On 22/02/2021 11:05 am, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
JNugent wrote:
On 08/02/2021 02:18 pm, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Chris J Dixon wrote:
Caecilius wrote:

On Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:21:33 GMT, JohnP wrote:

A couple of things intrugue me about TV production:

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2. When cutting from one scene (in a drama) do they often cut to the new
sound - ahead of the picture? I suppose it is for some artistic reason -
but I can't appreciate it.

It's a video/film editing technique called a "J cut". See he
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_cut

I believe on traditional film, the sound signal is displaced from
the image, as it needs to run smoothly whilst the image jerks
through the gate.

Is it the case that a well-chosen film splice could have just the
effect described?

That would be more of a repair than edit. In the pro field, sound and
pictures have always been able to edit separately. Except, perhaps, the
early days of videotape.

As I understand it, editing of videotaped material has always involved
copying, rather than physical cutting and assembly.

Not so, although electronic editing (copying to another tape) was the
norm. But you could do it with a razor blade. Involved 'developing' the
tape with magnetic powder so you could see the pulses. But tape was very
expensive and cutting it made it no longer re-usable, so not used a great
deal except in a sort of emergency.

All interesting stuff.

Thanks.