Video Production Basics-Editing Techniques & Principles

Video Production Basics
Candace Lee Egan

Editing Techniques & Principles

B-roll
Description: Footage that covers interview or narration audio.
Purposes: Illustrate what's discussed in audio, add energy and increase pace, cover audio track edits.

Establishing the scene
Description: Wide shot showing setting.
Purposes: Introduce location for scene, provide sense of 3D space where action occurs, introduce characters.

Changing the scene/segment
Description: Visual or audio cue that a new scene or segment has begun.
Purposes: Move story along, add variety to story, indicate passage of time or change in location.

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