Editing In Film: Part 3

After filming a movie, the movie still needs changes to make it more aesthetically pleasing, interesting, eye-catching, etc. This is where Editing is introduced. Editing in film is a technical code used by filmmakers to give the film more aesthetically pleasing look to it and to enhance the genre, therefore, attracting more audiences. My teammates and I had been assigned work to do regarding the definition and examples of some editing techniques. So, in this blog, I will be discussing the final portion of my contribution towards this assignment and, since we were all assigned nine techniques in total, this blog will be discussing three of those techniques, having two blogs previously discussing three techniques each, equating to nine techniques discussed.

Fade-in & Fade-out 

A fade is when the scene gradually turns to a single color — usually black or white — or when a scene gradually appears on screen. Fade-ins occur at the beginning of a film or scene, while fade-outs are at the end. 

IN: The dark beginning of a film, where a black screen fades into  a city with a lot of smoke. 

A portion of the film in which a character is now recovering from fainting. 

The screen fades into a spinning ceiling fan where someone wakes up from a dream. 

OUT: The happy ending of a film where the screen fades out to white. 

A person starts feeling dizzy at a party because they have had too much to drink, the screen fades out as they start to faint. 

Sirens are wailing at a crime scene as the screen fades to flashing red and blue lights. 

Action Match 

the editor cuts from one shot to another view that matches the first shot's action. 

Someone opens a door and the camera cuts to the other side of the door where the same person walks through it. 

A bed is being made in the scene and as the person lays the pillows at the head of the bed, the camera switches angles to the opposite end of the area, where the audience sees the same action being continued by the same character. 

As a character tilts their head to the left, the camera changes angles to face another character looking at them using an OTS shot, the character appears to be tilting their head to the right instead, but in all reality, it is in the same direction. 

Editing In Film: Part 2

After filming a movie, the movie still needs changes to make it more aesthetically pleasing, interesting, eye-catching, etc. This is where Editing is introduced. Editing in film is a technical code used by filmmakers to give the film more aesthetically pleasing look to it and to enhance the genre, therefore, attracting more audiences. My teammates and I had been assigned work to do regarding the definition and examples of some editing techniques. So, in this blog, I will be discussing the second portion of my contribution towards this assignment and, since we were all assigned nine techniques in total, this blog will be discussing three of those techniques, and there will be one more blog in the future discussing three techniques, equating to nine techniques discussed.

CGI 

(Computer-Generated Imagery) CGI usually refers to the 3D computer graphics used to create characters, scenes, and other special effects in movies, television, and games. 

A movie in which a young girl who lives at sea and a shark is nearby. The CGI is the shark considering sharks are dangerous to be near. 

An animated movie (Nothing specific, the entire movie is CGI if it’s animated.) 

 

Continuity Editing  

Defined simply, continuity editing is the process of editing together different but related shots to give viewers the experience of a consistent story in both time and space. 

A scene where someone throws a punch at someone and the camera cuts to another angle of the area where the person’s head is thrown in the same direction. 

In one point of the film, a character is holding a beer bottle with the label facing them, as the camera changes angle of the view, the position of the bottle stays the same in the person’s hand. 

A person is working on their computer and uses their mouse to click a button, the person moves the mouse to the left and the cursor follows the direction in which the character leads it with the mouse. 

Discontinuity Editing 

In a discontinuous sequence, the filmmaker will deliberately use an arrangement of shots that seem out of place or confusing relative to a traditional narrative.

Camera is facing a character about to get out of bed to the left of the camera, but as the camera cuts to a more open shot to show the rest of the character’s body, they appear to be exiting the bed to the right. 

The time on someone’s cellphone says 8:30 am and the camera cuts to another angle of the area and the time changes to 7:50. 

Someone walks out the door in a scene and a second person is looking

left at the clock, the camera cuts to the clock and then back to the character who is now looking to the right. 

Editing In Film: Part 1

After filming a movie, the movie still needs changes to make it more aesthetically pleasing, interesting, eye-catching, etc. This is where Editing is introduced. Editing in film is a technical code used by filmmakers to give the film more aesthetically pleasing look to it and to enhance the genre, therefore, attracting more audiences. My teammates and I had been assigned work to do regarding the definition and examples of some editing techniques. So, in this blog, I will be discussing the first portion of my contribution towards this assignment and, since we were all assigned nine techniques in total, this blog will be discussing three of those techniques, and there will be two more blogs in the future, one discussing three techniques each, equating to nine techniques discussed.

J cut 

The audio from the following scene plays over video from the preceding footage. 

A conversation over the phone is ending and the camera slowly dolly's-in towards the character as the audio of a conversation in the following frame. 

An in-person conversation is about to end and music from a party in the following scene starts playing as the character looks to the side and ponders. 

Whilst two characters dance in the center of an empty room, the audio of their conversation starts playing before the camera cuts to a frame with them talking to each other. 

Dissolve 

As opposed to a straight cut from one shot to another, a dissolve involves the gradual transition from the first image to the next. 

One scene ends with someone walking away from a character to create a sad and isolated mood, the screen dissolves into another scene of them deep in thought. 

During a montage, the screen dissolves multiple times to show the actions of the character(s) whilst they work on their idea. 

During a specific scene, the screen zooms onto the face of a clock and dissolves a few times to emphasize the passing of time. 

180-degree rule 

When you have two people or two groups facing each other in the same shot, you have to establish a 180-degree angle, or a straight line, between them. 

A conversation between two people and the camera alternates between them as they begin to speak. 

A stage with a band and the camera cuts to each musician as they play their instrument. 

A field of two battle parties, ready to begin war as they yell across the field to each other before beginning. The camera cuts to each person as they speak.