Creative Edit Resit

Creative Edit

Here is my redone creative edit. I edited the soundtrack myself to make it fit roughly together with the original edits of the trailer. I then edited the film segment to make sure that the voice over would fit into the footage and cuts made there. I tried to incorporate a few different types of edits where I could but I stuck mainly to the basic cut to black to make it still seem like a modern trailer. I think this project has gone a lot better than my last one it all fits in much better.

Assignment for Editing and Post Production

https://vimeo.com/128307811

This is my Fairly legal piece I used straight cuts in this as it carried the emotions of the scene as apposed to breaking it.


https://vimeo.com/128317537

This is my Delicious Peace task. I tried to match the images to the voice over work, with a bit of a montage in the middle. I feel it would have worked better with more dialogue but it just didn't fit. I also tried to experiment with a couple of techniques to help everything flow better.


https://vimeo.com/128424100

This is my Creative Piece. I put sound from Gordon Ramsey to the trailer for Batman vs Superman. I wanted it to mimic the trailers previous dialogue and sound, while being able to interpret what's being said by certain characters. I think I got mostly what I wanted out of it but the timing and talking doesn't fit into certain scenes after I watched it back.

5 Theories of Montage

Metric - Cuts based on the length of the shot or frame. Can be timed with beats or bars in music. Commonly used in music videos.

Rhythmic - Cuts based on shot content, used to create visual continuity.

Tonal - Edits based on the mood of the shot. Used to create a reaction from the audience.

Over-tonal - A combination of the previous three editing techniques.

Intellectual - Where one image is juxtaposed with another to create a new meaning.

Soviet Theory of Montage

The soviet theory of montage is the idea that depending where clips of film are placed can change how an audience perceives the series of events. One of the examples is an actor being shown before a few clips, depending on the clip would determine how the audience saw the emotion of the actor.

Grammar and Rhythm of Editing

We looked at the editing of two films to compare how effective it can be, as well as comparing the editing of a professional to a students.

In this film it seemed like there were many cuts that weren't needed, they seemed to drag. The some cuts and camera positioning also made it so that the audience couldn't understand how the room was positioned which makes it hard to follow. There was a lack of continuity as the light changes in subsequent shots, and the ability to hear the camera adjusting also doesn't help. This draws people out of the film as it isn't natural and stops the audience becoming engrossed within the film and it's own world it creates.

This clip is a continuous shot, this get's rid of any continuity problem. It also helps build up suspense as we see and understand everything that's happening. It's very easy to follow because of these choices. We can take in a lot of information very easily in a way that draws the audience in without stopping to take a breath. It entrances viewers because there is no edits, so they can't look away building drama and tension.

The rhythm of the edit is how the film flows this will change depending on the film.

The editing in this scene shows the progress of the conversation, as well as making us a part of it. The editing is used so we can understand what's going on, even through the protagonists eyes as he looks around. This helps the viewer become engrossed in the film and it's surroundings. This also helps us know what the character is thinking and taking in when they are talking, giving the viewer more information and helping them understand, without having to explain and possibly over explaining what is happening.

Editing a PSA

We were tasked with editing a PSA to mean something different, as well as editing it down to about 30 seconds, I picked one about despotism. I wanted to break the serious tone it had and have a more comedic touch to it, while looking through the footage I found a scene where a boy says 'it must be true, I read it in a book.' This is where I got the idea for the boy reading through the book and pointing out what he finds, this way I can have an ongoing sort of joke as well as a message about not believing everything you read. Also the lady scared me and fit the wicked witch look. Overall I'm quite happy with this piece people seem to enjoy watching it, it got a couple of laughs. If I had to change something it would be that the message is a bit hard to follow in it, I could probably make that a bit more obvious.

https://vimeo.com/122008294

Edited Showreel

Me and Bethany worked in a group to edit a nine minute show reel down to three minutes. We each picked key scenes we liked and didn't like and just incorporated those. We spent quite some time discussing our reasons why we liked the scenes and why they should be the ones to put into the film and not others. I don't think we did a bad job but with some more time we could probably shorten it down even more.

https://vimeo.com/122604843

Silent Movie

We have been tasked with making our own silent movie based around a bag, in a group. We planned out as much as we could before we started filming, but we only had an hour to do get all the shots we wanted. Another problem we had was that I was the chaser, and I sprained the ligaments in my ankle not to long ago which meant re-shoots were few and far between if any. This was because I started to limp more and more and is fairly visible in the movie itself. After shooting each member of our group took the footage and made their own version of the events with sounds and editing of their choosing. We still made an effort to talk about how our individual films were going. The only real problem I think were that they are all fairly similar, because of how the shoots were done. This is completely down to my ankle and how it just gets harder and harder for me to run throughout the shooting but, with that said, I think each of us in the group did a good job with what we had. Dan truly stole the show as the thief though.

https://vimeo.com/122603616
This is my version of the silent movie we did.