Editing

A Basic Introduction

What is it?

• Editing forms the post-production part of any production process.

• It is necessary in assembling shots together to create a coherent whole production.

• It is the process where sound and images are cut together to create a narrative.

Creating the narrative

• Shots are assembled together by transitions which are carefully selected in order to maximise continuity and aid audience understanding.

• Shots vary in length (duration) and when edited together have a rhythm which can manipulate audience emotions and reading of a situation.

So what is continuity, Rhythm and a Transition?

• You tell me………• Use the links and media studies reference books to

complete the table provided. You only have 30 minutes to do this. we will then feed it back as a class before viewing an extract of a TV drama where you will identify a variety of different transitions and discuss what you think their effect is.

• http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/handbook/glossary.html#editing• http://www.springhurst.org/cinemagic/glossary_terms.htm

#Match%20cut• http://195.12.22.187/sfeu_dotnet/uploads/documents/Higher

%20Media%20Studies%20Glossary.pdf

Screening

• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jPO2y19tKCE&feature=related

• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TvbiC634Pb0&feature=related

Watch the following screenings: trailer for Rome and a clip from the same TV drama. Try and identify the different editing components used and suggest why you think they have been used in a power paragraph.