Research and analysis for documentary editing techniques -Taking 5 documentaries from editor Po-Wen Chen as an example.

• Main Authors: Wen-Chi Huang, 黃文寂
• Other Authors: Pey-Yune Hu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/sgnjz3

碩士 === 崑山科技大學 === 媒體藝術研究所 === 104 === When editing a documentary, like most films, it’s easier to start with a great script. For a documentary without a storyboard, the positions of the script writer and editor are now combined into one role. Po-Wen Chen, a.k.a Master Chen, is a well known editor . And has successfully combined these two talents. Being in this industry for over 30 years, Po-Wen has personally been responsible for editing various films and TV series. From those films and series, 5 were documentaries which won high acclaim including the following Golden Horse award for best documentary: 《The Red Leaf 》,《 Grandma’s Hairpin》, 《 How High Is The Mountain》, 《 Spring: The Story Of Hsu Chin-Yu》, 《 Viva Tonal- The Dance Age》. My research is based on these 5 documentaries in particular with the intent of analyzing and discussing the art of editing to utilize Master Chen's style from it. My results have found that Master Chen is creative in his ability to start production in either video or film for the following reasons: 1. His ability to create a solid opening to draw attention from the audience. 2. After the opening he keeps the story simple. 3. Following the actual story is his key focus. No fashion video effects totally different from the documentary will do. The result delivers a different point of view to the audience, while also increasing the power of the story with the aid of audio from the scene, tags, and subtitles to convey the best story to the audience.