Assignment task 2
- 1. Assignment: Short Film Project What you have to do Task Assessment Evidence Assessment Focus TASK 2: Development of Film Editing a) A study of the development of editing from the very earliest films by the Lumiere brothers and Meliez, the early experimentalists such as Griffiths and Eisenstein, Vertov and to the mid-twentieth century Scorcese & Kubrik, and Goddard to current practitioners in Music Videos, Documentary and TV Drama. You will compare examples from fiction, non-fiction and advertising. However, they may be well advised to concentrate on one form for the practical elements of the unit. 1. Class Timeline on the Development of editing with commentary and video/image examples (Timeglider) 2. Learners will produce a video on their blog about editing (using a mixture of stock footage, images and audio commentary) You will describe: the principles of editing http://www.slideshare.net/phele1512/principles -and- purposes-of-editing-presentation the purposes of editing how editing has developed over time http://www.slideshare.net/katierothery/history-of-editing https://youtu.be/Xr-N3fSo62w https://youtu.be/6uahjH2cspk b) You will source mix of archive and practical captured examples of editing conventions and techniques seamless; continuity; motivated; montage; jump-cutting; parallel editing; 180o rule; splicing; transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe; cutaways; point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot; providing and withholding information; editing rhythm; crosscutting; cutting to soundtrack 1. Editing Techniques practical video 2. Annotation explaining the purpose and uses of each https://youtu.be/FinhQb3jiAs https://youtu.be/7LXQg6t4q2A Grading Criteria: Unit 22: P1/M1/D1 PLTS: Independentenquirers: planning and carrying out research into existing single camera productions Functional Skills: ICT: Select and use a variety of sources of information independently for a complex task English: c) Edit a given Short Film from previous L3 Btec footage Import, Organise footage, Editing Logs, Rough Cut, Sound, and evaluation of decisions with screen captures
- 2. review ing literature and w ebsites to find examples of short films and to find out about the uses, characteristicsand technology Key Terms that you should be using in your work: Development: in-camera editing; following the action; multiple points of view; shot variation; manipulation of diegetic time and space; film, video; analogue; digital Purposes: storytelling, eg engaging the viewer, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating motivation; combining shots into sequences; creating pace Conventions and techniques: seamless; continuity; motivated; montage; jump-cutting; parallel editing; 180o rule; splicing; transitions, eg cut, dissolve, fade, wipe; cutaways; point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot; providing and withholding information; editing rhythm; crosscutting; cutting to soundtrack