Video—shoot-to-edit. . .cont’d
Shot length
Record each shot 14-20 seconds long.
That allows for 5-second handles on each end and at least 4 seconds of useful
footage. The average on-screen television or movie shot is 10 seconds.
Don’t cross the axis
If you sit your subject on an
imaginary east-west line (axis) with their nose pointing east,you can position
the camera anywhere on the south side of the line and the nose will continue to
point right. Cross the line with the camera, and the subject’s nose will point
left. Keep noses, cars, whatever, pointed in the same direction unless you show
them turning around.
Hard transitions
Camera shots set up so that they move
the action from one scene to the next without the use of special effects.
- Match motion: parties or object must face the same
direction in the same frame position (left/right) for both shots. The motion
must match, not the activity. Example: action begins with sweeping a broom,
ends with golf swing.
- Match shape: Example—closeup of a doughnut matched with a
closeup of a life preserver.
- Match color: example—tilt up to a clear blue sky. Pair
with tilt down from a clear blue sky at a new location.
- Exit frame/enter frame: exit the frame in one location.
Enter the frame (opposite side) at another location.
- Cutaways: closeup shot of something from the next scene.
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