Evaluation Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned on the progression from research to full production?
Aims
This page will be used to explain what and how I have learned about editing from the continuity tasks.
This page will explain what I have learned about editing from my continuity task, to my two minute thriller film. As well as this, it will illustrate the filming process in terms of editing of both my film tasks.
Objectives
The objectives are outlined below:
Definition of Editing
Editing is the process of analysing, selecting and cutting ideas in order to make something look better and more effective for the audience. It is mainly used towards the end of the filming process to bring the film together as a whole, but it can be used for special effects editing as well as colour editing.
Continuity Editing
Continuity editing relates to the 180 degree, eye line and shot reverse shot rule. These are used to stop the camera being misplaced in a scene between one person talking and another. It doesn't draw the viewer away from the action and keeps their focus on what is happening on screen. It helps to make them believe that they are there with the actors, instead of watching them from afar.
Long Take
Long take is a continuous long shot that lasts for an entire scene. It usually involves tracking or movement, and is often used to follow a particular actor, vehicle, or other long movement on screen. The camera can be used on tracks for a tracking shot, or sometimes cranes. Steadicams can also be used.
How this process has been used in my film
In the continuity task I began the shot with a long take of Tyler walking into the room and the camera following behind him.
This page will explain what I have learned about editing from my continuity task, to my two minute thriller film. As well as this, it will illustrate the filming process in terms of editing of both my film tasks.
Objectives
The objectives are outlined below:
- I will define editing
- I will explain continuity editing
- I will explain long take
- I will illustrate how I have used long take in my film and how I incorporated the continuity task
- I will discuss what I have learned about the process of filming in terms of editing
Definition of Editing
Editing is the process of analysing, selecting and cutting ideas in order to make something look better and more effective for the audience. It is mainly used towards the end of the filming process to bring the film together as a whole, but it can be used for special effects editing as well as colour editing.
Continuity Editing
Continuity editing relates to the 180 degree, eye line and shot reverse shot rule. These are used to stop the camera being misplaced in a scene between one person talking and another. It doesn't draw the viewer away from the action and keeps their focus on what is happening on screen. It helps to make them believe that they are there with the actors, instead of watching them from afar.
Long Take
Long take is a continuous long shot that lasts for an entire scene. It usually involves tracking or movement, and is often used to follow a particular actor, vehicle, or other long movement on screen. The camera can be used on tracks for a tracking shot, or sometimes cranes. Steadicams can also be used.
How this process has been used in my film
In the continuity task I began the shot with a long take of Tyler walking into the room and the camera following behind him.
I incorporated this long take idea into my two minute thriller film as well. I have used the idea of a Steadicam following the action in my film. I needed to keep the actresses in focus at all times so I thought that the Steadicam technique would be best for this long take. The Steadicam also meant that the actor playing the father in the background could be noticed by the audience at the same time as he is noticed by the girls, which gives a more tense feel to the film.
I like the idea of using one long shot to represent the tension and make sure that the audience can see all of the action. I have also used aspects of the 180 degree rule in order to benefit the editing process, in the sense that I kept both actresses in frame for the whole shot, and this provided the audience with the correct visual effect for the audience and stop any messy cuts between shots.
beginning of shot and end shot of film
What I have learned about the process of filming
I have learned a lot about editing during this process. I have learned that long shots can increase tension as it doesn't allow the audience to take their eyes away from the action - they have to follow the shot as the camera follows it. Everything that happens on screen helps with the build-up of tension during the long take because there is no way of avoiding it.
I have learned a lot about editing during this process. I have learned that long shots can increase tension as it doesn't allow the audience to take their eyes away from the action - they have to follow the shot as the camera follows it. Everything that happens on screen helps with the build-up of tension during the long take because there is no way of avoiding it.
I have also learned that long shots make the editing process more simple because there doesn't need to be a lot of cutting between shots. Although this is true, I think that long takes should be used sparingly because if the shot is too long, it can have the reverse effect to what is wanted. For example, a scene like this works well in a long take, because it has its climax at the right time. If the scene went on any longer then the tension would be lost in having the audience wait for too long.
Changing colour and contrast can help to give a very interesting film quality and I like the way it makes the film more interesting and captivating for the viewer.
Changing colour and contrast can help to give a very interesting film quality and I like the way it makes the film more interesting and captivating for the viewer.