Principles of editing

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Creating meaning through collage, tempo and timing.

Collage: Editing forms a collage, this is a collection of images joined together in a sequence. When these images are put together, the audience can get their on ideas and bring out meaning by comparing the shots. Tempo: The tempo within editing can be changed by two factors; what the length of the shot is, and how the shot transitions from one shot to the next. An example of how films use tempo is in James Bonds: Casino Royale. In the scene where James is running after an enemy, jumping and parkouring through buildings it is all very fast and the tempo is high. You can hardly see cut to cut. This adds action and gives you a feeling of how fast it is going. Timing: The main way in which tempo can be shown is in the length of the shot. When the shots are short it generally cuts faster and has a lot going on, such as what 7/3/12 I said above. Longer shots will make the film slower, and are generally there to get you to focus or concentrate on

Story- centred Editing and the construction of meaning

Arranging the order of events: This is something done in editing where they can change the sequence in which the clips will be. This can be done to show memories, thoughts, flashbacks, dreams or the characters story. In editing they also sometimes do a flash forward. Example of this is in the show Thats so Raven where she has random visions of the future. Shot/reverse shot: A shot reverse shot is generally used in conversations, where it switches back and forth between the talents but this doesnt mean its the only method used. They can use it to show when the talent is looking at something by filming the talent, then the object and then back to the talent. Eye line match: Eye line match is a shot used to have the height of the camera from the talents point of7/3/12 view. Cutaways: A cutaway is used to show something that the talent may be talking about. But this isn't the only way it

Creating meaning outside the story

Continuity: Continuity is the continuation of clip to clip, this is such things as clothing, location, items. Anything on camera. 180 degree rule: This rule says that when filming a scene, once they start rolling the camera on my side of the talent, it will carry on filming on that same side of the action for the rest of the scene unless there is a clearly marked reason for changing so. Soviet Montage (As used in Eisenstein's Oktober): Soviet montage theory is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon editing (montage is French for "build, organize"). Although Soviet filmmakers in the 1920s disagreed about how exactly to view montage, Sergei Eisenstein marked a note of accord in "A Dialectic Approach to Film Form" when he noted that 7/3/12 montage is "the nerve of cinema", and that "to determine the nature of montage is to solve the specific problem of