4Editing
Editing is the process of looking at all footage shot during the making of the film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it to together.
There are two key areas to concentrate on with editing:
- speed of editing: how long each shot lasts
- style of editing: how each shot is joined to the next
In a film, each scene may last a matter of seconds or it could continue for minutes but 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 is taking on screen.
If a relaxed mood is desired, the scene lasts longer and changes less frequently. For example in a romantic comedy.
Scenes at the beginning of a film, as it begins begins to tell it's story must be long, probably introduces into main characters.
As the film progresses, scenes may become shorter as editing cuts between telling two or more story lines simultaneously.
Straight Cut
Most common and 'invisible' form of transition. one shot moves instantaneously to the next without attracting the audience's attention.
Jump Cut
A jump cut is where the audience's attention is brought into focus on something very suddenly. This occurs by breaking the continuity editing.
Dissolve
A change of shots without a black out. Fading on shot of the screen while another shot is fading in.
Fade
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A gradual darkening or lightning of an image until it becomes black or white.
Wipes
one image is pushed off the screen by another. image can be pushed from left or right but usually to the left, used to signal a movement between different locations.
Graphic Match
The film maker can choose a place or a picture with a similar one.
stedi cam
A stedi cam is used to capture movement of characters whilst it allows to perform different techniques like a tilt, pan, crane and more without disruptions because it is strapped to the cinematographer's body and it is also easy to use because it is weighted.
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