Editing
Editing
The director needs to create enough shots for the editor to choose from to tell the story.
The editor has a number of tasks on a film:
-To select and reject footage filmed by the director
-To organise the various shots filmed into a coherent whole
-To co-ordinate one shot with the following shots in order to produce the desired effect on the audience and to keep a narrative moving.
Editing is discussed in three terms
Order of shots- continuity/discontinuity
Transitions
Space,Time and Rhythm
editing is the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting then together to create a film.
Order of shots
The meaning of a sequence can change depending on the order of the shots
putting two shots together can suggest a connection or emphasise contrast (Juxtaposition)
SOVIET MONTAGE
The Kuleshov effect is a concept in film making created by Lev Kuleshov in the 1920s
Coined by Sergi Eisenstien (soviet montage theory) is the idea that placing together seperate sections of film could create ideas or have an impact beyond the individual shots
Eye+ water= crying
Ear+ next door= listening
mouth+bird= singinng
METRIC MONTAGE
RHYTHMIC MONTAGE
TONAL MONTAGE
OVER-TONAL MONTAGE
INTELLECTUAL MONTAGE
Transitions
The process of moving from one cut to another, the most commonly used it the CUT.
FADE
we fade out when something comes to an end.
The preceding shot fades into black (or another colour) from which the following shot emerges.
DISSOLVE/CROSS FADE
gradually going from one shot to another (connection)
the opacity changes
WIPE
Transition where one image is revealed over another horizontally, vertically, diagonally or even a shape/pattern such as a star or diamond. It adds to the momentum (e.g. time)
SPACE, TIME AND RYTHM
-cinematic space- effectively where the action takes place.
-Spatial relationships between actors and objects
-Also asks the audience to think about what people are doing within the space
CINEMATIC TIME
It can be manipulated e.g. a bomb set for 30 seconds can take 5 minutes
elipses editing use the important things and the audience fills in the blanks e.g the getting ready for work scene in Shaun of the dead.
RYTHM
editing sets the rythm or part of a scene
this could be dictated by either the music used behind the scene or the mood that the editor is trying to create and the pace that is edited.
CONTINUITY
Where something stays the same
cutting shots to tell a story with narrative continuity
Helps the viewer make sense of action by implying spatial relationships and ensuring smooth flow from shot to shot
ESTABLISHING/RE-ESTABLISHING SHOT
Examples- the simpsons (their house)
Gives an understanding of whats happening
EYELINE-MATCH
Shot of where someone is looking at something
MATCH-ON-ACTION
Where the action flows through the edit e.g. opening a door.
flows even from different angles.
180 DEGREE RULE
orientating the viewer
usually used for dialouge
basic guide line where the camera cannot cross it.
gives the impression the characters are facing each other.
SHOT REVERSE SHOT
Shot of what somones looking at cutting from them to what they are looking at then back at them again
The director needs to create enough shots for the editor to choose from to tell the story.
The editor has a number of tasks on a film:
-To select and reject footage filmed by the director
-To organise the various shots filmed into a coherent whole
-To co-ordinate one shot with the following shots in order to produce the desired effect on the audience and to keep a narrative moving.
Editing is discussed in three terms
Order of shots- continuity/discontinuity
Transitions
Space,Time and Rhythm
editing is the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting then together to create a film.
Order of shots
The meaning of a sequence can change depending on the order of the shots
putting two shots together can suggest a connection or emphasise contrast (Juxtaposition)
SOVIET MONTAGE
The Kuleshov effect is a concept in film making created by Lev Kuleshov in the 1920s
Coined by Sergi Eisenstien (soviet montage theory) is the idea that placing together seperate sections of film could create ideas or have an impact beyond the individual shots
Eye+ water= crying
Ear+ next door= listening
mouth+bird= singinng
METRIC MONTAGE
RHYTHMIC MONTAGE
TONAL MONTAGE
OVER-TONAL MONTAGE
INTELLECTUAL MONTAGE
Transitions
The process of moving from one cut to another, the most commonly used it the CUT.
FADE
we fade out when something comes to an end.
The preceding shot fades into black (or another colour) from which the following shot emerges.
DISSOLVE/CROSS FADE
gradually going from one shot to another (connection)
the opacity changes
WIPE
Transition where one image is revealed over another horizontally, vertically, diagonally or even a shape/pattern such as a star or diamond. It adds to the momentum (e.g. time)
SPACE, TIME AND RYTHM
-cinematic space- effectively where the action takes place.
-Spatial relationships between actors and objects
-Also asks the audience to think about what people are doing within the space
CINEMATIC TIME
It can be manipulated e.g. a bomb set for 30 seconds can take 5 minutes
elipses editing use the important things and the audience fills in the blanks e.g the getting ready for work scene in Shaun of the dead.
RYTHM
editing sets the rythm or part of a scene
this could be dictated by either the music used behind the scene or the mood that the editor is trying to create and the pace that is edited.
CONTINUITY
Where something stays the same
cutting shots to tell a story with narrative continuity
Helps the viewer make sense of action by implying spatial relationships and ensuring smooth flow from shot to shot
ESTABLISHING/RE-ESTABLISHING SHOT
Examples- the simpsons (their house)
Gives an understanding of whats happening
EYELINE-MATCH
Shot of where someone is looking at something
MATCH-ON-ACTION
Where the action flows through the edit e.g. opening a door.
flows even from different angles.
180 DEGREE RULE
orientating the viewer
usually used for dialouge
basic guide line where the camera cannot cross it.
gives the impression the characters are facing each other.
SHOT REVERSE SHOT
Shot of what somones looking at cutting from them to what they are looking at then back at them again
