Learning Documentary Editing Online
Following quickly on the heels of the user-generated video content explosion was the on-line video remix website boom. There's plenty of them - jumpcut, youtube remixer, motionbox, eyespot - but in truth they all struck me as somewhere between gimmick and tacky. I dont expect them to be full featured NLE's but they should invoke a concerted engagement with editing process.Drawing on a deep well of amazing source footage it's Discovery Channel that seem to have made a very good effort at the on-line video editor. In particular one that potentially serves as a fantastic teaching tool for understanding how documentary video is assembled for drama, meaning and rhythm.
Shark Week :: Discovery Channel :: Shark Video Mixer With the source content being mind-blowing footage of sharks in full-flight-feeding-frenzy you're off to a good start. I found myself immersed in this task of making a 60second video for SharkWeek for a good deal longer than I would usually be engaged by such a site.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 17, 2008
by Mike Jones in video |
