Digital video effects (moving)
DVE moves
As a director you obviously need to be clear what you want the DVE move to do, and to explain that to the vision mixer. Give them time to program up the device, and check any move when it is finished.
During the recording use one standard expression to let the vision mixer know when you want any animation to happen. There is a tendency to use the name of the device, but there are dozens of different DVE makers, and they change every few years. It is better to say ‘Animate’ or ‘DVE’.
Special effects
There are occasions when DVEs are used to create a special effect, either in the way they move the picture or distort the video signal. Wobbly pictures indicating a dream sequence are part of most people’s ...
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