Concepts Articles

• Continuity
• Jump Cuts
• Match Action
• Screen Direction

• Sofa Film Schools
  June, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  How to turn your sofa into a film school. The best film school is as close as your living room. Watch the best filmmakers do what they do best-make films.
• Homemade Pan & Tilt Jib Gets the Job Done for under $60
  February, 2009
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Homemade Pan-&-Tilt Jib under $60 - We recently received this letter and photos from a reader and thought we'd share them with you. Bob Plate was inspired to…
• Use of Stills in Video
  February, 2009
  by Morgan Paar
  Dropping a still photo in your video isn't too hard, but making it flow well takes a special eye. Adding movement to stills is a technique that the masters…
• Tricks for J and L Cuts
  June, 2008
  by Kyle Cassidy
  Editing is an art, offering you hundreds of choices of cuts in every 30-frame second. The subtle J- and L-cuts are two of the most powerful, yet simple,…
• Polished Work
  April, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  From rough cut to finished product, you want to deliver the goods as cleanly as possible. Here are the Seven Steps to Creating an Excellent Polished Work.
• Tutorial: Burning Down The House
  April, 2008
  by Paul Del Vecchio
  In today's films, it seems everywhere you look you see Visual FX. Visual FX are powerful tools when used correctly, but they are often frowned upon when they're…
• Motivation
  March, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  It's a bird... it's a plane... it's ... the motivated edit? It's a powerful editing technique, but to execute it well, you must consider the final edit when…
• Tutorial: 2.5d Animation
  February, 2008
  by Mark Wickham
  Producing The Polar Classic Animated Music Video
• Ripple-n-Roll, Slip-n-Slide
  December, 2007
  by Morgan Paar
  The basic editing tools are sometimes the most difficult to understand... here's a look at four of the most powerful techniques in your editing software's…
• Videomaker Presents Recap
  July, 2007
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Having The Best Video Shooting Fun with the Videomaker Editors!
• Screen Direction
  February, 2007
  by Robert G. Nulph, Ph.D
  Screen direction is perhaps one of the most confusing yet easily remedied problems in directing a video production.
• To Page Curl or to Cut?
  June, 2006
  by Bill Davis
  Sure, your editing program has 999 transitions--but nowhere in the licensing agreement did you oblige yourself to use each and every one of them.
• Edit Points: Master Cuts
  October, 1994
  by William Ronat
• Video Editing Tutorial
  April, 1995
  by Mark Bosko
  Editing aesthetics are tough to describe. They involve using a little bit of everything at your disposal to create a believable viewing experience.
• Edit Suite: Continuity Boot Camp
  May, 1996
  by Mike Loehr
  How to put an end to the often comical - and always embarrassing - continuity error.
• The Art of the Edit
  November, 1994
  by Janis Lonnquist
  Editing is more than just sticking scenes together - it's a strange language, a discipline, an art. In this article, we'll show you how to master editing and…
• Getting Started: Video Time Travel
  August, 1997
  by Jim Stinson
  Video is a time machine. Learn to control it, and you can really have some fun.
• Edit Suite: What Is Editing?
  February, 1998
  by Jim Stinson
  Create a video program by adding, sequencing and enhancing your camcorder footage.
• The Editing Saboteurs-Every Editor's Enemies: Videomaker's Most Wanted
  March, 1998
  by Loren Alldrin
  Be on the lookout for the Federal Bureau of Editing Aesthetics' most wanted perpetrators. After you read this article, you won't be able to say you weren't…
• How Many Cameras?
  April, 1998
  by Gene Bjerke
  How can a videographer who only has one camcorder and no control room hope to produce a slick and professional-looking video? Find out how in this article…
• Getting From Here to There: Transitions for the "Cuts-only" Editor
  September, 1998
  by Gene Bjerke
  Transitions from scene to scene can be the thread of consistency that turns an ordinary home video into a comprehensive story.
• Edit Suite: The Direct Approach
  December, 1998
  by Jim Stinson
  Editing begins as soon as the camera rolls.
• Special Effects: The Fox Network Look
  January, 1999
  by Chuck Peters
  How to use the Fox Network editing techniques to captivate your viewers.
• Edit Suite: Continuity
  April, 1999
  by Jim Stinson
  Continuity is the job of both the director and the editor.
• Edit Suite: The Mysteries of Screen Direction
  January, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  The basic rules for screen direction are deceptively simple.
• Edit Suite: Five Types of Continuity
  March, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  Even Hollywood movies can suffer gaps in continuity. Learn what to do to keep continuity throughout your video.
• Edit Suite: Play It Again!
  June, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  Don't just use that shot once. Here are some sneaky reasons to recycle footage.
• Edit Suite: Editing Video Events
  July, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  Stuck shooting an event from just one vantage point? Not to worry, as an editor, you have an array of tricks to help create entertaining video anyway.
• Got a Match?
  September, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  Tips and tricks for seamlessly cutting together footage shot in different places on different days.
• Computer Editing: 5 Phases of Editing
  October, 2000
  by Jim Stinson
  Conquer editing in five major phases: organizing, assembling, enhancing, synthesizing and archiving.