Max­i­miz­ing Your Video Edit­ing With Blowups and Cam­era Moves
By Thom Pryor

One of the most com­mon mis­takes made in shoot­ing video is poor fram­ing of shots. Shots are too loose or not prop­erly cen­tered on the sub­jects. The aver­age video edi­tor cuts out the obvi­ous mis­takes in the video, shots of the floor, snow, etc. They then throw in a few tran­si­tions (dis­solves, wipes, etc.), maybe add a title and call it a day. Pro­fes­sional video edi­tors pay close atten­tion to the fram­ing of shots and use all of the tools at their dis­posal to bring drama and direc­tion to the scenes that they are editing.

Sim­ply by blow­ing up and repo­si­tion­ing a shot you can make up for the mis­takes made in the orig­i­nal cam­era work. Since every­thing is dig­i­tal these days there is a lot of lat­i­tude in how far you can blow up a shot before the qual­ity starts to suf­fer. By cen­ter­ing the frame on your key sub­jects you keep the story line focused and your audi­ence is drawn into the nar­ra­tive that you are telling. If you use the same shot mul­ti­ple times be sure to use the same val­ues each time you go back to the shot unless the cam­era has drifted dur­ing the shot. In that case try to keep the ratio between your sub­jects and the edges of the frame at roughly the same dis­tance. By sim­ply re fram­ing your shots dur­ing the video edit­ing process you will add qual­ity that will greatly enhance the view­ing of your video.

Video cam­era moves are another tool used by pro­fes­sional video edi­tors. With video moves you can add empha­sis to a shot that other wise lacks power. Slow moves added to the nar­ra­tive and they work well when dis­solv­ing from one move to another. Quick move ins are used to pro­vide shock and sus­pense. Moves can run the length of a shot or they start in dur­ing shot and stop and hold at some point before the end of the shot. Start and stop points for moves are deter­mined by the indi­vid­ual shot and by what you are try­ing to empha­size at that point in your video editing.

Like all of the tools that you have in your video edit­ing arse­nal, once you start to use them, you will become more com­fort­able with when and how to use them. Always keep in mind that you are telling a story for an audi­ence and use the tools that will move the story for­ward. Blow ups and moves are tools that will enhance and bring power to your video editing.

Thom Pryor was a pro­fes­sional Hol­ly­wood video edi­tor for over 30 years work­ing on some of your favorite films and TV shows. Now he helps peo­ple using Pro­fes­sional Video Edit­ing tell a story with their video projects. Let him help you con­vert slides, pre­serve your media, and tell the story that lies under­neath your video and audio projects.

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