Another the purposes of editing

INCLUDE Swipe cut, shooting/editing dialouge, pace, sound bridges, jump cuts,trimming cut, 180 degree rule,sequence shot, slow motion, the basics.
Swipe cut:

Shooting/editing dialouge:

Pace: The speed (or rhythm/ tempo) in which the events taking place are happing in, either very fast or fairly slow. In editing it's if you are decideing between a fast or slow sequence.

Sound bridges: When the scene begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene before the new sound begins. Usually the sound will die down and is never usually abrupt.

Jump cuts: Jump cuts make the on screen movement very abrupt. Transitioning from shot one to two very quickly. These shots make it seem like the subject on screen has jumped foward in time.

Trimming cut: Trimming a cut is simply just shorting down a file of footage in order to make a scene shorter and to also erase earlier mistakes within filming. Orignally this was used in order to make the footage keep within the frame.

180 degree rule: In film making, the 180-degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. Making a conversation seem more natural. It makes sure that the cameras are postioned on the same axis, previting the camera from moving in a 360 clockwise or anti clockwise formation. A good example of this rule is shown in an episode of Hannibal.

Sequence shot: A sequence shot is a shot which takes place over a long duration of following the action with the actors without the use of editing to help build and create the sequence. Making it flow better and looks less static and still. Pharrell's music video for the song Happy was originally filmed within one shot until they finally editited it into one whole sequence.

Slow motion: Slow motion is used to help the audience capture the full intensity or moment within a longer amount of times. Sometimes they are used to help emphasise a particular muscles strain or a particular emotion shown within the scene. Zack Snyder heavily realies on these features as seen in the movie 300.


During Big Daddy's death in Kick Ass editing helps us see things through the eyes of another perspective. It helps give a interesting viewpoint of the turn of events. This scene from Sucker Punch demonstrates an example of time lapse (when the samurai dies.) It helps us take in the accomplishment that she has completed. Signifying it as an important moment. The cigarette burn scene helps us understand the benefits of cutting and putting together footage. Now a days we tend to do this digitally so the burn is not relevant to modern film but demonstrates the point. Split screen is used as a common way of helping the audience understand the dire situations taking place all at one. Helping us to understand how tense the moment is. Graphing matching is used to help nicely transition the images together to make a good looking cut. Pace is used to help show the audience how quick or slow something is. Helping us to understant the mood of the situation and helping us to know how to feel during these scenes e.g. excitied. As well as this it can help us understand hiddden beauty like in Dredd where the some scenes are slowed down to presented complex yet visually appealing images.

My Own Edits

 

This is an example of my own editing skills put to work for my short film. Despite not being all that and amatuer-ish it does feature a lot of key edits used in professional movies. For example the film shows the use of transitions, fades, montage moments, split screens etc…

Another example of my editing is my ident for my choosen subject. It also follows typical code and conventions of an ident. Them being that it's short and sweet, simple, reconisble and helps introuduce us to the subject instantly.

Thirdly we have my factual news programme, 6 news. Like other factual news programmes it does have a lot of similarites which you can relate and spot in other examples of real life news channels.

Preparing materials for editing

Tape and Cases: We firstly find a blank case and tape which we can then put out content onto. Secondly we upload the footage by putting it on a computer by DV Tape Up loader which transfers the footage onto your computer. Labelling: Make sure the case and tape are both plain so that you don’t overwrite somebody else's tape. Then once you discover this you can then name and label. Uploading: When uploading footage you need to able to find an sd card reader for after you have taken the photos. After which you then put the card reader into the usb and let the footage upload onto either your hardrive or usb. If the file is corrupt you might want to delete it and try again. Backing up: An easy way of backing up could be just to re save under a different file name. Or you could back up onto a blank disk which is practically like using a usb. Renaming: To rename a file you put your mouse across the layer or file you want to select and then right click till you see a scroll bar saying to rename. You click it and then you end up choosing an appropriate name choice. Rushes log A rushes log is a not so in detail account of what has been going on with the certain subject or whatever you are doing. You document such things as the date, what you did and what you where planning to do on the day and seeing if you were on schedule for it.

The Purpose Of Editing

Parrelle editing can help characters look like they are engaging in a conversation or similar narrative with the use of back to back cuts from characters doing similar antics e.g. the image above. 

 

Throughout Dredd they have used colour correction to highlight great use of colour. It’s used to make something that looks gritty look quite nice and pretty. Along with that it works with the books comic book styling. The whole of Sin City is edited black and white to give this sort of gritty feel to the film. It helps us understand the mood and feel throughout the film and to help us understand that the film wants to represent a gritty environment. The film Pulp Fiction is shot in a non linear way. Meaning the order of events do not correlate with how the story is actually meant to go. This technique is used to interest the audience and keep things lively. It also gives a new outlook on events compared to how we might of though about things if we’d of seen them in an original order.

The Editing Process

When editing a roll of film you have to transfer the footage through Microform. Normally microfilming uses high resolution black and white film which reproduces a film through the light onto the film roll. This then makes the footage have a positive colour film giving good reproduction and high resolution can also be used. Roll film is provided 16, 35 and 105 mm wide in lengths of 30 metres (100 ft) and longer. Roll film is developed, fixed and washed by continuous processors then handed back to the editors to then transfer onto their computers and then to edit. Whereas with digital the film is captured and burned onto some form of memory device. Movies are supplied to the theatre as a digital file called a digital cinema package. They then arrive as a conventional computer hard-drive or via satellite or fibre-optic broadband. Causing a lot less hassle and its easier to make. Also the process is quicker and easier. Requiring less special assistance. After this process they then are edited onto a computer.

Early Editing (The Roll of film to computer process)

Back in the day and even in some cinemas today films were shot using different types of photographic film rolled on a spool and encased before being loaded into a camera usually consisting of a roll/frame size of 35mm. The process requires the film (every 15 minutes) to be shipped and delivered to a trained specialist that will cut and glue the necessary footage required. ‘The cigarette burn’ indicates when the footage had been cut and placed. A notable example of this technique is from Fight Club where he demonstrates and explains the ‘burn.’ If the roll of film is to be screened on image there are bigger frames like around double the thickness e.g. 70mm frames. Although the traditional format it does not always compete against digital film. Digital filming is cheaper and an more up to date/easier way of making film yet big names like Quentin Tarintino have criticised digital film due to the fact that not every cinema is up to date and as modern as what modern film standards expect. Some directors still use the filming in film technique whilst transferring the film to your computer and then editing through microform.