What should we pay attention to when editing a documentary?

1, try to keep the real environment of the actual sound.

Real sound refers to the sound recorded when shooting a picture, which can make up for the deficiency of the picture, enhance the vividness of the film and enhance the realism of the film.

This kind of actual sound can enhance the realism, credibility and affinity of the film, making the audience feel as if they were in the scene at that time. Some common voices in daily life will also make the audience feel more cordial and bring the film closer to the audience.

2. If the historical image does not conform to the frame scale, it needs to be adjusted.

Some materials in the documentary are from shooting, and there may be some historical themes, so we need to find historical images as materials, edit them and put them into the film.

Sometimes we will encounter some problems, for example, the frame ratio of the old video material is usually 4:3, but now we use the ratio of 16:9 more, and then the picture will have black edges, just like this shot.

3. Choose a shot that can directly express the narrative and omit some logical processes.

Documentaries usually have narrators, just like the beginning of a series of lives we just watched.

When choosing a picture, it is necessary to fit the character narrative as much as possible and omit some logical processes. This logical process is not well understood, but many editors make this mistake when editing. Let me give you an example.

In this film just now, there was a narration:? From the wine on the kang to the big meal in the hotel? .

According to the idea of editing promotional films or other types of films, we usually consider the logic problem, that is, whether the logic of the previous shot and the next shot is smooth in content, time and space.

What should we pay attention to when editing a documentary? Universal Ivy Bian Xiao is here to share with you. If you have a strong interest in the later stage of film and television, I hope this article can help you. If you want to know more about camera skills, post-editing methods and materials, you can click on other articles on this site to learn.