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A Guide to Using B-Roll Effectively in Your Video Edit

B roll should be part of your editing technique because the film on its own might be bland and boring without it.

B roll is something that you use to add different little tidbits of information to.

You sometimes need to cut away some parts or add to them and that is where B roll comes into play.

You can insert additional shots into your main shot.

You can also clean up or edit the pacing of the video with B roll.

Key Takeaways:

  • B-roll is a lot like the seasoning or the side dishes for your main footage keeping things interesting with other angles.
  • B-roll footage can be used to replace A-roll when there are problems or it can just be used to change the mood in a scene.
  • B-roll can mean very different things from creating amazing transitions to showcasing the location of where you are filming from the edge of the space.
  • Don’t be afraid to shoot lots of footage.

“B-roll, in a straightforward definition, is supplementary footage or alternative shots used in a video”

Read more: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/b-roll-video-edit-guide/

Lance Carr

Lance is a fully qualified video editing tragic and renowned techno-struggler. He has put in the hard yards working out all manner of things technical... so you don't have to!

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