Video Editing Tips

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What is Video Editing?

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Video editing is the process of manipulating and rearranging video shots to create a new work. Editing is usually considered to be one part of the post production process — other post-production tasks include titling, color correction, sound mixing, etc.

                                                  

Many people use the term editing to describe all their post-production work, especially in non-professional situations. Whether or not you choose to be picky about terminology is up to you. In this tutorial we are reasonably liberal with our terminology and we use the word editing to mean any of the following:

·           Rearranging, adding and/or removing sections of video clips and/or audio clips.

·           Applying color correction, filters and other enhancements.

·           Creating transitions between clips.

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The following step must be followed to editing video to help your production shine

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 Capture Enough Footage

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When you begin to edit video, you want to create a flow that works, create emotion in the viewer, and entertain on some level. If you plan on producing the video footage that you will later use in video editing and it’s a good idea to film while keeping the editing process in mind. This means taking various shots of the same scene from different angles, using wide shots, and even panning. This will give you plenty of video to work with once you’re in the studio editing. The last thing any video editor wants is to realize, once they are working on the editing process, that they simply don’t have enough footage to create an ideal finished product.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Cut out the Needless Shots/Scenes

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If you have done your job as a director, then you will have more footage that you could possibly use. This means that when you are video editing, you’ll need to cut out a great deal of footage. Sometimes there will be scenes or shots that, at the time of filming, might have been considered ideal. However, when you get in the suite to edit, you realize that the shot does not add to the story you’re trying to tell and can actually become a burden to it. Be willing to cut out anything no matter how much you like the scene when you are filming.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep the Story in Mind

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Whether you are producing a full-length movie, a short film, or a five-minute seminar to post online, you have a story to tell. When it comes to video editing, it is vital that you keep that story in mind. Anything that does not add to the story needs to be left out of the video itself. You may think that a scene was shot extremely well, acted perfectly, and the lighting was ideal, but if that scene does not help move the story forward, it is considered clutter and needs to remain out of the final product.
There are a number of other video editing tips that can help you become a more effective video editor, but these are some of the most important and basic video editing tips that you can use right now.