ANGIE TAYLOR DESIGN ESSENTIALS CHAPTER 7

EDITING CHAPTER 7

• Film was originally created by cutting and pasting together the film to change the order and timing of events
• Editing performed directly on tape is known as linear editing
• Non linear editing allows you to work backwards, forwards, or in a more random fashion
• STORYTELLING - your production work must tell a story and have a meaning!
• Include an establishing shot to set the scene - tells the audience who the characters are, the location, the time 
• Maintain flow - the viewer cannot be away of the technical process that has taken place
• Break rules - it's innovative!
• Be aware of PACING AND RHYTHM and the speed of the sequence, fast pacing makes it exciting and dramatic and used in action films. Slow is for romantic and period dramas
• Rhythm is highly associated with audio - I must take this into account when created the audio track for my design piece!
• Rhythm is also visual - rhythmic montages
• Repeat colour, texture or other design elements between frames
• You can edit clips in regards to length to create rhythm
• Long clips for an establishing shot - viewer needs to take in information
• Close ups can be quite short - not much detail in them
• TRY TO ACHIEVE GOOD CONTINUITY
• DIRECTION: direction of movement of elements can determine where the best cuts should be, movement should remain continuous, should follow the same direction
• CUTS: 
• 1. MATCH CUTS are when the editor matches action from one shot with another, shots can be related or unrelated, movement between one shot and another are continuous
• 2. JUMP CUTS are when the editor switches between different views of the same subject to create a disjointed edit, e.g in a documentary, multiple camera angles allow for this
• 3. CUTAWAYS are used as a kind of transition where editing from one shot to the next is problematic, cutting to a completely separate but related scene
• Use transitions in your work! Less is more
• Most common and effective transition is the dissolve
• A wipe pushes on image off the screen to reveal another
• Iris reveals an image from a certain point on the screen
• Map = blending into another takes into account size and subject matter, adjust transparency levels
• Take into account colour when using transitions = don't make them too drastic!