Lecture 11.

Editing Guidelines.


1,
Motivation- To create an interesting scene, there has to be motivation behind each shot, which will lead to a reaction that the viewer has expected to see.. This could be anything from a slight eye movement or glance or anything that keeps the audience's attention.


2,
Cut on to when the subject moves, from this, the attention will not be distracted by the cut and steady transition will be achieved. By cutting between action and continuing the flow in the next scene, you wont even realise the jump cut.



3,
As soon as the visual statement has been made, cut away to the next scene. The problem with most amateur films is that they concentrate on a scene for too long and the interest is gone. If good editing is done, the editors should know when to cut a scene to hold the interest.

4,
Emphasize the B-roll, or supplementary footage. This is very useful in terms of cut away’s which may add information such as, close up reactions and support material to the original footage.

5,
If in doubt, leave it out.