Aspects Of Editing

Today, we learnt about editing and the specific features that come under it. Editing in a film involves selecting and combining shots together, creating footage to watch; the process helps create a filmic world. It is important to take several shots and create enough footage for when the editor has to choose from them, giving him a variety of footage to use. I used my knowledge from this lesson and applied it to the editing of my preliminary task and used it to its effect, as it linked in very well and gave me a clearer vision of how editing is a vital part of film making.

Editor's Task

• To select & reject footage filmed by the director.

• To organize the various shots filmed by the director into a coherent whole.

• To co-ordinate one shot with the following shot in order to produce the desired effect, on the audience & keep a narrative meaning. 

Cut
When the editor is choosing a shot - there is a choice from various different positions or angles. Film editors can connect scenes, the most common transitions you will see are: [The transitions aalso ffect the pace and mood of a film.]

• Straight Cut
• Fade Out
• Dissolve
• Wipe Cut
• Jump Cut

Building Blocks

• Editor looks at various individual shots available to create a particular scene.
• Using the script as a guide - decides how to construct the scene with the shots.
• An entire scene can have 1 shot - long take. 
• Editor adds one scene to another to form a sequence.
• Editing all the sequences together will portray a finished film.

Space, Time, Rhythm
When the editor works on a scene, he thinks about:

• The quality of the shot
• Cinematic Scene
• Cinematic Time