Sometimes, you may find yourself looking at an awkward cut between two scenes. There isn’t enough going on in the two shots to explain why we are going from one to the next, yet the progression is necessary for building the story.
For example, we are cutting between a car traveling
Car Scene
Roll, found in the NewBlue Motion Blends collection, is perfect for implying energetic motion as it takes the viewer from one scene to another.
This transition works by scrolling the frame image over and over at an increasingly frenetic pace and then slowing down, to ease into the new image.
Think of a film that loses its registration in the projector and starts flipping by, to ultimately lock back on but with a different scene. Throw in motion blurring and it becomes a very effective technique for moving forward in your story.
How do you breathe life into something that hasn’t moved for centuries? Cinematographer and editor Don Souza faced this dilemma when shooting American Xplorer, an expedition- style adventure travel series (scheduled to premiere in January on HDNet).
Keith Neubert
Sean Lee is a professional guitar and vocal instructor at Melrose Studios, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA and a NewBlueFX user, as well.
Sean Lee
Sean started video editing out of necessity when he needed to make his own music video, then quickly discovered it was a natural progression to go from recording music to editing video. For the past 9 years Sean has been shooting and editing music videos, commercials, documentaries and features professionally.
NewBlueFX users are multi-talented bunch and Glenn DeLaune is certainly no exception. Classically trained on guitar since the age of five, Glenn is first and foremost a musician with six CD releases ranging in styles from Contemporary Christian to Smooth Jazz to Rock and Fusion. This lifelong passion and success in music contributes tremendously to Glenn’s success as a music and video producer today.
Glenn DeLaune
