Archive for February, 2009

Part 13. Pacing

Monday, February 16th, 2009

In this post were are going to talk about pacing.
 

Pacing, also called tempo, is the feeling you as an editor can help convey to the viewer

 
Do you want the viewer to feel urgency?  A faster pace would do that like in the story It’s Bad.

For this story our pace is much slower than that.  And that [...]

Part 12. Natural Sound Logic

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Our story for this post is
It’s Just a Drill.
We’re going to talk about the logic of natural sound. 

Natural sound helps with action and reaction
Natural sound can help grab the viewers attention

Natural sound can act like an adverb

Natural sound can act like punctuation

Natural sound at the beginning of reporter track or sound bites can help change location

Natural [...]