Editing Tips

TIP	EXPLANATION
Leave 10 seconds before significant footage is taken	This allows you to identify the shot which you can later voice over. This will speed up the process of editing when it comes to finding certain clips
Always take two shots of scene	This means you have back up if one of the scenes goes wrong. This will save time as you will not need to go and film this scene again. One of the shots may also be better than the other and so you can have a choice to produce the best peice of work
Consider moving shots	The length of a shot needs to be relative to the pace of the music, there is no point having a long shot in face paced music as it will not make sense. The length of shots can also be effective for example when using zooms (short shots will be used e.g when you are showing what someone is looking at).
Avoid jump cuts	This is when the scene cuts from one scene to one that has no relation to the previous scene which can confuse the audience
Shorten the scenes	In order to fit in all the shots you want and to keep the audience interested you can cut out unnecessary scenes for example if you are showing someone walking down the stairs you only need to show the first few steps to establish what the person is doing. You would not need to film all of the stairs as this would waste time.