Friday 28 September 2012

Common Editing Techniques


  • In a typical music video, more than 95% of all shots are moving. Tracking shot, crab, pan, tilt, zoom in or out, character movement.
  • Static singers are never shown, opening her mouth only, in a still shot. At least pan or zoom is used. This can be achieved in editing even if the footage is still. Proper movement makes the video flow smoothly. In a music video, movement is more important than good framing.
  • Colour is adjusted for every shot.The chance of getting exact colour without color correction is next to zero. White balance and filter can be used while shooting, but it’s in postproduction its made perfect.
  • Close ups have more visual impact that wide shots. It’s an element used in typical music video style: visually impressive, sound intensive, image rich. It also helps to dilute the sense of place and time.


Taken from: http://www.aboutvideoediting.com/tutorials/music-video.shtml

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