Continuity= An uninterrupted flow of a sequence of events in a film
Montage= Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information, an example of this would be in the TV program The Mighty Boosh which in its first episode features a spoof version of the Rocky training montage.
Parallel Editing= An editing technique that allows two or more simultaneous sets of action to happen within a single sequence
Point of View Shot= A short scene in a film that shows what a character is looking at, an example of this is used in the film Hurt Locker when the main character put on the bomb disposal suit
Monday, 18 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Chapter 4- Manipulation of Time
Screen Time=
Period of time represented by events with a film (e.g. a day, a week, years could be put only 5 mins on screen)
Compressed Time=
The compression of time between scenes or within the scene to make the real time shorter
Long Take-
A shot that lasts for a relavtively long length of time without any cutting
Simultaneous Time=
Two events edited together to create one scene, this is done to show that the events are occuring at the same time, with simultaneous cuts
Slow Motion=
When the scene has been edited to move at a slower pace
Fast Motion=
The oposite to Slow Motion, the scene has been edited to be sped up
Real Time=
Time as it is happening now, for example a conversation will be in real time
Period of time represented by events with a film (e.g. a day, a week, years could be put only 5 mins on screen)
Compressed Time=
The compression of time between scenes or within the scene to make the real time shorter
Long Take-
A shot that lasts for a relavtively long length of time without any cutting
Simultaneous Time=
Two events edited together to create one scene, this is done to show that the events are occuring at the same time, with simultaneous cuts
Slow Motion=
When the scene has been edited to move at a slower pace
Fast Motion=
The oposite to Slow Motion, the scene has been edited to be sped up
Real Time=
Time as it is happening now, for example a conversation will be in real time
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Chapter 3- Transition Styles
Cuts=
Cuts are the simplest form of edits a film can have, these are the most prominently used Transition Styles in films, Cuts reduce the time in which a film runs furthermore in films they play a variety or roles for example they are used to show different reactions between to people or switch to another place.
Jump Cuts=
Jump cuts are initially cuts that can completely change the scene, time, setting in an instant without generally confusing an audience providing the jump cut as something constant within the frame.
Fades=
Fades are generally used at the end of a scene, to mark the transition to a different scene, environment and or scenario. Fades generally fade to black when they make there transitions but if within the program the protagonist is knocked out then the fade would be white, this is rather symbolic because there is supposedly the white light when we die, so film makers incorporate this into there fades to show the characters near death, this transitions is generally followed up by a scene or setting that has moved time.
Wipes=
Wipes are used to completly change location and time of the film, the Star Wars saga used wipes requlary in there films
Cuts are the simplest form of edits a film can have, these are the most prominently used Transition Styles in films, Cuts reduce the time in which a film runs furthermore in films they play a variety or roles for example they are used to show different reactions between to people or switch to another place.
Jump Cuts=
Jump cuts are initially cuts that can completely change the scene, time, setting in an instant without generally confusing an audience providing the jump cut as something constant within the frame.
Fades=
Fades are generally used at the end of a scene, to mark the transition to a different scene, environment and or scenario. Fades generally fade to black when they make there transitions but if within the program the protagonist is knocked out then the fade would be white, this is rather symbolic because there is supposedly the white light when we die, so film makers incorporate this into there fades to show the characters near death, this transitions is generally followed up by a scene or setting that has moved time.
Wipes=
Wipes are used to completly change location and time of the film, the Star Wars saga used wipes requlary in there films
Chapter 1- Timeline of Film
In the late 1890, Ediwin Porter joined Thomas Edison in the film making laboratory. Porter is thought to be the first American Film Maker to put editing to use this is shown in his breakthrough film Life of an American Firemen in 1903. Porter realised that the screen image does not need to show a complete person from head to toe and that splicing together two shots creates in the viewer's mind a contextual relationship.
Around 1918 a Russian director Lev Kuleshov took Porter's theory and expanded and created what is now known as a Juxtapostion. He did this by taking a shot of a Russian actor and intercut the shot with a shot of a bowl of soup, then with a child playing with a teddy bear, then with a shot an elderly woman in a casket. When he showed the film to people they praised the actor's acting—the hunger in his face when he saw the soup, the delight in the child, and the grief when looking at the dead woman.
Orginally all Film Strips was cut by using a machiene called a Movieola, they then took the strips they wanted and cut out the bits they wanted and then they was put together into one strip to create a film.
Around 1918 a Russian director Lev Kuleshov took Porter's theory and expanded and created what is now known as a Juxtapostion. He did this by taking a shot of a Russian actor and intercut the shot with a shot of a bowl of soup, then with a child playing with a teddy bear, then with a shot an elderly woman in a casket. When he showed the film to people they praised the actor's acting—the hunger in his face when he saw the soup, the delight in the child, and the grief when looking at the dead woman.
Orginally all Film Strips was cut by using a machiene called a Movieola, they then took the strips they wanted and cut out the bits they wanted and then they was put together into one strip to create a film.
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