Why Do We Edit?

We edit film/tv to intrest the viewer by only using the bits that we need that make relevant, also add music to add tension. we also edit footage to make it more snappy and fast paced. however you can slow the pace down to add more effect on a person or a object. Another way we can make the film/tv more intresting is by changing the camera angles between shots to make the scene more intresting. In addition you could use different camera angles in a football match so you are following the action keeping the pace of the game high. aowever if a football match is a slow one thethey can add tempo

Jumpcut

Jump cuts are two sequential shots which are of a person or thing and only change slightly. the 30 degree rule is completely different. It is where two shots are filmed past 30 degrees of each other and which between each other.

In the doctor who episode at 4:42 the director uses a jump cut of the woman's emotion as for a split second she is scared and after that the woman is happy. This creates a mysterious and a weird feel to the film. Plus the shot is taken from the front of the woman this could confuse the audience as we didn't see the camera change.

A pioneer of Jump cuts was Jean-Luc Godard in his film breathless which was mad in the 1960. This was the first time that Jump cuts were used in any type of media. This started a new crave in the film industry as made the films stand out from others

Cutaway

A cutaway is when a camera is filming a continuous shot of something, however a shot of something else will but placed in the middle. After the second shot it cut back to the first camera therefore avoiding a jump cut




A cutaway is used in the first scene of inception (2:34 to 2:37) where it starts of one the main character then i switches to the other character, this makes the audience have a good understanding of both characters as both shots show the expression of characters. also it lets the second character react to the other character line to make the film feel more realistic






I also used this technique in my first music where one of the main characters is running to get ready in time for the football match, the jump cut happens at (2:46-2:52) in this time the shot changes between  him waiting for the lift and cuts to him miming on a balcony. We did this because we thought that it would make the shot less boring and wont make it drag on for to long.

5 Second Rule

The 5 second rule is a camera shot that is in TV and movie. It is when the camera is on a person or an object for more than 5 seconds to emphases t he importance of it or them, a good example of this is the last scene in Terminator 2 were the camera stays on the Terminator for more than 10 seconds to emphases the death of him. This is at 3:00 to 3:11. this creates a sense of peace in the audience as we think that John will be safe from the robots. However it could also create a sense of tension in some as they might think that there is no one to protect him.

Montages

Montage is a sequence of clips that can either condense a long period of time into a short one. Or, to show two different things in different locations that are happening at the same time, this is called a space based montage. A time based montage is a montage that shows a period of time in on sequence. A very good historical example of a time based is the rocky training montage.

Rocky is one of the most well known films in history. The montage in rocky 3 is him training with his opponent in the two previous films Apollo Creed. There are loads of fast paced shots and, that changed between scenes to show the progression of his training in one short amount of time. In the montage there are loads of different types of shots such as a few longs shots to show the whole boxing ring, and a few mid shots to show the hands and body when they are training. Also there are a few close up of the race they do on the beach to show the determination on their faces.

A pioneer of Montages is Eisenstein Potemkin who was considered the king of Montages He was a Soviet Russian film director, He was also known for his silent movies such as Battleships Potemkin He developed what he called "methods of montage"

1. Metric
2. Rhythmic
3. Tonal
4. Overtonal
5. Intellectual

180 Degree rule

The 180 degree rule is when the camera stays on one side of two people; it’s mostly used in an argument as it looks like your getting a look of the argument from both sides. Another time the 180 degree rule is used is in films to show a conversation in the scene and isn’t broken that many times as it can disorientate the viewer. However there are some directors that break the rule on purpose to emphasise a certain point of something.

An historical example of the 180 degree rule is the 1953 film Tokyo story which in one of the scene the camera jumps from one side of the 180 degree line to the other side of the line.

A modern example of the 180 degree rule isn’t broken is the film The Professional where it is just two people In the scene and the camera never breaks the. However some times it looks like the line has been broken, but the camera is fully on the line.