Task 2 - Developing Editing Techniques

In-Camera editing is a easy and simple way of creating a short film. It only requires a camera, in-camera editing is good because it takes less time to make and it can look very unique. It is also very good for someone who has no experience of editing before as it is very easy to learn the camera's functions. But In-Camera editing also has down sides,  to make your film perfect it requires practice and you only get one chance to get it right or the film will have mistakes in.




To create this short film we had to start by creating a storyboard, during the creation of this we had to decide who has in the film and who was behind the camera. Once we decided who was doing the acting we then had to decide who did what and where we did it.

Stair Scene 1: The first part to the film was me walking down the first set of stairs, this was very simple but looks very good as the camera was at a angle.
Stair Scene2: We then moved the camera down the stairs and changed the angle of the camera, this also made the film look very professional.

Door Scene: During the door scene, as the camera and the people filming couldn't see me and i couldn't see me Tony had to go next to the window and say go as i didn't know when the camera was rolling. But when we did do it, it was very good and there was no distractions throughout the scene.

Meeting scene: During the meeting scene there was a problem with communication between the camera  crew and the two people acting, but even though this was a problem we still managed to complete the scene and it was fairly good.

Chatting scene: During the chatting scene it went very smoothly but we didn't really have anything to talk about so we had to make it up as we went along,  But over all it went very well and no mistakes were made during the walking through the school.

Stair scene 3: On the 3rd set of stairs we had various of shots, long range and close ups. This made our scene look very professional, but the down side was that others who were filming on the same floor as us made a lot of noise and for a couple of seconds was heard in the scene, but filming wise it went very well.

Study room scene: During the study rook scene we had even more various camera angles, this included a very good close up on my hand opening the door with my school pass. And then me opening the door and Billy behind the door closing it after we entered, this looked very professional but we could see Billy's hand behind the door but overall it very very good.

Task 1 - Editing in early Cinema

Task one - Editing in early Cinema

Editing has changed and developed dramatically since the early 1900's, this is due to film editors such as Thomas Edison who invented the kinetoscope. This was made so that people could see moving pictures infront of their eyes, Thomas also invented the 35mm film strip which is still used today. Thomas Edison eventually invented a projector to play the film on.

Edison also worked with the Lumiere brothers, and they both produced short films that were one long, static, looked-down shot. Motion is the shot was at that was necessary to amuse an audience, so the first films simply showed activity such as traffic moving on the city street.
This can be seen in the film (sortie d'usine) in 1895 by the Lumiere brothers.

The Lumiere Brothers

George Melies: George Melies was a magician who had seen the films made by the Lumiere Brothers. Melies saw the possibilities o a novelty more than just motion its self. 

He acquired a camera, built a studio, wrote a script and designed sets and exploited camera tricks. 

Because of Melies editing became apart of nearly every film made after he created the vanishing lady

Soon after move film makers started to make
films, an example of one film maker is G.A. Smith. In 1899 G.A. Smith made (The kiss in the Tunnel). This film is said to mark the start of narrative editing (creating a story). Smith felt that some extra spice was called for in the popular (phantom ride) genre. He took advantage on a set of darkness as they went into the tunnel to splice (cut and then stick two pieces of film together.

G.A. Smith

Edwin S. Porter:  Edwin worked as an electrician before joining the film lab of Thomas Edison in the late 1890's. He and Edison worked together to make longer and more interesting films. 

Porter made the break through film life of an American fireman in 1903. 

The film was among the first that had a plot, action and even a close up of a hand pulling a fire alarm.

Porter discovered important aspects of motion picture language, that the screen image does not need show a complete person from head to toe.

The splicing together two shots creates in the viewers mind a contextual relationship. 

These were the key discoveries that made all narrative motion pictures and television possible. 

Porter is also know for producing the film (The Great Train Robbery)

The things which are good about the great train robbery is that the film is very long considering the lengths of some other films which are about 1 minute long, this shows that Porter spend a lot of time getting the film perfect 

Charles Pathe:  In 1907 Charles Pathe cheated the Film (The horse that bottled). Pathe introduces the first example of a technique known as parallel editing. (cutting between two story lines). 

Charles Pathe was a french pioneer of the film and recording industries. In 1894 Pathe created (Pathe records). 

D.W. Griffith: Griffith was a US film director, he was a early supporter of the power of editing. He made use of cross-cutting to show parallel actions in different locations. 

Griffith's work was highly regarded by many and greatly influenced the early film makers understanding of editing.