Digital Content

Video editing with IMOVIE

This video was originally made for a different project and a course, however, all of the technical aspects can be used for either video remix option for Art 80F. Options are below, along with a bit more information on the Kuleshov Effect.

Video Options

1. Create a 20 - 30 second video total that works with the Kuleshov Effect, using scenes cut together from at least 2 different films or TV shows. The Kuleshov Effect is an experiment with context, where an image or clip inserted in between 2 of the same images/clips changes the meaning of the second instance of the duplicate image / clip. Your 20-30 second clip should show at least 3 versions of the same initial clip changed by 3 different inter-spliced clips.

2. Create a 30 second video that is a “mashup” of at least 2 different source videos. The meanings of the original videos should be considered and selected intentionally, and be connected somehow to the meaning you are trying to communicate with the remix video. This does not require that the videos be similar - they can provide contrast, an interesting juxtaposition, or some other kind of comparison that creates new meanings.

Kuleshov Effect

The Kuleshov Effect is an effect that was first explored by Russian director Lev Kuleshov in the early 1910s - 1920s. Kuleshov worked with collage and editing in his films, and this was a device that was adopted by many early filmmakers and is still utilized in different forms today.

The main idea of the Kuleshov effect is that the same image or clip of footage can change meaning depending on the footage that it is inter-spliced with. This is a technique that factors in heavily with video collage and video remix, along with basic film editing.

Ripping Streaming videos

Below are some options for downloading YouTube or Vimeo Videos - these are best to use in the lab, and some are more reliable than others. These options are supposed to be web-based- never download or install anything on your personal computer from one of these sites.

Another option, if you are using a Mac, is to go to Quicktime and then go to File > Screen Recording, and follow the instructions.

For any captured / downloaded / recorded video, be sure to download and store in a single folder with your video project file, which you can move to your flash drive, Dropbox or Google Drive AFTER you have finished editing - do not edit from your flash drive or over a network.

• https://keepvid.works/

• https://www.clipconverter.cc/