ABSTRACT
One form of video production that a person should try is to shoot a scene that is based on dialog. If they are working in documentary or news, this form is equally applicable to doing interviews and other staged conversations. Dialog scenes are of course key ingredients in motion pictures and any narrative fiction, short or long form. A theatrical release to be seen on a large cinema screen needs to give the audience more time to read the material, to see the vast scope of the content even when it is in close-up. Sound is the principal driving force behind the timing of edits, especially in dialog sequences. This does not always mean the edits come with the sound. In narrative film the editor often works on the assumption that the viewer grasps the situation and anticipates the response. One person speaks, and while they are talking, a person cuts to the other to see the reaction.
