Task Seven – Understanding Continuity Editing

Continuity editing is the more popular "Classic Hollywood" version of editing. Also you can find this style films such as "The Birth of a Nation", this was by D.W Griffith. The reasons why editors might use it is because it advances the narration. Furthermore it uses a range of techniques such as Match on Action, Eye-line  Match, Shot Reverse Shot and180 degree rule.


Match on Action;
                          The purpose is to link two shots together, the director would use this because 
the actor would start a action from camera angle then it would cut to another angle showing us the complete action. This technique creates a sense of realism but if it wasn't use it wouldn't seem as natural as it would.  
   

Eye-Line match;
                         Just like Match on Action it is used to link two shots together. The director would use this because it would give a point of view of what the actor is looking at where as if the director didn't use this, we would have the actor looking at something that we cannot see.


Shot Reverse Shot;
                              This used used to link two shots together. The first shot is to show the first actor then the second shot is to show the second actor in the next shot. What this does is that it links the too actors together, allowing the audience to be able to connect the actors.


180 degree rule;
                          This is use to keep the actors on the left and right side. The director would use this to show a left and right relationship between the actors. If the director wasn't to use this it would be know as crossing the line, would this would do it will show us that the actors have flip sides.

Task Six – Creating a Montage

Creating a Montage

The style of montage that we have created is a hollywood style montage. The intention behind the montage is to show all the important bits during a day. It also shows the whole day in a short amount of time. The meaning behind the Hollywood Montage is to show the whole school in a short amount of time. By doing this we get a insight into school life. I think it was a successful because it captures the the aspect of school life and what pupils get up to during the school day.

Another montage that we created was a Soviet montage. The intention behind the montage was to make a comparison with the students with different images. By doing this the viewers will understand the traits that the students have without getting to know them. The meaning behind the montage is to show that a group of people are up and about, the contrast to this is that they could have show a clip of jungle animals. I think that we made a successful montage because we should contrasting images which we used to reveal a hidden meaning.

  

Task Five – Understanding Montage Theory

The term montage has different meanings. When it is referred it can come in three following contexts, these are French film, Hollywood cinema and Early Soviet film making. 

French Montage:The term french montage is just means to edit/assemble.

Hollywood style montage: It highlights all the important bits of a series of shots. Furthermore it condense all clips into a short amount of time.

Soviet Montage: It started in the 1920s. It is basically placing two images side by side. It is used to reveal a hidden meaning.

Lev Kuleshov was one of the famous people to make a soviet montage. He did as an experiment in the 1920s.
Serge Eisenstein used two different scenes and using them to reveal a hidden, deeper meaning.

Three key clips are;
                               Rocky
                               Modern Times.
                               Strike


Rocky is a Hollywood montage. The term "Hollywood montage", is used to condense long clips into a short amount of time.  This is a great example of a Hollywood montage because it shows the important bits of the training and shows signs of motivation. 









Modern Times is a French montage. The term "French montage", is used to identify the process of editing and it means to assemble.








Strike is a Soviet Montage. The term "Soviet montage", is where film makers started juxtaposing which means placing two contrasting images next to each other. Furthermore it it is used to reveal a hidden meaning.

Task Four – From Analogue to Digital Editing

Analogue editing is cutting pieces of celluloid film. Also they are feed through a projector with a moderate speed of 24 frames per second, this bit is know as analogue.

Video editing is editing parts of video tapes which is mechanically puts pieces together and which from there it is edited in the right order.

Linear editing is basically having to editing the clips in the right order. Where as non-linear editing is where you can edit the clips in any order.

Digital editing is the use of computers and which there job is to control and order the digital data. Some programmes that do this are Adobe and Final Cut Pro. Digital editing uses bits and bytes which are used to transfer and play images. In addition there is no splicing involved.

The pros of analogue are that you work harder and you are careful with the work.

The cons are the tape is bulky and it is all manual work.

The pros of Digital editing are that it is cheap as well as being able to do major manipulation. The cons are that is can be complex for users and you can get technical difficulties such as your power can cut out.  

Task Three – Developing Editing Techniques

In relation to Task 2, camera editing can have some PROS as well as CONS. I'll be talking about some pros and cons about camera editing.



The pro's of camera editing is that it can save time when it is being edited. Another reason why is that it is a lot quicker to edit. Furthermore you take more time in planning allowing to you to be more accurate with timing.


The cons to in camera editing you cannot communicate with your actors. Furthermore there is the possibility that the person using the camera could make some mistakes such as you could have some shaking scenes as well as not having the right camera angles.

Task Two - In Camera Editing

In camera editing is where we try to edit only thought the camera.