Operation Manual

320 Pinnacle Studio 9
half of the frame one moment and in the right half of
the frame the next, or may appear first with and then
without eyeglasses.
Do not string together pan shots
Pan shots should not be strung together unless they
have the same direction and tempo.
Rules of thumb for video editing
Here are some guidelines that may be helpful when you
come to edit your movie. Of course, there are no hard
and fast rules, especially if your work is humorous or
experimental.
• Do not string together scenes in which the camera is
moving. Pans, zooms, and other moving shots should
always be separated by static shots.
• Shots that follow one another should be from
different camera positions. The camera angle should
vary by at least 45 degrees.
• Sequences of faces should always be shot alternately
from varying angles of view.
• Change perspectives when shooting buildings. When
you have similar shots of the same type and size, the
picture diagonal should alternate between front left
to rear right and vice versa.
• Make cuts when persons are in motion. The viewer
will be distracted by the ongoing motion and the cut
will go almost without notice. In particular, you can
cut to a long shot from the middle of the motion.
• Make harmonious cuts; avoid visual disjunction.