2.10.10 - The Grammar of Editing

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010

2.10.10 - The Grammar of Editing

Warm Up (20 min)

POTD

Vocabulary:

Please download the following worksheet to complete the editing vocabulary (test next Wednesday!). We will look at each of these next class to fill in any gaps that remain after today. For now though, go tohttp://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html, to find definitions for each of these.

Editing%20Techniques%20Sheet.pages

here is the list of word sfor those of you playing at home:

Cut- to make a film shorter by taking out the selected piece.

Matched Cut-a familiar relationship between the shots may make the change seem smoothMotivated Cut

Cut made just at the point where what has occurred makes the viewer immediately want to see something which is not currently visible (causing us, for instance, to accept compression of time). A typical feature is the shot/reverse shot technique (cuts coinciding with changes of speaker). Editing and camera work appear to be determined by the action. It is intimately associated with the 'privileged point of view' (see narrative style: objectivity).

Cutting Ratedeliberate interruptions to shock, surprise or emphasizeCutting Rhythm

Cross-Cut

Cutaway (CA)

Reaction Shot

Insert

Buffer Shot

Fade

Dissolve

Superimpositions

Wipe

Inset

Split Screen

Stock Shot

Invisible Editing

Part 1 - Getting your clips (20 min)

Get get your clips from your group members into your own server. Remember, each member of your group will edit their own version of the film short. You should be saving your clips into your own student server for safe keeping.