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* In fact, try to avoid using dissolves or fades under any circumstances. We are producing news, not movies or music videos, and so we don’t want or need fancy transitions. | * In fact, try to avoid using dissolves or fades under any circumstances. We are producing news, not movies or music videos, and so we don’t want or need fancy transitions. | ||
* The quality of your editing is dependent upon the quality of your shots. No amount of skillful editing can make up for crappy shots. | * The quality of your editing is dependent upon the quality of your shots. No amount of skillful editing can make up for crappy shots. | ||
| − | * B-roll should remain on screen for at least four seconds so the viewers can understand what they are seeing. | + | * B-roll should remain on screen for at least four seconds so the viewers can understand what they are seeing. B-roll should never be on the screen for more than eight seconds. Six seconds is plenty for static shots. |
* All B-roll should be relevant to whatever voiceover is heard underneath it. Don't reuse clips in a single story. We should never see the same shot twice. | * All B-roll should be relevant to whatever voiceover is heard underneath it. Don't reuse clips in a single story. We should never see the same shot twice. | ||
* Avoid flash frames. Those are very brief flashes of black screen that appear whenever two clips aren’t right next to each other in your editing timeline. | * Avoid flash frames. Those are very brief flashes of black screen that appear whenever two clips aren’t right next to each other in your editing timeline. | ||
* The rhythm of your editing is very important. Edits convey almost as much information as shots and angles. Keep editing rhythms consistent with each other and also with the tone/content of your story. | * The rhythm of your editing is very important. Edits convey almost as much information as shots and angles. Keep editing rhythms consistent with each other and also with the tone/content of your story. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:30, 4 December 2014
- Do NOT place two clips of the same interview next to each other and try to cover the transition with a dissolve (or worse, a cut!). If you absolutely must cut up an interview so that you have two soundbites from the same person right next to each other, then cover the middle with relevant B-roll. Yes, I know that abrupt cuts or dissolves are frequently used on television and in movies, but we try to avoid using them in news.
- In fact, try to avoid using dissolves or fades under any circumstances. We are producing news, not movies or music videos, and so we don’t want or need fancy transitions.
- The quality of your editing is dependent upon the quality of your shots. No amount of skillful editing can make up for crappy shots.
- B-roll should remain on screen for at least four seconds so the viewers can understand what they are seeing. B-roll should never be on the screen for more than eight seconds. Six seconds is plenty for static shots.
- All B-roll should be relevant to whatever voiceover is heard underneath it. Don't reuse clips in a single story. We should never see the same shot twice.
- Avoid flash frames. Those are very brief flashes of black screen that appear whenever two clips aren’t right next to each other in your editing timeline.
- The rhythm of your editing is very important. Edits convey almost as much information as shots and angles. Keep editing rhythms consistent with each other and also with the tone/content of your story.
