Editing- Cuts

Last Thursdays lesson we were focused on cuts. Primarily, how cuts can change the pace and feeling of a scene. A good example is a car chase scene, like this one from the "Bourne: supremacy":

This clip clearly shows how Quick cuts can make a scene seem quicker and more action packed. Because of the speed of the cuts, it  adds to the overall speed that boost of adrenaline this scene is trying to achieve. The quick shots mean that there is little time for the audience to think about or dwell on each shot. Yet when the action stops or slows down, the shots get longer, giving the audience some "breathing room"

dialogue scenes or scenes where there is a lot more information to process tend to have slower shots due to the fact that they are trying to get you to absorb new information; often so the info is fresh in your mind for later on. An example of this from "in Bruges" (apologies for the language...)

The History of Editing

In one of last weeks lessons we learned about the history and development of editing. This was displayed to us through the use of a very informative video linked below:

Camera shots

In Wednesday's lesson, we learned about different camera shots. To help cement our understanding, built up examples of each one that we learned about and put it in a power-point.

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Camera Shots

Camera and Shots

In today's media lesson, we were focused on elements of film language. Specifically camera shots. These are the audiences method of seeing what's going on screen. Because of this, the cameraman and director can manipulate your field of view to get across certain moods and feelings towards characters and landscape. Examples are Extreme close up, Low angle shot and establishing shot.This is the clip we studied in today's lesson from superman returns.

This clip has great examples of how camera shot can manipulate the audience. For example; the use of extreme close up on superman's eye when a round is fired into it is used to focus the audiences view, and accentuate the power of superman. Furthermore, there is great use of the high angle shot to illustrate the power of the police officers compared to the villain. The effect of this makes the target in the shot look smaller; therefore, making then look weaker.

Introduction to the course

I was introduced to the course roughly a week ago, I can already tell that I am going to have great fun doing it; and, hopefully, produce some good quality work.

I have been briefed on some good online resources to access during the course. Here are a list of them

• http://www.bbfc.co.uk/
• https://vimeo.com/
• http://www.bfi.org.uk/
• http://www.movieclip.com/