1. © Anselm Spoerri Lecture 8 Video Editing Principles –Short Movie Example –Basic Film / Video Editing –Compress Time –Create Illusion of Continuity –Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Storyboarding –Videos | Readings | Resources

2. © Anselm Spoerri Video Editing Principles ‒ Short Movie Example ‒ Meaning – Basic Film Editing ‒ Compress Time ‒ Create Illusion of Continuity ‒ Create Illusion of Cause & Effect ‒ Parallel Editing ‒ Motivate Cuts

3. © Anselm Spoerri 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

4. © Anselm Spoerri Hi – I am in a rush

5. © Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion

6. © Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion

7. © Anselm Spoerri Motion Out of Frame

8. © Anselm Spoerri Where Does Boy Reappear? His Direction of Motion?  ? ? ? ? 

9. © Anselm Spoerri Direction of Motion Continuity 

10. © Anselm Spoerri Need to Maintain Speed Continuity 

11. © Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion

12. © Anselm Spoerri Illusion of Motion

13. © Anselm Spoerri Total Shot

14. © Anselm Spoerri Medium Shot

15. © Anselm Spoerri Close-up Shot

16. © Anselm Spoerri Total > Medium > Close-up  Spatial Alignment

17. © Anselm Spoerri Total Shot

18. © Anselm Spoerri Medium Shot with Poor Spatial Continuity

19. © Anselm Spoerri Close-up with Poor Spatial Continuity - Jumpy

20. © Anselm Spoerri Current Location of Focus

21. © Anselm Spoerri Maintain Location of Focus

22. © Anselm Spoerri Continuity of Location of Focus

23. © Anselm Spoerri Line of Sight between Protagonists

24. © Anselm Spoerri Angle of Line of Sight Continuity

25. © Anselm Spoerri Camera on Same Side of Line of Sight

26. © Anselm Spoerri Do not Cross Line of Sight

27. © Anselm Spoerri Establishing Line of Sight

28. © Anselm Spoerri Crossing Line of Sight – Seesaw

29. © Anselm Spoerri Maintaining Angle and Line of Sight

30. © Anselm Spoerri Camera Again on Same Side of Line of Sight

31. © Anselm Spoerri Film Editing – Tools & Devices (cont.) Frame Grid Action  Reaction Cut-Away & Audio L-cut Establishing Subjective POV

32. © Anselm Spoerri The Frame Grid

33. © Anselm Spoerri Action

34. © Anselm Spoerri Reaction

35. © Anselm Spoerri Action or Cut-Away

36. © Anselm Spoerri Reaction or Jump in Time (Audio L-cut)

37. © Anselm Spoerri Stop The “Argument”

38. © Anselm Spoerri Direction and Angle of Gaze

39. © Anselm Spoerri Subjective Point of View

40. © Anselm Spoerri 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

41. © Anselm Spoerri Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Sequence Shots Use Continuity Principles Viewers Create Relationships that Do Not Exit in Reality

42. © Anselm Spoerri Close-up of Face

43. © Anselm Spoerri Subjective Point of View

44. © Anselm Spoerri Effect

45. © Anselm Spoerri Cause?

46. © Anselm Spoerri Effect!

47. © Anselm Spoerri Parallel Editing Cut Back and Forth between Different Storylines Creates Illusion of Events Happening at the Same Time Enhances Anticipation or Anxiety

48. © Anselm Spoerri Two Protagonists

49. © Anselm Spoerri In Discussion

50. © Anselm Spoerri Boy

51. © Anselm Spoerri Rushing Home

52. © Anselm Spoerri Action

53. © Anselm Spoerri Reaction

54. © Anselm Spoerri Really …

55. © Anselm Spoerri Action

56. © Anselm Spoerri Reaction

57. © Anselm Spoerri Really Rushing

58. © Anselm Spoerri Resolution …

59. © Anselm Spoerri 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) http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/Video/ –Analyze happens to the focus of attention and which continuity principles are employed.

60. © Anselm Spoerri Summary – Basic Film Editing Compress Time Create Illusion of Continuity –Location of Focus –Motion & Speed –Line of Sight –Theme: similarity in subject & background in terms of shapes, color, texture, motion Create Illusion of Cause & Effect Parallel Editing Motivate Cuts –Any Edit Has Potential of Breaking Illusion of Continuity –Use or Break Conventions & Viewer Expectations –Use Cuts to Create Rhythm –Maintain or Break Continuity As Storyline Requires

61. © Anselm Spoerri Summary – Basic Editing Principles Continuity of Direction of Motion & Speed Total > Medium > Close-up Shot Continuity of Location of Focus Continuity of Line of Sight

62. © Anselm Spoerri Summary - Create Illusion of Continuity Compress Time by Selecting "Highlights" Viewer Fills In "Real time" = "Screen time" Maintain Continuity for: –Motion & Speed –Location of Focus –Line of Sight –Theme: similarity in subject & background in terms of shapes, color, texture, motion Leverage Conventions & Viewer Expectations

63. © Anselm Spoerri Storyboarding Videos AFI’s Storyboarding Guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPjjoOFIu8 –Help you visualize what you want to see in your video or film –Show what the camera is looking at a specific moment –Taxonomy of Shots: Long | Medium | Close-up | Point of View … –Sequence of Camera Shots to Capture Essence of Idea Vimeo Storyboarding Basics –http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/4/storyboarding-basicshttp://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/4/storyboarding-basics How To Make a Storyboard –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_3bq_0eSYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_3bq_0eSY Readings Knight Digital Media Center: Storyboarding website | video Story Cookbook: Storyboarding video AFI’s Screen Shot Reference video Resources http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/10/500-storyboard-tutorials-resources/ http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/10/500-storyboard-tutorials-resources/