Friday 7 December 2012

Notes on editing


What is editing?

Putting together film, video clips together, while adding special effects and sound.

Transitions

These are way that shots are joined together.

The most common transitions is a straight cut – where a shot continues straight into the next shot.

Keeps continuity.

Dissolve

A gradual transition from one shot to another, can help continuity show a move from one location to another, indicates that time has passed.

Fade to black/white

One shot fades to black/white. Can show time passing or flashbacks.

Cross-cutting

Action cuts between two sequences to link parallels or contrasts between storylines and their settings. Can create tension.

 

Analysis of Coldplay: Clocks

 

When does the shot change?

The shot changes either when there is an important line in the song being sung (where it zooms in n the singer) or when there is a break in the song, where the camera focuses on the other band members or the crowd.

 

What is the effect of the editing?

The effect of the editing shows the emotion created during the song, both for the audience and band. The pace of editing is slow at the beginning and end, and reasonably fast during the middle. This creates the effect of momentum and paces out the song, splitting it into three defined sections, when is backed up by the piano playing in the intro and outro. The straight cuts between the audience and the band shows the connection between them, and therefore between the band and us.

How fast/slow is the editing?

 

The pace of the editing was quite slow during in the verses, and sped up during the chorus.  This is to signify to the viewer that the chorus is important and the build-up before it has culminated in the chorus.

 

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