Video Editing: Go with the Flow
Have you ever been hypnotized? If you've ever been to the movies and found yourself completely lost in the story, you have. A well-edited movie does exactly that, and it's not a bad thing. It captures the imagination in a way that virtually takes over the brain. We surrender to the story and forget about reality until the credit roll brings us back to earth.
In fact, this hypnotic effect is often so powerful, that if the progression of images is interrupted if things don't flow smoothly from one idea to the next we experience a shock.
If you're ever in a movie theater and the film unluckily breaks, you'll know the feeling. From total immersion to a big, blinding white screen in an instant; the groans that follow are the sounds of pure frustration.
So, when you start to edit moving pictures on your own nonlinear editor, it helps if you pay attention to the techniques that have been developed over time that encourage the audience to engross itself in the flow of a…
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