Understanding Video Editing
Purpose of this assignment: To
understand the development and principles of editing
Scenario – You are going to develop a
web-log about video editing designed to help young people with their film
production skills
TASK 1
You will develop an
understanding of the development and principles of editing through exploring
key examples throughout the history of the moving image.
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You
will explore early film such as the Lumiere bothers and early experimentalists
such as Griffiths and Eisenstein.
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You
will explore editors from the Twentieth Century such as Walter Murch who edited
films such as ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘Cold Mountain’
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You
will then explore contemporary editing in the medium of the music video.
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You
will present your research findings in the form of a web-log aimed at sharing
your knowledge with young people.
Your web-log will
explain the development and the main principles of video editing using visual
examples to justify points made. Show understanding of all the points in the
table below These could be screen-grabs or clips from films.
Development
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Purposes
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In-camera editing
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Storytelling
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Following the action
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Engaging the viewer
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Multiple points of
view
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Development of drama
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Shot variation
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Relationship to
genre
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Manipulation of
diegetic time and space
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Creating motivation
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Film and Video
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Combing shots into
sequences
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Analogue and digital
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Creating pace
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TASK 2
Explain and provide
visual examples of the following terms associated with video editing by collating
and publishing an explanatory compendium of key terms.
Add any other terms
that you come across during your own editing.
Continuity, Motivation, Montage, Jump-cutting, Parallel editing, 180 degree rule, Splicing, Cutaways, Point of view shot, Shot-reverse-shot, Providing and withholding information, Editing rhythm, Cross-cutting, Cutting to soundtrack and Transitions.
For example;
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Cut
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Dissolve
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Fade
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Wipe
