Creative Digital Media Production Unit 9: Lesson 1

Can you define editing?

Cutting shots together to create a story

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

Cutting footage together from the beginning to the end

AMPEX
What is linear editing?
What is non-linear editing?
List the pioneers of editing and what their contribution was.

Able to edit footage in an order

Pioneer(s)

Contribution

Lumiere Brothers

Some of the first filmmakers but showed footage

to crowds

George Melies

Experimented in special effects and built

narratives

Edwin S Porter

Invented cross cutting (parallel editing) which is

showing multiple people at the same time in
different places
Used many shots from different angles in a more
active way.

D W Griffith
Kuleshov

He discovered that he could create emotions by

cutting pieces of film

Eisenstein

Created powerful montages

La Nouvelle Vogue

Broke the rules set by Hollywood to create new

editing styles

What are the purposes of editing?

Purpose
Time
Space
Rhythm

Explanation
Speed up, slow down, flashbacks, flash forwards
Creating a logical and believable space between
characters or objects not sharing the same shot
The duration of shots controls the flow and beat
of the moving image production, which allows the
audience to understand the message or story