Creative Digital Media Production Unit 1: Lesson 1

Can you define editing?

Editing is taking a film or tv film and putting it together. You also add
effects in editing. Editing is known as the post production stage of the
production process.

Tutor definition...

Film editing is the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots into
a coherent sequence.

Developments in Editing Technology

What was the first editing machine?
What was the first video recorder?
Moviola
Linear editing is when you edit via having 3 buttons/3 cameras. So you
change the angle of the shot by pressing one of the buttons.
Ampex
What is linear editing?
What is non-linear editing?
List the pioneers of editing and what their contribution was...

When you can click and drag the video file to where ever you want it to
go.

Pioneer(s)

Contribution

Lumiere Brothers

The invention of film cameras.

George Melies

He was one of the first person who did surreal

editing and he also did cutting. He also did the first
special effects.
Cross cutting

Edwin S. Porter

D.W Griffith

He was making films a lot longer, making them

feature length.

Lev Lulechov

He was famous for making the connection of the

shots better.

Sergei Eisenstien

Used montage to create meaning.

La nouvelle vogue

Broke rules such as the jump cut and the 180

degrees rule.

What are the purposes of editing?

Purpose
Time
Space
Rhythm

Explanation
We can do many different things with time.
Make a logical and believable space between the
characters and objects.
That rhythm is where that emotion, character
development is coming from