Task 10 - understanding Pace

speed Of Editing

In many films, each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it can continue for minutes but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along.

The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what taking place on screen.

When the audience feel anxiety and suspense, it is because the editing is quick and the scenes/shots are changing frequently. For example in an action sequence.
This can be seen in the movie The Bourne Ultimatum with the big action seen between Bourne vs Desh.



In romantic comedy, there is a relaxed mood desired. the scenes last longer and change less frequently.
This can be seen in the film The Note Book.




A film need not have any editing. The film Russian Ark was filmed in one take using a steadicam and a digital camera. This required split-second timing and organisation.

Trailer for a film needs to pack in detail from though out the film. The editing will be very fast. This can be seen in the trailer of the second Hunger Game film Catching Fire.

Cross Cutting

Cross Cutting is when you edit two sequences together that the audience need to know are connected in a way. This can be seen when something is happening at the same time but in a different location or when a character is reliving a memory.

Developing Drama 

Cross Cutting can be used to very effectively develop a scene of drama. This can be seen in the opening scene of the movie Scream when the death of Casey is made more dramatic by the cross cutting to her parents approaching the house and almost making it home in time to save her from her death.

Task 9 - Non-Continuity Editing

Non-Continuity Editing is known as "Freach New Wave" and is the opposite of Continuity Editing.
Film makers such as Jean Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut created French New Wave by pushing the limits of editing.

French New Wave films are simply use a carefree editing style and do not follow or use the traditional editing etiquette that Hollywood films would use.
Non-Continuity Editing usually draws attention to itself by its lack of continuity, its self-reflexive nature. This is to remind the audience they are watching a film and not real life.

They used material not often related to any narrative which would keep the audience surprised and intrigued. Jump cut (The gap in action is emphasised) is used to startle the viewer and to draw attention to something that is happening.

Breaking the 180 Degree Rule

Non-continuity editing also ignored the 180 degree rule. Lots of moden film makers still use this technique when wanting to be creative. If you cross the invisible line and characters will swap places on screen to show something is going wrong.

This can be seen in the movie "the Hunger Games".

Here we have Katniss Everdeen walking into her brand new bedroom in the first shot, where she will be staying while she is training for the Hunger Games and she is standing on the left side of the room. This makes every thing look normal and that every thing is fine.


However, in the next shot, Katniss is standing on the right side of the room. This shows The audience that something is not right from the moment that she enters the room. This shows Katniss entering a whole new "world". Something she is not really use to. This could be warning the audience that something bad may happen to Katniss when she has to take part in the Hunger Game.

Task 8 -Using Continuity Editing Techniques

Here is the film that me ant my group made for Continuity Editing. With this film, you may be able to see that we had tried to put in all the techniques that you have to use for Continuity Editing. The techniques that can be seen are match on action, eye-line match, shot, reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.

 
The match on action can be seen when the second actress was walking in though the door from the hall in once shot, then in the other shot she can be seen entering the class room.

Shot, reverse shot is seen when both of the actress are having a small conversion with each other when the student (second actress) to the teacher (first actress) why she is late to her class and you can see that 180 degree rule has been used because both actresses stay in the same places while they have this small conversation.

Eye-line match can be seen when actress one is seen writing on the white bored and looking at something of screen in the first scene, then in the second scene the camera switches to what she was looking at in the first scene. This links the two scenes together to help the audience understand what the first actress was looking at.

Task 7 - Understanding Continuity Editing

Continuity Editing became known as the 'Classical Hollywood' Style editing that was developed by early European and American directors this can be seen in D.W. Griffith films known as 'The Birth of A Nation' and 'Intolerance'.
This classical style ensures temporal (time) and spatial (space) continuity as a way of advancing narrative. there are a few techniques such as the 180 degree rule, match on action, shot,eye-line match and shot, reverse shot.

This style retain a sense of realistic chronology and gives the audience the feeling of time moving on.
in continuity editing, you can have flash forwards or even flashbacks just as long as the narrative will still be seen moving forward in a realistic way.


Eye-line Match
 To use Eye-line match, the two shots have to link together. In this technique, we can see the character looking at something that is off screen then cuts to a shot of whatever the object that the character is looking at. This allows the audience to experience an event in the film the same way that the character is experiencing it.


















This image shows a perfect example of Eye-Line Match because we see the actress looking at a object that is off screen in the first shot but then in the second shot the camera turns to the object that the actress was looking at which just happens to be the painting.

Match-On-Action
To use Match-On-Action, the two shots have to link together. This technique shows the character starting a action in one shot before the camera cuts to a new angle and we can see the character finish off the action in the second shot, this ensures that the action seems natural and realistic to anyone who watches the shots.



















This image from the movie scream is a good example of Match-On-Action because you can see how both of the shots are linked together. In the first shot you have the actress running towards the door and in the next shot you see how she is locking the same door in hopes that it will save her from being killed by whoever it is that is trying to get her.

Shot, Reverse Shot
To use Shot, Reverse Shot, the two shots need to link together. In one shot it reveals one character talking and then the other shot shows the other character giving their response to the first character. This technique allows the audience to connect the two characters and realize that they are interacting with one another.

This image is good for shot reverse shot because in one shot you can tell that there is two people on the screen. In the other shot you see that the camera has turned to have more of a close up on the first actress this is to show that she is talking to the second actress. In the last shot you can see the camera has turned and you can see a close up of the second actress. This shows the it is now her turn to reply to the first actress.



180 Degree Rule

The 180 Degree Rule is a basic guideline the states that the characters in the same scene should always have the same left/right relationship with each other and if the camera passes over the imaginary axis, it is known as crossing the line.

Task 6 -Creating a Montage

Hollywood Montage



Here is the film that my group had made in the style of a Hollywood montage.
The idea for this Hollywood montage is about three students day at school. It is two show three different emotions that you can feel with a typical school day. Those Emotions are sad, okay and happy. It also shows them enjoying their lunch break and break time with another friend before they rush off to enjoy their weekend after a long day of school

Soviet Montage



Here is the second film that my group made in the style of a Soviet Montage. The idea for this film was to make school look more like a prison then a place of education. It is also show what bulling actually feels like when you see three girls picking on a another girl then it shows lions attacking a animal. this type of film giving off a message to anyone who doesn't really understand the real feeling of feeling trapped and attacked.