Film
This year I am tackling a completely new subject for me; film making.
This blog page will contain documentation of what I have learnt this term.
This blog page will contain documentation of what I have learnt this term.
E D I T I N G T E C H N I Q U E- e x a m p l e s - After creating a glossary of editing terms, I feel confident to start to analyse scenes and describe what editing technique is used and start to look at why. This exercise will be useful when I am writing my extended writing piece at the end of this year. - C R O S S C U T T I N G -Cross cutting is very famously used in this scene from the film Mean Girls. The viewer is seeing multiple sides of the phone call, which all appear as if they are happening simultaneously, despite them all being filmed at different times and the phone call not being recorded at the same time, the editor has stitched this together to make it appear that way. They have successfully used the cross cutting technique so you can have a better understanding of each characters reaction and interactions, additionally, it gives the film a scenes of reality and becomes relatable to the viewer. - F A D E -At the ending of the Joker the director, Todd Phillips, has chosen to end the film with a fade to black. The film itself is very dramatic with many tense scenes, the ending in particularly leaves the viewer with many unanswered questions; Is the Joker dreaming? What happens to him after this? By having that fade to the dark screen the viewer is for ed to think about these questions, it also add drama and creates a cliff hanger. - M O N T A G E -Montages are usually placed at the start of a film or piece of moving image to set the scene and give some background to the story. In the Disney film UP, the first scene is a montage. It gives context to the film and introduces you to the characters and their personalities, without this pivotal scene you would not be able to relate to the main character and would not feel as much sympathy for him. - W I P E -Star Wars very famously uses wipes and dissolves in practically all their films to cut between scenes. There are many different interpretations to why George Lucas and other Star Wars directors use them, many say it is because it is very fitting of the si-fi genre and it was an editing technique that would be seen as very advanced at the time of the first ever release. I believe it additionally helps the film flow, and the viewer feels like they are travelling along the time line with the characters smoothly. Especially as Star Wars is notorious for the immense amount of filming locations.
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