EDITING VIDEO

6.3

Editing principles

This video will teach you some basic editing principles.

When editing visual media, there are various options on how to combine clips. As a viewer you shouldn’t see the actual “cuts”, when watching a video. It is a very important skill in visual storytelling to create the illusion of “one seamless video” that keeps your audience both interested and informed. There are certain principles and editing techniques to obtain this and here you will learn a few of them.

Now, after you have watched the video, look for these principles and techniques in movies. You will be surprised how often you can see these in different scenes.