Wideo Montaż Wskazówki – Think Before You Edit

• March 7, 2014

• Film Editing Pro

We’ve all done it. We’re eager to start working with our footage and cutting together a scene, promo, music video or whatever. So, we dive right into the cut, dropping our favorite shots, lines, sound effects and music into the timeline. We add a few extra video and audio tracks to accommodate everything. Making good progress right? But then we realize it.

“Oh boy.This thing is a mess.”

When you start any new editing project, a little thought and planning goes a long, long way. On all but the simplest cuts, it’s important to take a few minutes (or longer if needed) to think about the point of the piece you’re about to put together.

Plan it out in your head, in writing, or via discussion as best as possible. Some editors refer to this process as mental editing or paper cutting. The more complicated the scene or project, the more important this is.

It may seem like an unnecessary extra step but trust me when I tell you, it’s worth it. A few minutes of mental editing can sometimes save you hours of real editing.

So what types of specific things should you be planning out before you start editing? Well, that depends. Let’s take a look at a few example situations and discuss how you might plan out the cut first.

Situation 1: Building To a Punchline

Planning to edit a joke

In this type of situation, you will often have pretty clear guidance from a script. The script will usually tell you which lines go in which order and where the joke falls. So it’s just a matter of laying them out in the timeline, right? Well, sort of.

In this deceptively simple situation, many editors lose track of the scene’s flow and get mired down in the details. Don’t worry too much about finding the perfect coverage, avoiding jump cuts and getting your