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Western Video Edit Breakdown

https://youtu.be/t2JGtRTVMxQ Within editing, my video began with the rise from black. This is a dissolve transition and opened with my characters walking. I wanted the video to be very continuous. Therefore my cuts are hard and cut with music and action. In order to make the sense of cutting from wide to extreme close less abrupt, I edited very carefully. My video cuts from a wide shot to a close up foot shot and then back to the wide shot. this is then repeated. By doing this the audience are dipping in and out of the action. It then starts a rhythm for the video. The audience get into an "in and out" rhythm. By this point the audience have seen the characters walk to a halt. When beginning the editing, I muted each segment of music and slowly faded them in. This makes the track start to uncontiously build tension. After the characters halt, the music makes a whistling sound which is where I start to use my cuts. I cut to an over the shoulder shot which makes the audience fe...

Western Video Plan

 We have been tasked to make a short style western video that represents what we have learnt about camera techniques and editing techniques. The video will have a beginning, Middle and End. Beginning: The video will start with a rise from black and will start with a wide shot. Both characters will be placed at opposite ends of the frame this means that the audience will be able to clearly who the showdown is between and their relationship. The negative space between the characters will show that they don't even want to be near each other.  There will then be equal high angle shots of the characters moving through the frame in a 180 circle. this replicates the good bad and ugly, however by adding cuts, it amplifies movement and creates tension. Middle: In my video I will aim to have a collection of close up, cowboy, medium and dirty single shots. the middle section of my video will be a compilation of shots that are all equal. This way the audience can't tell who the villain or...