Processes included in editing a film.

In today's theory media lesson, we learned about the directors and editors task in producing a professional looking final film. The directors role is to film as many shots as possible of each scene so the editor has a lot of footage to chose from. It is better to have too much footage than have hardly any footage to work with in editing. The editor must decide what footage they want to work with and which footage that they do not want to work with. Once that is completed, they must organise the chosen shots in to a coherent whole. Then the editor must make sure that shots follow on from each other and work for the audience for them to see a continuous story. 

Building blocks: 

-Editor looks at all individual shots available to create a particular scene 

- The film script can be used as a guide to help to construct the scenes how they should be 

- The scenes should be a continuous series of shots that show a moment that flows 

- Sometimes it is possible to shoot a scene in a single shot if the take is appropriate and flows very well 

- A sequence is made up of different scenes which fit together to present the story/narrative 

- Finally after all these processes re editing of the film will be completed  

A key term called 'continuity editing' means that the audience cannot notice good editing because the film is just so continuous. 

Some common features used in editing: 

- Establishing shot.

- 180 degree rule.

- Filming same scene but from different angles 

Some transitions: 

- Straight cut. 

- Dissolve. 

   

As a class we discussed how using lots of cuts in one particular scene can create a dramatic and snappy effect. For example, in horror movies when something bad is occurring.