Monday, September 21, 2015

Discussion Questions 1-5 Chapter 3 pg. 68

1. The best editing techniques are usually invisible because true are conceals art. The best editing is invisible. If you cant understand editing you can't communicate in a visual medium.

2. Editing can be used to enhance the visual storytelling process because the goal of  television news is to tell a story that captures a moment and communicates a sense of experience. Through editing can one emphasize, reveal, pace, structure, guide tantalize, juxtapose, select, ignore, and enhance the story telling process. Editing duplicates the manner in which the mind sees.

3. The understanding of picture editing is important because the process allows journalists to emphasize, reveal, pace, and structure the various elements that make up a television news story. The choice of shots and composition is one form of editorial selection. Through this selection is emphasis possible.

4. A cut is the simple joining of one scene to the other. It is also a handoff or way of transferring attention from one image to another. Transferring that principle to the television screen, the editor can create tremendous viewer participation. Since the editor can cut from any image to any other, and can direct the eye's attention to any detail or happening, the viewer can experience freedom of movement and virtually unlimited variations in perspective.

5. Pace is everything means the audience will lose interest if story development is too plodding, dull, boring, or predictable.

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