From the course: Foundations of Video: The Art of Editing

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Smoothing edits by manipulating the viewer's attention

Smoothing edits by manipulating the viewer's attention

From the course: Foundations of Video: The Art of Editing

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Smoothing edits by manipulating the viewer's attention

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Norman: Let's look at two tricks of the trade. Tricks that editors use to help move the audience's eyes right where they want them to be. At one point, I mention that when we were cutting away from Tiana during the staredown, that we did not want to cut out while the girl in the purple sweater to the right of Tiana was moving her arm. Here's the cut that we ended up with. Notice how the cut really keeps us focused on the staredown between Tiana and Magellan. Now let's take a look what would've happened if we lengthened the end of the shot of Tiana. Notice how we now see some of that girl in the purple sweater moving her arm. Our eye moved right away to that girl's arm. And so at the cut point, we weren't really looking at Tiana's stare. Our eyes were off somewhere to the right of the screen. Let's highlight that. Notice how once our eyes were on the right side of the screen. We not only weren't looking at Tiana but we weren't really focusing immediately on Magellan's eyes when we cut…

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