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StanfordWebbie Posted at 2018-3-15 17:04
First, it was a beautiful area and VERY colorful. I have to agree with Wachtberger and Hallmark. I've been doing a ton of reading on videography and the pros often mention to use no or very few transitions (mostly when there's a major change of time or location). Instead, either just let the scenes cut from one to another (our brains are used to that from movies and TV), or use B-roll shots (Goggle that if you're not familiar with B-roll). I've begun to notice on movies and tv that your rarely see scenes that go more than 5 seconds without a cut. But we're so used to it, that we don't notice. Focus on that in some upcoming viewing of a professional video or TV show and you'll be as surprised as I was at how many cuts take place (without transitions) and we don't even notice it. But keeping your videos short - as you did - also gets me to watch postings far more than I do for the longer ones. 3 mintes is about tops for me.
Thank you for your reply!
Watched my video again with a clear head. Black transitions look a sort of strange here. I should have cut the footage in another way, not necessarily connected to a music. That was my mistake, I wanted to put my footage on a canvas of music.
I'm aware of videography principles you are speaking about: shorter scenes, less timing, brighter colours, more clear message to the viewer. We are used to see that on TV, it also caused a "mosaic thinking" phenomena. Viewer's attention fades out after 40 seconds without changing a subject or at least a viewing point. And this number is a bit too optimistic, I guess: most of my age-mates used to lose interest after 10-15 seconds. |
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