VIDEO EDITING BASICS: Linear Editing Part 1
by:mheo soriano
Linear Editing
Linear Editing is the process is basically mechanical in nature. Here, you can easily edit
using Camcorders, VCR’s, Edit Controllers, Titlers, and Mixers .
In Linear Editing the editing is performed one cut at a time or in linear steps (or a series of programmed cuts) to its conclusion.
Linear Editing consists of three main categories:
1. In-Camera Editing:
Here the video shots are prepared in a way that they are shot in order and of correct time length. This process does not require any additional equipment other than the Camera recorder itself, but it does require good shooting and organizational skills at the time of the shoot.
To be continued…
Shots
Once you have all of your footage into your machine, you need a way to select the parts that you are going to use. For example, let’s say that you want to include a scene in your birthday movie that shows the candles on the birthday cake being lit. You filmed this activity from three angles and have three minutes of raw footage total. But in the final movie you are going to have 15 seconds of the movie devoted to this scene, in the form of three shots:
- A 3-second shot showing a match being lit
- A 5-second shot showing a close-up of one candle on the cake being lit
- A 7-second shot of the cake with all the candles lit being carried into the room
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