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Editing Case Study

Cutting to the beat


This is when the images cut or
transition on the beats or on
significant beats in the music. It is
used to engage the viewer and to
highlight the lyrics.

Visual Effects
This is the process by which imagery
is created or manipulated outside the
context of a live action shot. It
involves the integration of live action
footage and generated imagery to
create environments which look
realistic

Miming & lip syncing


This is moving your lips in sync with
the pre recorded song. Everyone
mimes and lip syncs in music videos.
An example of this is The Black Keys
Tighten up as there are multiple
people who lip sync to the song in
the video.

Multi image
This is a largely obsolete practice
and business of using 35 mm slides
projected by signal or multiple slide
projectors onto one or more screens
in synchronization with an audio
voice-over or music track.

Chroma Key
A special effects/ post-production
technique for composting two image
or video streams together based on
colour hues (Chroma range). The
technique has been used heavily in
many fields to remove a background
from the subject of a photo or videoparticularly the news casting, motion
picture and videogame industries.

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