This week Brandon explains in-depth the technique known as cutting on the action. Brandon explains this technique by highlighting examples of clips that are cut on the action, and by narrating over a sequence that he filmed which is designed to demonstrate how cutting on the action creates a...
This week Brandon discusses the most commonly used transitions in television and film: the Cut, the fade and the dissolve. He will cover the basic definition of each of the three transitions, how they are most commonly used in the film and television industries, and how anyone can improve...
Learn the post production element of rotoscoping & creating live action animation special effects.
John introduces us to tips from our DVD series, with a look at style, types making effective lower thirds and bugs; including good Style and animation techniques..
If you shoot the same event/scene with more than one camera and try to edit the multiple cameras' footage together, you are multicam editing. Soap operas, reality TV, concert/theater videos and weddings often utilize multicam editing. Spike Lee used up to fifteen cameras in various scenes in Bamboozled (2000)....
In our Tips & Tricks segment, John introduces some tips on editing for continuity.
In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Jennifer view "Untitled," an animated short by Rodrigo Albarron.
In the last two issues we told you how to set up and shoot your vidcast. In part three, we're looking at how to edit and get that vidcast to the masses
We talked about key production elements like set design, talent and crew, and equipment in part two in...
As editors, we are in control of the time universe. We can stretch it, shorten it, and even change Fate by manipulating Time.There are many reasons why we edit our video - to juxtapose two or more shots for greater meaning, to show simultaneous action happening in two different...
Tips from John and Jennifer on TIME CONTROL: timelapse,... how to artistically edit down long shots...and more..
