Providing and withholding information - CD

Providing and withholding information is used in tv programmes and films. It is where the audience knows more about the characters than they do. Some writers allow the audience to find out before the characters.

Editing Rythm - CD

Editing Rhythm is what editors use to the keep the pace of the film up to match the action that is happening in the film. Slow cut edits have a calming feel to the edit where as fast cut edits have an exciting lively effect to it.

Cutting to soundtrack - CD

This means the edit point is determined by the soundtrack used. An example of this is in glee where in most of this clip they use the beat of the music to determine the editing points. Sometimes the editing works around the song. For example fast song, fast editing and slow song, slow editing.

Shot Variation - LB

This is when a single stream of images are uninterrupted by editing where the shot can use a static or mobile framing a standard or a non-standard film rate. But it must be a continuous motion The shot is one of the basic units of cinema yet has always been subject to manipulation, for example stop-motion cinematography or superimposition.

Here is an example from the matrix

Manipulation of Diegetic time and space - CD

This is used to make it look like an object or a person or a place is changing over time. It helps the audience to easily visualize the change of a certain thing. Here is a great example of this in Harry Potter 3 the Prisoner of Azkaban

Multiple points of view - CD

This is where the characters are showing each side of view. One character will show what they are seeing and it will then change to what the over character is seeing.       

Following the Action - LB

Following the action

Is when there is a lot of camera movements. Good examples of this are in most action films where the camera follows everything that’s happening at all times to show everything that’s happening in the fight/action scenes.

In this clip from Mr and Mrs smith which has a big action scene towards the end of it. In this clip the camera rotates around the whole fight to show you everything that’s going on.

In Camera Editing - CD

In camera editing

In-camera editing is the technique in filmmaking and video production of shooting shots in the exact sequence that they will be seen on the movie theater screen or television program. This means planning in advance which shots will tell the story rightly and then shooting only them shots in that order.

Shot-Reverse Shot - LB

A shot Reverse Shot is when two characters are shown facing each other but in two seperate shots, by cutting back and forth between two characters facing each other it leads the audience to believe these characters are looking at each other. you can use this Technique to mislead and beguile the audience into believing the characters are looking at each other and then revealing that they're both in different places  alltogether.

Point of View Shot - LB

a point of View Shot is literally what it says, the shot is made to look like you are looking through the eyes of a specific character, usually by loose movements and placing it at a height relative to the Character they are focusing on. This Technique is used to make things seem more personal, as if you are actually experiencing it first hand like if you were reading a book in the first person. This can be very effective to create a specific feeling, for example in a horror film you could use the pov shot to build up tension by havign someone looking around nervously and then have something jump up on screen. it can be a very useful technique to use.

Providing and withholding information - CD

Providing and withholding information is used in tv programmes and films. It is where the audience knows more about the characters than they do. Some writers allow the audience to find out before the characters.

Editing Rythm - CD

Editing Rhythm is what editors use to the keep the pace of the film up to match the action that is happening in the film. Slow cut edits have a calming feel to the edit where as fast cut edits have an exciting lively effect to it.

Cutting to Soundtrack - CD

This means the edit point is determined by the soundtrack used. An example of this is in glee where in most of this clip they use the beat of the music to determine the editing points. Sometimes the editing works around the song. For example fast song, fast editing and slow song, slow editing.

Fade in/out - CD

A fade in fade out is a casual transition to one scene to another or just to a black screen. This can show the passing of time. To show another day has started or to change scenes. This is an effective quick way to show the passing of time.                                                                                                                  

Splicing - CD

Splice editing was very popular in the olden days. It is where you cut up pieces of the film and stick them together so that it cuts to another scene. It is a device which can be used to physically join together lengths of photographic film. It is mostly used in motion pictures. There are different types of splicing; Cement Splicers, Tape Splicers, Ultrasonic Splicers and Thermal Paper Slicers. All of these different methods are popular in the world of film editing.

Creating Motivation - CD

You have to keep the audience motivated and interested in your footage. To do this you have to keep the running of it smooth. If you make jerky shots which don’t make sense then it will annoy the audience and make them loose interest in it. You have to make sure you make smooth shots from one transition to another.

Storytelling - CD

Any sequence needs to be able to tell a story to keep the audience engaged and interested in the story line. The first step to do that is good editing to make the footage more entertaining to watch.

Combining Shots in Sequences - CD

This is where you put together all the shots and make them fit together and look right. Once all of the shots have been individually edited they can all be placed together. A good sequence is where the edit looks invisible so that the audience can only see one long shot.

In this final scene of Mr and Mrs Smith different shots have been combined together to make a sequence.

Development of Drama - CD

Development of drama

Using different camera shots at certain points and the way the scenes are edited together can determine the intensity of a clip. Putting certain clips together can make the scene better and develop drama.

Creating pace - CD

Creating pace is where they cut from scene to scene very quickly to make it more exciting. This could make the audience focus more on the film as they wont want to miss anything. It is used to speed up or slow down a film. Action films are usually fast paced the shots are usually short and quickly cut to another. Drama films usually use slower shots this is to make the film seem more serious and dramatic and so the audience has longer to understand the scene and characters in it.

In this dramatic final scene of the kings speech they use very long shots and slow cuts to the other characters this creates a slow pace. This is to show the characters full emotions and how they are feeling. This will make you connect with the character more as you are seeing his full emotions.