There are 3 ways in which time can be manipulated in editing.
The first is when time is expaned. This is when time is slown down, or slower than real time. This is used in many figh scenes or gamberling scenes, theres a perticular scene in the film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells' where there is a Poker game' which uses this really well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFq6RXSXg9Y
The second one is where time is commpressed. An example of this is a video of Vancover City and it goes from day to night with in a few seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4
The final one is Real Time. This is when the video looks the same as the time it was recorded in.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Chapter 3 - Transitions Types
Wipe
L-Cut
An L cut, also known as a split edit, is an edit transition from one shot to another in film or video, where the picture and sound are synchronized but the transitions in each are not coincident.This is often done to enhance the aesthetics or flow of the film as L cuts allow the audience to see context (either before or after) of speaking rather than simply the speaking itself. Without L cuts, a conversation between two people can feel like a tennis match.
Cross Cutting
This is when there is not edits, its all filmed in one shot and good example of this is the long take in the film 'Children of Men' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7d0RJezbs
One shot is progressively replaced by another shot in a geometric pattern. There are many types of wipe, from straight lines to complex shapes.
Wipes often have a coloured border to help distinguish the shots during the transition.
Wipes are a good way to show changing location.
This is an example of how Star Wars uses wipes in there episodes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXca7W_jvM
L-Cut
An L cut, also known as a split edit, is an edit transition from one shot to another in film or video, where the picture and sound are synchronized but the transitions in each are not coincident.This is often done to enhance the aesthetics or flow of the film as L cuts allow the audience to see context (either before or after) of speaking rather than simply the speaking itself. Without L cuts, a conversation between two people can feel like a tennis match.
Cross Cutting
These are all terms to describe the same transition — a gradual fade from one shot to the next.
Crossfades have a more relaxed feel than a cut and are useful if you want a meandering pace, contemplative mood, etc. Scenery sequences work well with crossfades, as do photo montages.
Crossfades can also convey a sense of passing time or changing location.
This is when there is not edits, its all filmed in one shot and good example of this is the long take in the film 'Children of Men' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7d0RJezbs
Chapter 2 - Editing Styles and Conventions
Soviet montage is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing. Although Soviet filmmakers in the 1920s disagreed about how exactly to view montage, Sergei Eisenstein marked a note of accord in "A Dialectic Approach to Film Form" when he noted that montage is "the nerve of cinema", and that "to determine the nature of montage is to solve the specific problem of cinema''
These are the rules of cutting there are seven rules of cutting that they should follow:
Rule 1: Never make a cut without a good reason for it.
Rule 2: If undecided about the exact frame to cut on, cut longer rther than shorter.
Rule 3: Try to cut in movement.
Rule 4: The 'fresh' is preferable to the 'stale'
Rule 5: All scenes should begin and end with continouing action.
Rule 6: Cut for proper values rather than proper 'matches'
Rule 7: Substance first, then form.
If you follow all these rules then you should get the prefect edit.
These are the rules of cutting there are seven rules of cutting that they should follow:
Rule 1: Never make a cut without a good reason for it.
Rule 2: If undecided about the exact frame to cut on, cut longer rther than shorter.
Rule 3: Try to cut in movement.
Rule 4: The 'fresh' is preferable to the 'stale'
Rule 5: All scenes should begin and end with continouing action.
Rule 6: Cut for proper values rather than proper 'matches'
Rule 7: Substance first, then form.
If you follow all these rules then you should get the prefect edit.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Chapter 1 - The History and Developments of Post Production
''Cinema was an invention without a future''
Editing has become an important part of the film industry. People get paid thousands, if they are a good editor, but it wasn’t always that way. It started out with the first filmmakers just filming what amused or interested them and they didn’t stop filming until they got bored or the film ran out, there were no editors and no cuts.
It wasn’t until Edwin Porter, one of Thomas Edison’s employees said ''Cutting separate shots together would make a story'' he was the guy that proved that it could be done. He then went on to edit the first short film in 1903 called Life of American Fireman, it shows a shot where the fire is and a woman and child panicking and then it keeps cutting to the scene where the firemen are getting ready and coming to rescue them, it was to things happening at once. This turned out to be what the film industry needed to take off.
Edwin Ports next film was the great train robbery, which really showed of his skills, which he had learnt from editing, in the film. After this the film industry really took off, it made people realise what could be done. It could get you, in a blink of an eye, through millions of years to the past to the future, slow down and speed up time, startle an audience and amuse them just using the right edit.
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