ALEXANDER JOBLING
BTEC MEDIA
Editing
Edditing Effects
There are many types of editing effects that are used in film and TV produtions. They are used to enhance, to show change, to show flashback, allow the movie to take on new parameters (CGI).
Fast Cutting
Slow Motion
Slow motion is the effect of slowing down time, to emphasise something, show effect or create suspense.
The effect is created, when frames of a movie are slowed down. This then makes it look as if time has slowed down, or that something is happening in slow motion.
A good example of this is the Robert Downing Jr Sherlock fight scene:
Slow Cutting
Slow cutting is a film editing technique which uses Shots of long duration. It is estimated that any shot longer then about 15 seconds would be considered a slow cut. This is used in all movies
But a good example of this is the opera scene in Star Wars: Revenge of The Sith, this is because it uses slow cuts to emphasises what the characters are saying to each other.
Fast cutting is a film editing technique which refers to several consecutive shots of a brief duration. It is used to convey a lot of information very quickly, or to show energy and/or chaos.
It is also used to show dialogue between two characters from their points of view – allowing us to see their physical actions.
Jump Cuts
A jump cut is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly.
This type of editing gives the effect of jumping forwards in time.
Split Scene
Split scene is used to show two things going on at the same time. This is effective, because it shows two contrasting moments, two things that are happening at the same time, not in the same place, and two things that are meeting… for example two people walking down the street in opposite directions – you could have half of the scene showing one side, and the other half of the screen showing the other guy – the two sides merging into one when they meet.
CGI
CGI is used to add animation into movies. This is to make the movie more diverse, as it would allow for there to be more creative landscape to the film. There are three examples for this.
First is the Penguine scene from Mary Poppins. This is a good use of CGI, because it is not the main feature of the movie, instead it just supports the movie.
The second example is the space scene from Looney Tunes: Back in Action, this movie is based around animation, and so is used for entirely different purposes, as the movie is based solely around animaton.
The third movie, is Who Killed Roger Rabit? This movie merges CGI, with live action, however this is different to Mary Popins, as its main characters are both human and animations.