Six methods of film and television editing

There is a saying in the film and television industry: "Post-production of film and television is another sublimation of a film and television work". From this sentence, we can understand the importance of film and television post-production, so what practical methods are there for film and television editing which plays an important role in film and television post-production?

One: video editing is necessary.

1, the eyesight to find the best expression and action in the limited material, the ability to cut the material and find the connection with the next picture, the ability to use images and choose music, and the creativity to create melody and plot.

2. The editor should also give the film a sense of jumping composed of continuous still pictures and inject life into the image.

3. The editor will naturally find the best expression in many shots and find out which point is the tangent point, which is the melody sense of the fragment. At the same time, the whole picture of the work will be slowly presented in many photographic materials. Through the material, you can see what the work should look like.

Second, the method of finding the shear point

Where should I cut and connect? Finding the breakthrough point is undoubtedly one of the important tasks of editors. One thing to note here is that this is the vertex of the picture.

The so-called picture vertex means that the picture is the turning point of action and expression, such as the moment when the character's arm is fully extended, the moment when the bow action ends after nodding, the moment when the ball rises and is about to fall, and the moment when the smile is withdrawn.

The image is a series of still pictures, because the previous film will form afterimages in the human eye, so the pictures on the film look dynamic.

Therefore, the more intense the action, the cutting at the top of the picture or the moment before the action begins, which will have a strong afterimage effect on the film behind and leave a deep impression on the audience.

Three: the tangent point that produces a sense of melody.

Let's take the action of turning pages as an example to see how to find the starting point.

If you start shooting from the state where the action stops completely, faithfully shoot the action of turning the book from beginning to end, so that the audience can know that it is the action of turning the book at a glance.

However, the beauty of the image cannot be reflected only by clarity, and the sense of melody and comfort are equally indispensable. So what should we do?

We choose the initial cutting point in the state that the book turning action has started. If the page turning action is decomposed into 1 ~ 24 pictures, then the first 3 ~ 4 clips are cut off as the initial tangent point.

This change has no effect on understanding the action of turning pages. On the contrary, it can also show the melody and comfort of the action. This editing method can also be applied to other images.

Four: There is not only one correct method for film editing.

One thing I hope you don't misunderstand is that the cutting point is not unique. When the page turns to the middle, it can be used as a tangent point, and it can also be used as a tangent point at the end of the book turning action. According to different works and different positive and negative diagrams, the tangent point can be changed. The correct editing method is not unique. Of course, editing also has its fixed forms and conventions, which can be said to be the rules of editing. It is important to know these rules, but editing itself is a creative job, so sometimes you will break the rules and make some new attempts.

Five: the purpose of editing

Free from physical constraints, free to control time and space.

In photography and production, it is sometimes necessary to split the lens and form a plot later.

Omit the passage of real time in the story in the work.

Omit the movement of space in the story

Combined with the intention of expression, the plot is formed and the final appearance of the work is determined.

Connect the shots purposefully, and clarify and emphasize what you want to express.

Make the order and structure of the lens more rigorous and highlight the plot elements.

Six: Fixed rules in action clips

Editing method when shooting object moves.

Action connection refers to editing the action of the subject.

Once upon a time, it was often necessary to interrupt the shooting of an action because of changing films. However, the same action connected by different lenses looks surprisingly smooth and impressive. It is said that this is the origin of this editing method.