Concepts Articles (Page 2)

• Continuity
• Jump Cuts
• Match Action
• Screen Direction

• Shooting Sports: The NFL Films Model
  January, 2004
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  Lead: How NFL Films created their unique style of football film editing. (and what you can learn from their experience).
• Home Video Hints: Videotaping Children
  February, 2002
  by Jim Stinson
  Make compelling home videos, not just boring, uninspired raw footage.
• Video Editing: Go with the Flow
  July, 2002
  by Bill Davis
  Ever been hypnotized? 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.
• Computer Editing: Video Filter Effects
  October, 2002
  by Bill Davis
  Applying electronic filters in post-production can cure many of your footage's ailments.
• Computer Editing: Clip Trimming Made Easy
  December, 2002
  by Brian Peterson
  Cut the time you spend editing by trimming your clips before you import.
• Computer Editing: Applying Speed Effects in Post
  February, 2003
  by Michael Kuhlman
  Spectacular speed effects using your nonlinear editing program.
• Do-it-yourself Transitions
  January, 2003
  by Jim Stinson
  In-camera transitions are more effective, unique and fun than the sterile digital effects on your computer.
• Computer Editing: Go with the Flow -- Editing for Continuity
  March, 2003
  by Bill Davis
  Paying attention to the continuity can help you communicate clearly with your audience.
• Computer Editing: Six Transgressions of the Edit Suite: An Editor's Tale
  April, 2003
  by Bill Davis
  Gather round ye acolytes of seamless editing. Today's scroll concerns a subject near and dear to all who believe in the power of the smooth program.
• Real People Rate Your Videos!
  January, 2004
  by Amanda Cuda
  Real people say what your friends wish they could.
• Shooting for the Final Edit
  November, 2003
  by Brian Pogue
  If you plan to edit your videos, you should shoot them differently.
• Take 5: Five Tips to a Simple Film Effect
  November, 2003
  by Chuck Peters
  Five tips to a simple film effect.
• Take 5: Super-Human Editing Tips
  January, 2004
  by Chuck Peters
  Super-Human Editing Tips
• Kindergarten Yearbook Videos
  September, 2004
  by George F. Young
  A little planning, your expertise and your camera can turn into a career or at least a little cash when you create a video yearbook.
• Editing: It's the Pace, Ace!
  March, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  Program pacing is a neglected art that may be more important than you think.
• Home Video Hints: Editing 101: School's in Session
  March, 2004
  by Morgan Paar
  For novice and intermediate editors, here are some tips to consider as you move towards editing perfection.
• Editing: Editing from Start to Finish, Part 2 of 4
  May, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  A Four Part Videomaker Series. Part 2: Get Editing! Cut, Trim and Pace.
• Home Video Hints: New Rules for Video Vacations
  July, 2004
  by Bud Elliott
  How to travel safe in the New World Order.
• Thinking Like an Editor
  August, 2004
  by Garret C. Maynard
  In order to call yourself a professional videographer you need equipment, clients and a good reputation.
• Shooting for the (very) Small Screen
  June, 2004
  by Brian Schaller
  How to make and put videos on your PDA.
• Video Editing: Welcome to Splitsville, Baby!
  November, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  The split edit is one of the simplest and most powerful edits you should have in your toolbox.
• Home Video Hints: Holiday Videos that Rock!
  December, 2004
  by Jim Stinson
  A quick and easy recipe for capturing family memories.
• Basic Training: Camera Magic
  January, 2005
  by Dr. Robert G. Nulph
  All the tricks and techniques of in-camera effects that take your ho-hum video from the ordinary to the brilliant with these savvy shooter's tips.
• Manipulating Time
  September, 2005
  by Bill Davis
  Tempis Fugit. If you're not up on conversational Latin, that's
• 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.
• Cutting on Action
  October, 2008
  by Kyle Cassidy
  One of the advantages of living at the end of 100 years of motion picture editing is that we have access to the collected wisdom of many film and television&hel…
• The Light Bandit: How The Love Of Video Landed Me Behind Bars
  April, 1995
  by Mark Bosko
  Follow the trail of this lightearted whodunit for some hot tips on how to illuminate your video.
• Jargon: Video Editing Terms
  January, 2004
  by Chuck Peters
  Essential video vocabulary terms.
• Cut with Continuity
  October, 1992
  by William Ronat