editing

Match up-

• a shot=• editing=• narrative=• sequence =• genre=• exhibition length=• scene=

storyhow long a film istypea longer part of a film in one locationa number of different locations in a film; edited one after the other into a coherent piececutting a filma film clip which has not been cut

EditingA film is shot on camera and then has to be edited.

Shooting and editing – impossible to discuss one without the other- NOT IN ISOLATION

Why is editing so important?

Editing gives narrative shape and coherence to all the shots the film has recorded.

IT ALLOWS THE DIRECTOR TO CREATE MEANING

A shot

• A shot is an uninterrupted number of frames during which no cutting takes place. Within these frames the camera can pan, track, tilt dolly or be static.

• As long as there is no break in location or instant change of camera position we are in the same shot.

A scene- jumps!!!

• A scene is a section of a film that attempts to create the illusion of uninterrupted action taking place within one continuous space or place.

• Often highly edited, shift backwards, forwards between a series of viewpoints of different characters as an exchange between different characters for example.

skilled editing…………

• we accept editing cuts/ jumps because of our familiarity with narrative conventions in film

• BUT ALSO skilled editors cover jumps ie shot / reverse shot. The editing moves when we want to hear the next character speak…editing pre-empts our spectator desire.

a sequence

• a sequence is a series of related scenes that for some clear and logical reason hold together as a coherent whole.

FRITZ LANG’S ‘M’OPENING 7 m 30s

• IN PAIRS FIND 25 SHOTS• HOW MANY SCENES?• DO YOU IDENTIFY A COHERENT SEQUENCE?