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• 1 2020-10-15T11:54:38-07:00 Concepts & Techniques 25 plain 2020-10-17T07:40:44-07:00 Here we will focus on editing concepts and techniques.
  
  The concepts we are going to consider are:
  • Tone, meaning the attitude, mood, or feel of the video.
  • Pace, meaning the speed at which it moves.
  • Rhythm, the timing between the cuts.
  • Style, meaning how it all comes together, the techniques used, the visual aesthetic, the use of music, the influence of the pace and rhythm, and so forth.
  Techniques include things like:
  • Type of cut being made, a standard cut, e.g.,  a jump cut, which moves the narrative forward or back in time 
  • Transitions such as cross dissolves and fades,
  • Montagues. [link to list]

  Example One:

  Now let’s use that video to discuss some concepts and techniques.
  
  
  
  Key Concept Takeways:
  • Style - The overall way the video is executed (e.g., the visual aesthetics, the music, the pace and rhythm).
  • Tone - The attitude, mood, or feel the video evokes.
  • Pace - The speed with which the video moves.
  • Rhythm - The timing of the cuts or, put another way, the timing between cuts.
• 1 2020-10-16T06:02:26-07:00 What is Editing? 12 plain 2020-10-22T09:17:18-07:00 Editing is the assembling of media (video, images, and audio) into a structure that tells a story, presents instructional information, and the like. It is both a technical and creative process that is similar to writing, for it requires similar organizational skills as well as creative thinking. Let’s look at an editing project to get a sense of what editing looks like in iMovie.

  Editing in iMovie

  The Video

  Here is the video after being exported from iMovie.
  
  
  Related Resources:
  • Free Music Archive - Where the video's music cames from.
  • Animating in Keynote - Learn how to animate in Keynote.
• 1 media/vectorstock_8752121 [Converted].png 2020-10-15T11:29:17-07:00 Welcome 8 plain 2020-10-15T13:55:46-07:00 This workshop will introduce you to basic video editing techniques and will provide an overview and instructions on how to use iMovie, a Mac application. (When possible, the steps being taken in iMovie will be translated for Windows Video Maker.) The workshop will be divided into three basic sections:
  • editing concepts and techniques,  
  • technology skills, 
  • and a practicum. 
  From it you will learn:
  • learning outcomes
  Let’s jump right into it and look at a video in iMovie to get a sense of basic concepts and techniques. To begin, watch the following video. It was initially created for Boston College’s new faculty orientation and needed to be dynamic, engaging, and informative and will be used here as a point of discussion.
  
  Now let's look at the video as it appears in iMovie and some and consider some of the thinking behind its design:
  
  [video]
  
  Key Concept Takeways:
  • Style - The overall way the video is executed (e.g., the visual aesthetics, the music, the pace and rhythm).
  • Tone - The attitude, mood, or feel the video evokes.
  • Pace - The speed with which the video moves.
  • Rhythm - The timing of the cuts or, put another way, the timing between cuts.
  
  Related Resources:
  • Free Music Archive (where the video's music came from)
  • Animating in Keynote