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I think it's a gradient -- one extreme is that you have a recording with multiple takes and several long pauses as you're reading a script, in which case you wa

I think it's a gradient -- one extreme is that you have a recording with multiple takes and several long pauses as you're reading a script, in which case you want to streamline the clean up process. But I think it's a creative decision to make the cuts extremely tight and jumpy, not for everyone!

vlunkr 5y ago
Or you have multiple camera angles and you switch between them to hide the cuts. Like they've done in movies forever. People started doing jump cuts in youtube videos and for some reason we're stuck with it.
- shahahmed 5y ago
  for some that's viable - either have multiple cameras or record with reset and record with different angles, but that's a lot of overhead for certain situations. has it's place for certain projects i think
- gruez 5y ago
  >Or you have multiple camera angles and you switch between them to hide the cuts. Like they've done in movies forever. Not exactly. Most movies use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup, so even though there might be cuts to different camera angles, each angle actually comes from different takes. The goal of different angles isn't really to cut out pauses/fillers, it's for stylistic/cinematography reasons. >People started doing jump cuts in youtube videos and for some reason we're stuck with it. Probably because setting up multiple cameras and lighting them is cost prohibitive for low budget videos on youtube?
  - KineticLensman 5y ago
    > it's for stylistic/cinematography reasons. Yes. One classic example is in a scene with two people speaking, you have two different camera angles to switch focus between them. More generally, film makers who want to focus / depth-of-field effects very often do so with two cameras / takes where the focus is already set. Changing focus in the middle of a shot is very jarring. Incidentally, this is something that became immediately obvious to me when I started to use my DSLR for video.
Jedd 5y ago
Undeniably. At the top end you've got people comfortable with one or more cameras, a clear message, good communication skills, a well honed script / presentation -- in those cases the information density is naturally going to be high, and any brief pauses are thoughtfully placed to allow the viewer to contemplate & digest. These types of videos are rare but excellent, per my taste. As I noted, I'm definitely in the minority camp here --the desire that a poorly prepared video should have been a web page is probably generationally akin to the comparably curmudgeonly contemplation that rambling online meetings should have been an email.

vlunkr 5y ago

Or you have multiple camera angles and you switch between them to hide the cuts. Like they've done in movies forever. People started doing jump cuts in youtube videos and for some reason we're stuck with it.

shahahmed 5y ago
for some that's viable - either have multiple cameras or record with reset and record with different angles, but that's a lot of overhead for certain situations. has it's place for certain projects i think
gruez 5y ago
>Or you have multiple camera angles and you switch between them to hide the cuts. Like they've done in movies forever. Not exactly. Most movies use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-camera_setup, so even though there might be cuts to different camera angles, each angle actually comes from different takes. The goal of different angles isn't really to cut out pauses/fillers, it's for stylistic/cinematography reasons. >People started doing jump cuts in youtube videos and for some reason we're stuck with it. Probably because setting up multiple cameras and lighting them is cost prohibitive for low budget videos on youtube?
- KineticLensman 5y ago
  > it's for stylistic/cinematography reasons. Yes. One classic example is in a scene with two people speaking, you have two different camera angles to switch focus between them. More generally, film makers who want to focus / depth-of-field effects very often do so with two cameras / takes where the focus is already set. Changing focus in the middle of a shot is very jarring. Incidentally, this is something that became immediately obvious to me when I started to use my DSLR for video.

Jedd 5y ago

Undeniably. At the top end you've got people comfortable with one or more cameras, a clear message, good communication skills, a well honed script / presentation -- in those cases the information density is naturally going to be high, and any brief pauses are thoughtfully placed to allow the viewer to contemplate & digest. These types of videos are rare but excellent, per my taste. As I noted, I'm definitely in the minority camp here --the desire that a poorly prepared video should have been a web page is probably generationally akin to the comparably curmudgeonly contemplation that rambling online meetings should have been an email.