for example only. The following general instructions apply to most video and still cameras. You must, of course, read the camera manual that came with your camera. White Balance Preset Switch There are four possible...
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