Easy steps for Video editing

==== ====For more tutorials about movie special effects. Visit the link belowhttp://tinyurl.com/6reaaa7==== ====To the novice, film and video editing sounds like one of those completely technical subjects, onlypossibly interesting to people with very logical and pragmatic minds, much like engineers. Visionsof darkrooms and sterile-looking studios filled with all types of inexplicable mechanical equipment,where rolls of film negatives are poured over and scrutinized by serious-looking people, thendiced, sliced and spliced back together, somewhat completes the overall mental picture. Clinical,stark, precise. But in actuality, film and video editing is much more than celluloid or electronicimage surgery. In fact, its quite the opposite.Think of it this way; someone shoots a video of your favorite cousins wedding. The end product isa nice, mostly continuous documentation of the event, with abrupt starts and stops here and therewhen the main activity changes or moves to a different area or location that necessitates adifferent "shot". The end result is a compilation of pictures and sound that is considerably betterand hopefully more memorable and satisfying than still photographs, but still leaves a lot to bedesired.However, if the same raw video was placed into the hands of a skilled editor, the end result wouldbe quite different. The resulting piece would tell the story of the culmination of your cousins three-year romance, as narrated by several key family members. It would capture and convey to theviewing audience the couples wedding day emotions of love, and joy and appreciation for oneanother and family, anticipation of the new life the couple intends to create together, a bit ofsadness for the life they are forever leaving behind, and so on. In other words, in the hands of askilled editor, the video becomes a "story" with a beginning, middle and end; a cohesive synopsisof the couples romance. A day in the life...What most people not in the film or video industry dont realize is that film and video editing is anart form. Editing is arguably the most important element of film or video production. It is in theediting, the art of arranging pictures and dialog and sounds, that a finished film product is able tocommunicate a story first envisioned by its writer, and subsequently by a director and producer toits intended audience. Days, weeks even months of shots captured on film or video must bestudied, interpreted analyzed and finally distilled into a story lasting a fraction of the time it took tocapture it all.People outside the film making industry have little or no idea about "post production" and thecrucial part it plays in the production of a film or video work. It is because of the significantimportance of this phase of film and video production that the process takes an extended amountof time to complete.Much more that cutting and splicing pieces of cellophane together or merely arranging videosequence, editing is a wonderful blend of technical knowledge and skill combined with an artists

creativity and craftsmanship. It is moving, adding, deleting, juxtaposing, scenes, sounds, andimages to develop film shots and video clips into a certain context, create specific imagery andtiming, evoke particular emotion, create specific imagery and mold them into a story.Film editing as a craft began in the late 1890s in the very earliest days of motion pictures. In theintervening years between then and now, anyone interested in learning about film or video editing,usually attended college courses or one of a number of reputable film schools to learn the craft.In his book, "The Technique Of Film And Video Editing", considered one of the best teaching andtraining tools for directors , Ken Dancyger highlights the history of film editing from its origins. Hespeaks specifically about the editing of great cinematographers such as Alfred Hitchcock andCharlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, taking a detailed look at the fundamental principles of film andvideo editing. He discusses ideas, practices and styles and choices for editors in the context oftheory, the history of film and video editing, and practice. He also discusses new technology andthe impact it has in terms of the art of editing.One of the greatest changes to film and video editing occurred with the introduction of computerediting. Hand cutting and splicing of film, as well as the more complicated, mechanical and "linear"process of video editing, became tedious and outdated with the advent of computer editing in theearly 1990s. Editing on computers gave rise to a whole new creativity prized by film editors, aswell as lower costs and much more efficiency in terms of video editing.Whether for film or video, the editing process occurs in three basic steps. These include capture,the editing process itself, and putting the product in a distributable form. During the capture phase,the actual "shots" or picture images are compiled into a format from which they can be edited.During the actual editing process, the collection of shots are organized in a desired sequence andsound is added through "sound mixing" until they form a comprehensive storyline. Once this hasbeen accomplished, the film or video is finalized in the desired format whether film or high-qualityvideo for distribution.As technology continues to advance, the ways in which film and video are edited will continue todevelop and progress. As it stands today, computers and user friend video editing software as wellas the Internet have opened the doors to editing so that it is available to not only professional filmand video editors. Now students of film and video and film making novices, as well as journalists,writers and the general public have unprecedented access to video editing tools. Several popularvideo editing programs make film and video editing possible for professionals as well as noviceeditors, including Avid Express Pro, Adobe Premier Pro, Sony Vegas, Final Cut Pro and AppleFinal Cut Studio 2.With todays technology and the advantage of personal computers, digital camera equipment andthe availability of knowledge from new and increasingly powerful software programs, almostanyone with the desire, can learn film and video editing, produce commercial products and evenfeature movies from their home or personal studio.For more articles and screenplays [http://tinyurl.com/6reaaa7] and has a production company toproduce original documentaries [http://tinyurl.com/6reaaa7] and special effects.

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Easy steps for Video editing

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