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7 editing tips for videojournalists

By peter • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: Articles

And then: “When is the edit finished?”
The traditional answer: It’s never finished, but after a while they take it away.
Walter Murch responds: It’s finished when I can no longer see myself in it.
The VJ answer: It’s finished 60 minutes from when it’s started.



7 web video myths

By peter-v • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Online Video

It’s not the content of the video that generates the return, it’s the ability to integrate the video into a larger information loop where value feeds back to the producers. And that involves getting a commitment to more than 3 minutes. Without appropriate context the content has limited value. Context is king.