From the course: Foundations of Video: The Art of Editing
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Introducing the Lean Forward Moment
From the course: Foundations of Video: The Art of Editing
Introducing the Lean Forward Moment
So, let's go over the concepts that we've learned so far. We've learned that audiences react to something that has changed on screen. We've learned that the order in which you present shots affects how audiences will react. We've also learned that the impact of a shot or a scene is directly dependent on the shot or a scene that came before it. And will totally effect our reactions to the shot or the scene that comes after it, right? This is called, in my world, the Rule of Threes. So now it's time to put those things together, and come up with the key idea that will help to guide us through the rest of this course. A concept called the Lean Forward Moment. This is perhaps the key concept that will help you when you're editing no matter what type of project you're working on. So in order to help do that, let's take a look at a scene from a very, very old film. One that has screened thousands of times in film schools across the world. The 1925 film Battleship Potemkin directed by Sergei…
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