A Quantitative Study of the Directional Effects of Editing in Film Productions

In this study, we focus on "editing" in film expression and examine its dramatic effect. Editing is not simply a process of rearranging multiple video materials that have been shot, but it is an expressive act that produces dramatic effects. In this study, we hypothesized about the possibility of changes in the effects of editing by the difference in the duration until the video materials are switched. Based on the hypothesis, we conducted a questionnaire survey twice through the comparison of videos that were edited differently, and conducted a quantitative analysis of the results of the written responses using text mining. Through the two surveys, we found that editing affects the two evaluation axes of "quality of direction" and "quality of the movie-viewing experience" in the quality of film works as perceived by viewers, and that adjusting the duration of video materials has a directing effect that affects "quality of the movie-viewing experience" in particular.