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  Editing Your Video - Concepts and Techniques Now that you're a bit more clued up on the basics of cutting and rearranging your clips, it's time to look at some of the key concepts that are typically used when editing films. We can't cover everything here but will give an overview of two super useful concepts that will put you on the right track to making awesome videos: Continuity editing and cutaways. Continuity Editing Continuity editing, very simply, is the process of putting together a sequence of shots so that they infer a progression of events, without having to include the entirety of an action. The key to continuity editing is choosing clips that will make sense and look ‘right’ when stitched together. If a clip doesn’t fit, you risk breaking the flow of your film, causing viewers to become detached from the story you are trying to convey. An example of continuity editing could be: A woman walks to a door (2 seconds) |CUT| The woman turns the door handle (1.5 seco...
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Film Editing Cuts and Transition

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                           Cuts Cutting on action  (cutting while there is movement on-screen) Cutaway  (cutting to an insert shot and then back) Cross-cutting  (back and forth between locations, ex: phone call) Jump cuts  (disjointed edits in the same shot or action) Match cut  (cut from one shot to a similar shot by either matching the action or composition)                    Transitions Fade in/out  (to/from black) Dissolve  (blend shots) Smash cut  (abrupt transition) Iris  (old-fashioned; circle that opens and closes in camera) Wipes  (screen wipes from one side to the other) Invisible cuts  (impression of a single take) L-cut  (audio transition) J-cut  (audio of the next scene starts before you get to it.  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?cli...
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6 CAMERA LENSES TO WORK WITH

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FOCAL LENGTH TYPE OF LENS TYPE OF  PHOTOGRAPHY 8-24mm Fisheye (Ultra-wide) Panoramic shots, cityscapes, landscape,  real estate , abstract. 24-35mm Wide Angle Interiors, landscapes, architecture,  forest photography . 35, 50, 85, 135mm Standard Prime Portraits, weddings, street/documentary photography. 55-200mm Zoom Portraits, weddings,  wildlife  photography. 50-200mm Macro Ultra detailed photography (rings, nature.) 100-600mm Telephoto Sports, wildlife, astronomy. Standard Prime Lenses Prime lenses  are a fixed focal length. That means that if you choose a 35mm lens, it will ONLY give you a 35mm perspective (meaning you can’t zoom in and out).  You can only shoot from one length, meaning you have to move your physical body to get wide shots vs close ups.  Primes (“fixed lenses”) tend to work for ALL types of photography, specifically street photography, portraits, weddings, landscape, etc. Read more about  prime lenses ! ...
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