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.

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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.

Task 2/3 In Camera Editing

Unit 16 task 2/3

In camera editing is technique of video production, in which the camera operator shoots the shots in the exact order that they would be viewed in.

We were given the task to create a one minute short film using in camera editing. We were in a group of four, one person was the director, one person was camera operator and there was two actors. Daniel was the director, Reece was the camera operator and me and Satveer were acting.

We decided on the idea that Satveer was working on a computer and i came in as her boss. I was disappointed  at her lack of work so i decided to fire  her. As I was furious at her, she became very depressed  and she stormed out of the room.

What went well was that as we got to the end of the scenario we learned how to use in camera editing. Now what did not go too well was at one point in the scenario was that we did not get my head in the frame.

An advantage is that its quick to edit. A disadvantage is if you make a mistake you will have to do the whole scenario again.

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Task 1: Editing in early cinema

The Lumiere brothers

They were french inventors and pioneer manufacturers of photographic and film equipment who made the one of the first motion-picture camera and projector named theCinématographe (“cinema”. Motion in the shot was all that was necessary to amuse an audience. This can be seen in the film Sortie D'Usine in 1895. 

G.A.Smith
In 1899 he made the film Kiss In The Tunnel. This film is said to mark the beginnings of naritive editing. He took advantage of the brief onset of darkness as they went into the tunnel to splice [cut and then stick two pieces of film together.

Another example of his work was in 1899 with the film Miller and the Sweep.
George Melies
George Melies was a magician who had seen the films made by the Lumiere brothers.
Melies saw at once the possibilities of a novelty more than just motion itself.
He acquired a camera, built a studio, wrote scripts, designed sets and soon he discovered  and exploited the basic camera tricks we know so well today.
George Melies- In Camera Editing.
It is rumoured that he discovered the art of stop motion purely by accident when a camera of his broke down for a brief second.
In 1896 he made THE VANISHING LADY using a technique known as in camera editing.

Sadly it never occured to him to move the camera for close ups or long shots and so his work was soon overlooked.
The commercial growth of the industry forced him out of buisness in 1913, and he died in poverty.
Elements of his life are depicted in the recent film HUGO.

Porter & Edison
Edwin S. Porter worked as an electrician before joining the film laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison in the late 1890s.
He and Edison worked together to make longer more interesting films.

Edwin S. Porter
Porter made the breakthrough film LIFE OF AN AMERICAN FIREMAN in 1903. The film was among the first that had a plot, action, and even a close up of a hand pulling a fire alarm.

Porter discovered important aspects of motion picture language: that the screen image does not need to show a complete person from head to toe
that splicing together two shots creates in the viewer's mind a contextual relationship. 
These were the key discoveries that made all narrative motion pictures and television possible.
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 
Porter's (then) ground breaking film, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY(1903) is an excellent example of how early films began to resemble the types of films we see today.

Charles Pathe
in the film THE HORSE THAT BOLTED (1907) Charles Pathe introduces the first example of a technique known as parallel editing- cutting between two story lines:
 The Horse
 The Delivery man

D. W.Griffith 
U.S. film director D.W Griffith was one of the early supporters of the power of editing. 
He made use of cross- cutting to show parallel
action in different locations.
Griffith's was one of the first of the early directors to use editing techniques in the production of "feature" length films.


D.W Griffith
His most controversial film and the one his best remembered for was THE BIRTH OF A NATION(1915) In this film there are scenes of the KKK and black slaves.

In Summary
Thomas Edison developed the equipment need to develope moving pictures.
The Lumiere Brothers pioneered the art of moving film.
George Melies was one of the first to use "in-camera" editing.
G.A Smith pioneered the technique of using shots from different locations and developed filming making from single shot films.
Porter, Pathe and Griffith developed the art of story telling through editing. 
They made popular the art of "splicing" individual shots together in order to make longer more dramatic films.

Welcome Post

Hello! My name is Basra. Hope you're doing good today! I like to play video games on my PS4 and Xbox one. I really enjoyed watching The Flash and Arrow. I also enjoy watching action comedy films.

The Flash

I really did like this show, it had a good mix of comedy and action, as well as a strong story line which was awesome!

Arrow

Arrow has been running for three seasons and I have loved all of them, each season has had something special and unique.

One hobby I like to do is edit videos on my iMac. I have always loved working with film and animation, I edit my videos on Final Cut Pro 10.