Edit lesson 2
- 1. the history of editing and an introduction to the terminology
- 4. Google search for “edit” and look what you get
- 5. Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) Kinetoscope (1894) Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze 1894 = first copyrighted film.
- 6. James Williamson of Hove (1855 – 1933) Fire! (1901) The Big Swallow (1901)
- 7. • Worked for Edison • Copied idea off Williamson • Added a new shot the Close up • Hollywood continuity editing
- 8. Soviet Montage Lev Kuleshov (1889 -1970) Hitchcock explains Sergei Eisenstein (1898 – 1948) Developed the theory
- 9. A film editor must creatively work with the layers of images, story, dialogue, music, pacing, as well as the actors' performances to effectively "re-imagine" and even rewrite the film to craft a cohesive whole. Editors usually play a dynamic role in the making of a film
- 10. Engage in imaginative and creative activity in their own media production coursework and develop an appreciation of the imagination and creativity of others (what you are evidencing next!) in the creation of media texts.
- 11. “Editing • Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems. • Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting, parallel editing, cutaway; insert. • Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fadeout, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects. Editing: • Pacing of show, sound levels, use of silence, continuity, post-production effects, transitions.”
- 12. Research the Word you have been given e.g. Transition Find a description that you think fits Find examples from films. Note down links use screenshots Come back as a group and share ideas with other group members, note anything down you have missed.
- 13. Research the Word you have been given e.g. Transition Find a description that you think fits Find examples from films. Note down links use screenshots Come back as a group and share ideas with other group members, note anything down you have missed.
- 14. Now that you are back in your production groups tell your other group members what you have learnt. Whilst you are listening take notes. Repeat until you all have a note of all the techniques you have researched.
- 15. Create a blog post called Editing (within the category of post production) Discuss the History and also the techniques you have learnt BONUS POINTS! – Discuss in your blog how you could use these in your title sequence!
Editor's Notes
- #3: Discussion of the edit task. Two types of editing?PremiereDifferent tracks clips out of order.Treasure hunt.
- #4: How I am teaching them! Important for global learners.
- #5: Modify, adapt, prepare, correcting, to make acceptableTo Assemble the components of (a film or soundtrack), by cutting and splicing.Editor – 1712 Editor from publishing 1784 éditer “to publish” 1793 Edit “one who edits” and so is an example of a backformed word
- #6: locked off shots, static no edits
- #8: Important discoveries for film language: - Don’t need to show the whole person- Two shots spliced together create in the viewers mind a contextual relationship.- This allowed for action shot at widely differing locations which are hours even days apart to be cut together and still create a narrative whole.Film editing is described as an art or skill, the only art that is unique to cinema, separating filmmaking from other art forms that preceded it, although there are close parallels to the editing process in other art forms like poetry or novel writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible art”Hollywood continuity editing the editing of sequences of events which fit together sequentially to create meaning.
- #9: Hollywood = next tooMontage = on top of
- #11: Evidence Evidence Evidence!
- #13: For your blogs10 minutes research 5 minutes discussion