Before the development of the digital video and computer technology of today, filmmakers had no choice but to turn towards editing multiple shots together to create a cohesive movie. Originally, a camera only held fifteen minutes’ worth of film stock at a time, which was nearly impossible to create a quality film as there is a dependence on the choreography of a scene; the positioning of actors, props, and camera angle. Through editing, a collage of images composes a scene to convey the message best for the plot of the film at that point; usually a medium two-shot or an intimate close-up used for parallels or possible romantic implications. A specific tempo is also created in the process of editing these shots together through average shot …show more content…
A good example for time alteration is the use of a montage, this can be used for training, such as that seen in Rocky, or for cleaning up a building destroyed and/or filthy from a party or years of abandonment. A montage represents the action(s) would take hours, days, or even weeks if shot in real time but because they are being shown in a film, the audience is shown flashes of scenes to represent the progress in mere minutes. Parallel editing is a favorite amongst narrative sequencing that focuses on more than one main character, in this editing multiple shots can be played side by side or cut to in rapid succession to show they are occurring at the same time, possibly referring to a convergence of two story arcs causing a change for the rest of the film. These scenes are meant to create suspense as the audience may be waiting for a detective to finally catch a long-hunted killer, a character performing a dangerous or risky action is about to be trapped in a terrible turn of coincidence, or an intense climax is about to take …show more content…
Besides the use of editing for narrative sequencing, proper editing for any decent film even those without a specific form of narrative driving the film forward. Continuity editing makes it so the audience is unable to tell where each shot ends and another begins, even if the different shots are taken for the same scene from the same camera angle. This seamless transition is important for the emersion of the viewers, which keeps their attention rapt on the action and allows for the filmmaker’s message to come through clearly and for the film to be memorable to the viewers. Although film is all about innovation and modifying what is known as storytelling, many filmmakers still adhere to what is known as the 30-degree rule that dictates every time a cut from different shots occur, the camera should move at least 30-degrees to either side. This can be from a medium shot to a close-up, a change of location for the action, the use of reversal shots for a conversation between characters, and so
In the movie Run Lola Run, a lot of editing concepts were use more than once. One of them that I specifically notice was parallel editing. For example when Lola leaves her father’s work empty handed, she begins to run to meet Mani. As time begin to run out you see three different shots on the screen of Mani, Lola and the ticking clock. You can hear the ticking clock as Lola ask Mani to wait for her. Although they’re together on the screen, they are apart by a few seconds. You can see that when Lola gets close to the supermarket and you see a long shot of Mani. Another concept was the graphic match at the end of the first timeline. When the red bag was falling in the air, to Lola red phone falling. Also there were a lot of eye line match. For
When thinking of “a rapid succession of images or scenes,” my first thought was that this was an awkward use of film. As the book, Film Theory and Criticism says, “Simply stringing separate photographic shots together will not produce intelligible works of visual art.” Yet the use of montage in The Night of the Hunter was very subtle so that at points I wasn’t aware that I was watching a montage. It also enhanced the film’s thematic qualities greatly and by doing so convinced me of the values of a montage when used well.
consider to be more modern film techniques. Montage plays a key role in this film, as
Parallel editing draws the audience attention to important narration details and shapes the audience’s emotional response.
Parallel editing, or cross cutting, aligns multiple storylines that are happening at the same time in order to sustain the actions of each characters. In Suspense, this technique is used continuously to follow the paths of the tramp, wife, husband, and police. However, the
film goes is very fast and it changes from one location to the next in
It is very important how you put things up on the screen. It tells the viewer what the movie is about. Every single frame in a movie tells the fate of the characters.
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
...high angle shots, two or three shots, and close ups establish the mood and relationship between the characters. Whether the sound was orchestral or pop music, it had a significant value to the plot, sequences, and shots of the story. In the case of movie shots, editing had a significant value to the film in order to help identify characters importance to the plot of a story.
With this short but very interesting and informative class I have just scratched the surface of the what it takes to make a full fleged film. It takes much more than I had presumed to make a movie in Hollywood. The number of people that it takes to make a minute of a movie let alone the entire movie was astonishing to me. There are many things that it takes to start making a movie but without an idea of some sort there is no movie to be made.
Editing is one of the most important things in now only a film, but in any project. If people don’t edit, then little mistakes slip through. Parallel editing is used in the scene from Inside Out. Parallel editing is when two scenes alter between each other because of a connection that they have. This is also called crosscutting or intercutting. An example would be the fact that the film was switching back and fourth from the scene where Riley was talking in the classroom to where her emotions were trying to see how they could solve whatever was going on. One shot would show the emotions playing a joyful memory and then the next shot would be Riley talking about that memory with a joyful look on her face. This also happened in the shot where the memory became sad and then it showed Riley becoming sad as she talked. These go back and forth with each other because they have a connection that helps keep the story moving along. By using different editing techniques, the film not only looks better, but becomes more believable in a
In the anime, Attack on Titan, the director is able to create and blend different master plots: vengeance by visual editing that places flashbacks at important moments inside the story and camera angles; hero’s quest by visual cuts and transitions from different character points of view; underdog by changing camera angles. Finally, but not least temptation through the use of sound editing with actions scenery and coloring. Narrative elements used by the director inside a film can change the master plot at any critical moment inside a story, elaborating a different story that can vary depending on our way of interpreting and analyzing the world around us. The director may have a general message that he wants to convey through narrative elements as it was previously stated, but we as the audience have the last word in what the film represents even though we obtain the main idea through the manipulation of the narrative elements used by the director.
techniques such as Camera angles, Lighting and sound. This movie users all of this elements
Film editing by definition is part of the creative postproduction process of filmmaking. In today’s modern world, film has made use of advanced digital technology to help with the editing. The editor or editors are usually given a complete compilation of all the footage. These various separate shots that can be regarded as ‘ raw’ footage. Their task is to create a finished motion picture through combining and selecting shots and putting them into a coherent sequence of events. Whenever we are viewing a film it is extremely difficult to consciously perceive all the editing that has been undertaken. Every single time there is a change from one image to another, this is an edit. For editors, it could be a possible annoyance or perhaps a blessing that critics and the audience never specifically point out the editor’s contribution. However it must be noted that film editors aren’t the only ones that will contribute to a films editing.
Offering the unique ability to visually and audibly convey a story, films remain a cornerstone in modern society. Combined with a viewer’s desire to escape the everyday parameters of life, and the excitement of enthralling themselves deep into another world, many people enjoy what films stand to offer. With the rising popularity of films across the world, the amount of film makers increases every day. Many technological innovations mark the advancement of film making, but the essential process remains the same. Pre-production accounts for everything taken place before any shooting occurs, followed by the actual production of the film, post-production will then consist of piecing the film together, and finally the film must reach an audience. Each step of this process contributes to the final product, and does so in a unique right. The process of film making will now start chronologically, stemming from the idea of the story, producing that story into a film, editing that footage together, and finally delivering that story to its viewers.