Editing 1. Selecting significant event details and putting them into a specific sequence to tell a story with clarity and impact.

Linear Editing 2. Copying sections of the source tapes to the edit master tape in the desired sequence.

Linear Editing  3. You must access material consecutively.

Linear Editing  4. VCR’s are used

Linear Editing  5. Cannot access material randomly

EXAMPLE  6. Video cassette or audio cassette

NON-LINEAR EDITING 7. File Management 7. File Management

NON-LINEAR EDITING  8. Randomly access files

NON-LINEAR EDITING  9. Done entirely by computer.  9. Done entirely by computer.

NON-LINEAR EDITING  10. Can display various camera shots side by side.

Example  11. DVD, CD, USB drive

CONTINUITY EDITING  12. Creates seamless transitions from one event detail to the next so that the story seems to flow. Not concerned with logic, but how pictures and sound carry over from shot to shot.

Example You do not need to write this example  Shot #1 Close up of woman, sitting in a diner, sipping a cup of coffee. She is wearing a blue scarf.  Shot #2 Two-shot of woman and man, both with coffee. Woman’s scarf is sitting on the table.  Shot #3 Close up of woman. She is wearing the scarf.  Shot #1 Close up of woman, sitting in a diner, sipping a cup of coffee. She is wearing a blue scarf.  Shot #2 Two-shot of woman and man, both with coffee. Woman’s scarf is sitting on the table.  Shot #3 Close up of woman. She is wearing the scarf.

 13. Event details need to stay the same from shot to shot to preserve continuity.

MENTAL MAP  14. 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.

ON & OFF SCREEN POSITIONS  15. To maintain on screen positions & continuity, cameras must stay on the same side of the 180 vector line.

Crossing-the-Line

Breaking the 180 Degree Rule 16. When one camera shot is from one side of the axis of action/conversation and another camera shot is from the other side. If the two shots are cut together, the movement in the shot will appear to change direction.. Breaking the 180 Degree Rule 16. When one camera shot is from one side of the axis of action/conversation and another camera shot is from the other side. If the two shots are cut together, the movement in the shot will appear to change direction..