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My name is David Burns

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I am a professional videographer, editor and media production professor.

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I have also been a judge for the past ten years for the

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prestigious Emmy Awards in the United States.

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In my years of judging the one thing that remains consistent among Emmy Awards winners

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is the effective use of basic sequencing of visual clips

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The sequence is the foundation of all video storytelling. Sequences

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one, help the editor compress time and create an interesting peace in the story

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two, sequences satisfy the viewer basic human need for context and detail and

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three, sequences allow the storyteller to efficiently and effectively

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reinforce the narrative elements in his or her video story

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To incorporate sequences in your stories should a variety of wide, medium and tight shots

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this helps move the viewer through a story while keeping the viewer's interest

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by changing shots and shot angels.[br]Here is how to do it[br]

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Sequencing helps compress time in a video

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you can condense something that take several minutes, hours or days into a very brief time

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Shoot a few establishing shots of the action to provide context

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use medium shots from different angles to give the viewer a variety of perspectives

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then, shoot about four times as many close up's as wide shots or medium shots

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to produce the detail necessary to satisfy the viewer desire for detail

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As its name imply, a close up shows a small portion of the larger scene

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that means close ups help avoid continuity jumps in action

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also known as jump cuts which confuse the viewer

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Here is an example of a jump cut

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You see can how it disrupts continuity and disorients the viewer

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Another way to condense time and avoid jump cuts in your stories

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is to make sure that people performing the action leave the screen

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once a person leaves the frame you can show them again doing something else

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or even show them in a different location without breaking continuity or creating jump cuts

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Here is a suggestion

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when shooting visual sequences avoid using camera movements like pants, tilts and zooms

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Keep the camera still and let the action occur within the frame

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Don't feel compelled to follow the action

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remember it's ok to let the action leave and enter the frame

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One reason to avoid camera movements is a camera movements

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take time to present and they can disrupt the pacing of your story telling

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once you take these shots to the edit room to assemble these visuals together

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The best film makers, documentarians and news videographers utilize sequencing to tell stories

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since you can make a video sequence as long or as short as you want

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a series of ten shots oryou can tell the same story in two or three shots

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video sequencing allows the editor tremendous latitude

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We will talk about editing the visual sequence together in a different tutorial

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but now you know the fundamentals of shooting a sequence of video shots.

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Good luck and have fun.