Video Making & Editing Tips & Examples

Tips on eliminating background noise: 

Tips on creating subtitles: 

Tips on Editing:

Intellectual Montage - two images edited together to produce an idea

Parallel Action - intercutting between 2 actions that are simultaneously happening in different locations

Match Cut - cutting from one shot to another by matching the movement of the object

Jump Cut - cutting to a similar angle of the same object to produce a jarring visual effect because the angle was not changed at least 30 degrees.

Sound - use sound as a transition to another shot

How to Make a Script

Check out these examples that students in Indonesia created about their country and culture:

Traditional Market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQxUvwaFW0&feature=youtu.be
Drum-making: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbLefnAOjw&feature=youtu.be
Check out these examples from past UniNorte students:  http://interculturalcommunicationsuninorte.blogspot.com/

Graffiti in Latin America

      

   Look at the role of graffiti in Colombia, Argentina, Honduras, and Brazil & comment on another student’s Blog Post. How does each country use this form of nonverbal communication? How does it compare to Northern Africa?

·         Colombia: 

         http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2012/sep/10/graffiti-bogota-colombia-pictures

·        Argentina: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2013/08/20138514298675371.html

·         Honduras: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/06/20136131358438705.html

·         Brazil: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/11/magazine/Look_Brazil.html?_r=2& 

Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters

       

Read about “Bangkok’s ‘Mexican’ Gangsters”: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2014/03/21/photo-essay-bangkoks-mexican-gangsters. Consider these questions as you write a response on your blog: how are Thai gangsters an example of cultural appropriation of another subculture? What do we learn about Thai and Mexican subcultures from this article & video within the article? Remember to comment on another student’s Blog Post.