editing intro
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g.c.s.e film studiesTRANSCRIPT
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G.C.S.E Film Studies
Editing and Effects
+Starter
What is Editing?
What is the impact of it on a film?
+Todays Objectives
WALT What is the importance of editing in a film? How can you move from shot to shot? What is the impact
with forms of movement. What types of effects are their?
WILF Identify the importance of editing and consdier the impact
of tempo for the audience. Differentiate the different methods of transitions and
consider why different techniques might be used. Explain and understand the difference between computer
effects and practical effects.
+Sequencing
Work in groups on your table.
Put the shots in order
You have ten minutes and then you will feedback to the group.
Consider what was discussed last weeks lesson on camera shots.
Use what you learnt to put the shots into an order that convey meaning?
Each shots cut should be for a reason
+Sequencing
+Editing – creating meaning
The move from one shot to another is called a CUT.
The editing is how the story is told to the audience, keeping a wide shot is boring it creates visual interest for the audience.
The edit will also draw and move to what is of interest to the viewer.
+Pace
This is the speed of the cuts.
It could be fast or slow, a film will often have a different pace for different scenes depending on what is happening.
A conversation A fight
The pace will often increase when more dramatic things are happening.
+Transitions The use of an effect to move from one shot to another
Dissolve
Fade to Black
Wipe
+Discuss
When might you use in film from the movies you have seen a:
Wipe Dissolve Fade to black
+Split Screen
Including two different images at once
Example Team America or Oceans Eleven
This will usually be related to each other
+Additional Effects
Images and graphics
Text
This is often used in foreign films to translate the language. It could also be used for a stylistic effect.
Example – BMW What impact does the use of onscreen text have on this film? Do you like the effect or dislike it (offputting)?
+Example
Write a short analysis of the editing being used in the extract consider.
The pace of the editing is it fast or slow? Why is this pace used what does it suggest about the
events that are happening? Are there any effects being used such as transitions or
visual effects like split screens or text.
+Effects
There are two main types of effects used in film.
Practical Effects
C.G.I – Computer Generated Images
+Practical Effects
There are a variety of practical effects.
Fake Cuts / Wounds on skin Prosthetics Creature / monsters Puppets Animatronics
A practical effect is anything the actor can interact with.
+Practical Effects
+CGI
This can be used now for a variety of uses.
Creating characters Creating backgrounds / worlds / universe Destroying things that would cost to much to do for real or
would never be allowed.
+CGI
Consider in groups and feedback
What examples can you think of that used CGI? Do you think the CGI was important to the film? Could the film have been made without the use of
computers?
+CGI