Editing lesson

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AS Media StudiesUnit G322a

Editing

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Lesson ObjectivesBy the end of the session you should be able to:

• List at 4 elements that we look for when analysing editing .

• Identify the edits used in a TV drama clip and discuss the effect they have.

• Some of you will be able to relate the use of editing in a TV drama clip to the representations that are constructed.

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What are we looking for when analysing editing in a clip?

Task 1:• Write down as many elements, that come

under editing, as you can think of (2 mins)

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What are we looking for when analysing editing in a clip?

• Order of shots • Juxtaposition• Continuity?• Transitions • Shot duration• Pace and rhythm• Special effects

You need to be able to discuss

how these technical

elements help create meaning.

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ContinuityContinuity editing• Cutting shots to tell a story with narrative continuity, helping the viewer

make sense of the action by implying spatial relationships and ensuring smooth flow from shot to shot.

• Continuity techniques:• Establishing shot (establishes the space in which action is to happen)• The 180º rule (ensures that the same space is described in each shot)• Shot/reverse shot• Eyeline match (e.g. character looks off-screen, next shot shows us

what they see)• Match on action (character begins to move in one shot, we see

continuation of the same movement in the next shot)

• Realism - edit is invisible so action appears real rather than constructed.

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Non-Continuity

• Montage – giving information in compressed form – can come under…

• Non-continuity editing – Continuity is broken and construction is more apparent. Meaning often created through juxtaposition and metaphor shot inserts.

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Transitions

• The process of cutting from one shot to another usually involves a simple straight cut. However there are other means of transition available to a film editor

• Fade to black• Dissolve/cross fade• Wipe

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Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following shot emerges.

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Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following shot emerges.

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Fade – the preceding shot fades into black from which the following shot emerges.

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Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.

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Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the more noticeable the superimposition becomes.

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Dissolve or cross fade – the preceding shot merges into the following shot, resulting in the two shots being superimposed. The longer the dissolve the

more noticeable the superimposition becomes.

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Shot duration/pace• The duration of a shot will usually reflect the

narrative context.

• Generally speaking short shot duration conveys action and urgency (say in a chase sequence). Click here for a chase sequence from Die Another Day. See if you can count the number of shots!

• Whilst long duration conveys intensity and intimacy within the narrative, it allows us to focus upon facial expression and other aspects of mise en scene which would otherwise be missed.

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Some editing devices

• Parallel editing - crosscutting between different locations can convey the impression that two or more events are occurring simultaneously.

• split screen – where the frame is split into sections so that we can see different events occurring at the same time. This technique was used on the TV series 24.

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Editing controls what we see and whenWhen analysing a clip also consider how editing techniques are used to control:

• What information is revealed to or hidden from

a) the charactersb) the audience

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Task 2

• Analyse the editing in the following clips:

• Opening of The Devil’s Whore• Opening of Hollyoaks

(Use your notes to work through each element)

Be ready to feedback to the rest of the class

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Task 2• Find someone to work with who has the same colour name

card as you (somebody with a white card needs to volunteer to work by themselves or as a three).

• Log on to a mac (using media & password) and then log on to estream.

• If you have a white name card, search for ‘Devil’s Whore’ and choose the opening scene in chapters.

• If you have a green name card, search for representation in TV Drama and select the clip ‘sexuality in Hollyoaks’ from the playlist.

• You have 15 minutes.