Name: Ethan McLaughlin

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LO1. UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRINCIPLES OF EDITING

LO1.1 Development:

In-camera editing; In-Camera Editing is a technique where, instead of editing the shots in a film into sequence after shooting, the cinematographer instead shoots the sequences in strict order. The resulting 'edit' is therefore already complete when the film is developed.

Following the action; when there is an action scene such as a car chase or fight scene, having the

camera on a tripod won’t work so the camera will have to go handheld and follow the action. The use of equipment like a dolly or a jib may also be used

Multiple points of view; multiple points of view is where something is happening in a scene involving multiple characters. We will see what is happening with one character and then the camera will cut to another character followed by another character if there is another and so on. It shows a scene from the point of view of all the characters involved.

Shot variation; this is when different types of shots are used in a film, examples include wide shots, POV’s, mid shots, over the shoulder, close ups, extreme close ups. These shots are useful because they can help the audience understand how a character is feeling, for example, an extreme close up will show more emotion or a very wide may

show that a character feels small

Manipulation of diegetic time and space; this is the technique used to portray time unconventionally. This means that time will speed up to show change. Examples of Manipulation of diegetic time and space are montages, where in a short period of time the film shows a character changing over a long period of time. Another example would be flash backs or flash forwards were we see a characters past or future

Film; thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures.

Video; a video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback and display of movie images

Analogue; Analog photography is photography that uses a progressively changing recording medium, which may be either chemical process based (e.g., photographic film or plate) or electronic

Digital; Digital film is any storage medium (such as a memory card, diskette, or recordable CD) used in a digital camera to capture and store images

Task 1. Provide a written report to explain your understanding of the above media terms, also provide written details about camera and audio equipment you use to record production work. P1 M1 D1

LO1.2 Purposes: storytelling, e.g.

Engaging the viewer: every film needs to be able to tell a story in order to interest the audience. It is essential, as the attention of a viewer must be captured during the film's running time.

Development of drama: The way footage is edited can determine the intensity of the shots in a film where drama is key.

Relationship to genre: When editing different genres of film, editors use individual techniques and styles to illustrate this genre.

Creating motivation: To successfully edit a film the editor must always look for motivation in their cuts and this affects and determines how the audiences feels. Each cut will help motivate their emotions and cause them to react positively or negatively to the scene

Combining shots into sequences; the process of placing shots together and making them all flow into each other. Firstly when all the shots are individually edited they can then be placed into a successful sequence

Creating pace: Creating pace is when editing is used to speed up or slow down a film. The pace of an edit can alter the way the

audiences views the film. For example action films are usually fast paced, Drama films normally use slower shots

Task 2. Describe how the above media terms are important to moving image productions. Give an account of you are intending to employ editing techniques and processes to tell your story? P1 M1 D1

LO1.3

Seamless; this is when the editing of the film is smooth, and the cuts are not noticed by the audience and are not jarring them

Continuity; Continuity editing is a style of film editing during the post-production process of films. The purpose of continuity editing is to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots. Continuity is when

smaller details and sometimes larger details in the shots in film match. An example of a continuity error is when a glass is full of water in one shot and in another it’s half full. These errors occur when there a many retakes or reshoots and the smaller details weren’t paid attention to.

Motivated; is a way of helping to suspend the audiences disbelief when watching a production. Motivated editing is where shots are carefully chosen to push a story along and make the audience believe what they are seeing. Motivated editing is a good way to get an audience deeply involved in what they are watching and makes them less likely to notice all the different cuts and the fact that what they are actually watching is just different video shots put together.

Montage; In filmmaking, a montage is an editing technique in which shots are juxtaposed in an often fast-paced fashion that compresses time and conveys a lot of

information in a relatively short period. A film franchise that uses montages a lot is the Rocky films, where the audience sees the character change over several weeks or months but it’s compressed into several minutes of film time