Task 8 My Continuity Editing

My Continuity Editing

We were giving the task to crate a short video where we show the four methods of continuity editing. We were given the task of showing:

Eye Line match

180 degree rule

Match on action
Shot, reverse shot

We showed eye line match erectly, this was shown when the camera took a shot of Satveer as well as the chair. Then I placed both clips next to each other so, it made it look like she was looking at the chair.

We showed the 180 degree rule when Daniel was walking across the classroom. As the camera was on one side of Daniel it showed the 180 degree rule.

Match on acton was shown when the camera filmed Daniel opening the door and filmed another shot of him closing the door at a different angle. Once i'd pieced the clips together the scene looks very seamless.

Shot, reverse shot was achieved when Daniel and Satveer were having a conversation. One shot was where the camera was behind the Satveer and looking at Daniel. The other shot was overlooking Daniel and facing Satveer.

The Storyboard

Task 7 Understanding continuity editing

Understanding Continuity Editing

Continuity editing is what is known as "classical Hollywood". 

Continuity editing includes:

Eye line match

Match on action

Shot, reverse shot

180 degree rule

Eye Line Match

When a character is looking at  something off shot and then cut to the frame of what they are looking at.

An example of eye line match is this women from the movie Kill Bill looking at here feet.

Match on Action

This is when the character does an action in one shot and then cuts to a different angle to finish the shot the next day.

An example of match on action is where the man is walking through a doorway, where there are two shots of him going through.

Shot, Reverse Shot

This reveals one character and than the second shot reveals the second character, this is used in conversations

A good example of shot reverse shot is this picture where there are two people having a conversation where the  shot cuts between each person.

180 Degree rule

When filming the 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that the characters should have the same left/right relationship, if this is broken then the characters will have swapped positions on screen. 

An example of the 180 degree rule is in this video where it is being broken so, it does not make sense to the viewer.

Task 6 My montage

My Montage

Me and my group were given the task of creating a montage, we were able to choose any type of montage, we decided to use a hollywood style montage.

We set our montage  in school and show the process a day in school.
We started with Daniel and Satveer entering their first lesson. Daniel was hungry and anticipating lunch. He rushed out as soon as the bell rang.

The next scene was where we show Daniel eating and enjoying his lunch.

The next few scenes showed him in his next lesson which was P.E. The other scene was where he was going home but he was taken back into school because he had a detention.

The Storyboard

Task 5 Montage

Montage

In this  post I will I will go through the different meanings of the term "Montage".

The term Montage has a slightly different meaning when referring to the following contexts: French film, hollywood cinema and early Soviet film making.

The French Montage

In French film practice, montage simply has its literal french meaning- Assembly. Therefore, in French film the term simply identifies the process of editing.

Hollywood Style Montage

An example of Rocky:

Hollywood style montage is used  to condense a long sequence into a shorter one. In this case an example is Rocky.

Soviet Montage

This is used to show a different meaning. Film makers used juxtaposing to make a whole new meaning towards the viewer. An example is show below.  

Lev's experiment 

Another example is Eisensteins Strike.

Task 4: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Analogue and Digital  Editing.

To make a film there is two different ways to make a film. The first of both being analogue editing analogue and the second being digital editing.

Analogue Editing:
This is the process of cutting together the pieces of celluloid film. Traditionally film are made up of images printed on acetate negatives. They are then "spliced" together to make the film reel. They are fed through a projector at constant speed of 24 frames a second. This is known as analogue. 

The Moviola:
A Moviola was invented in 1924 by 
Iwan Serrurier. It was the first device that allowed a film editior to view film while editing.
It was the first machine used for feature length motion picture editing.

Video Editing:
Before digital technologies bacame available magnetic tapes were used to store information-these known as video tapes.
Video editing is the process of editing segments of these tapes using a device that mechanically puts pieces of video tape together. 
The film has to be edited in the correct order. This is called linear editing.

Digital Editing:
Digital media is a form of electronic media where data are stored in digital ( as opposed to analogue)form.
Digital editing is the use of computers to order and manipulate this digital data.
There are many different editing programs such as: Adobe Premier, Avid, Final Cut Pro
Digital film making uses bits and bytes(strings of 1s and 0s) to record, transmit and reply images, instead of chemicals on film.
The whole process is electronic so there is no printing or "splicing" involved.
Digital Editing soon over took Video Editing as it is much quicker and therefore cheaper.
The biggest pro is that you can edit digitally in any order.

Non-linear Editing
Editing in any order is called non-linear editing. 
You can edit a sequence from the end of the film before you have started editing the first scene.
The process uses electronic files so it makes it as easy as cutting and pasting text in a word document.

Con of Analogue Editing: 

With analogue editing it takes a lot of time and requires skill to fully master

Pro of Analogue Editing:

You can start editing  from any clip, it doesn't have to be from the start to the end.

Con of Digital Editing:

This would difficult for beginners to use.

Pro of Digital eEiting:

This is fast and easy for professionals to use.