News from The Video Queen > CHRISTMAS LIGHTS or VIDEO MAGIC?


Is this for real? How on earth did the person do it?

Click image to watch Christmas lights video. (File may buffer for few seconds before playing.)

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Now that you've seen it, is this real or video magic?

It is not a real light display set to music, it's all video magic. It was done with video editing. How do I know? Play it again and watch the grass at bottom of screen for at least one minute.

Do you see the grass changing? Changing location and lighting? The changes occur with the sound of the music--just like the lights. Yes, it's subtle, but you can see it. That's the obvious sign of video editing--they're called jump cuts.

Of course those lights are real, but you will not witness this effect if you are really standing in front of this house. The 'turning on and off' of the lights in real time with the music is only achieved with video editing magic. So, in other words, this video took a long time to make. The video maker planned his/her effect then shot each different light scheme being turned on, then off, one at a time. A lot of hard work that paid off very well.

Jump cuts occur anytime there is an editing out of frames. Sort of like the jump cuts that occur on your master camera tapes when you stop recording then start recording again. Although that would be called "in camera editing". The Christmas lights viral video (above) has jump cuts that occur after the recording process becuase the edits are placed exactly to the musical beats.Try to do that as an in camera editing project some day!

Want interesting trivia about jump cuts? Jump cuts are how they made people and objects disappear and reappear in the TV series Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. Jump cuts are all part of video editing magic.

What video magic will you create with jump cuts?


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