Throughout the course of editing my new wave film together I ensured that all footage I was using was labeled. I did this to ensure I knew what bits of footage was what, thus ensuring I saved time as I didn't have to search for footage whilst editing as I knew exactly what footage was what.



I also ensure that all of my footage was kept in a folder labeled 'Music Video' so that I didn't lose footage and that I knew where it was at all times. It was also ordered alphabetically which made it much easier to find particular bits of footage, and ensured that I didn't waste time looking for footage.

Little Brother

Music Video

4 hour film challenge

Development of Editing Technology

The Development of Editing Technology

Editing is something first seen in the 1800's where George Melies filmed a bus coming out of a tunnel, when his camera jammed, when the camera was working again the bus had gone and was replaced by a hearse, this was the invention the jump cut. Melies then continued to use this new editing technique in order to create disappearing and reappearing effects on screen in his films. Going into the 1900's film makers discovered that by editing scenes together it not only contributed to the audiences sense of the story, but also allowed film makers to produce much more complexed films, for example 'The Great Train Robbery' in 1903. George Melies included cuts in his film by placing a puff of smoke infant of an actor, he then turned off the camera, and when the camera turned back on the actor had left the stage. By doing this it therefore produced a disappearing effect.

As the 1900's progressed new editing device was introduced, this device was called a Moviola which was the first device for editing motion picture, it was invented by Iwan Serrurier. The device allowed the film editor to view the film whilst they were editing, this was a step forward for editors as it allowed them to study individual shots in the film and therefore helped the editor to determine where the best cut point may be. The editing devices were used throughout the 1900's until the late 1970's when Flat bed editor systems became more common. The flat bed editor system is another machine used to edit motion picture, the machine involves picture and sound rolls loading onto separate motorised 'disks' called plates. The machine was manufactured in Germany, the most popular brand of the editing system was called 'Steenbeck'. The use of flat bed editing lasted up until around the mid 1990's where the systems were replaced by Non-Linear editing systems.

In the mid 1990's the introduction of Non-Linear editing computers became widely available and opened up a whole new world of editing power and flexibility. The introduction of this type of editing created a sort of 'new wave' which some refused to follow. Although Non-linear editing computers did have their problems, the advantages of them were too good to be ignored and by the 21st century forms of 'linear' editing had been abandoned completely as digital editing had became so popular.

Video Essay

For this task I was asked to create a video essay showing and explaining different shot types via my own examples, written explanations and different cinematic examples. The essay includes 9 filmed examples of different shot types along with another 9 cinematic examples.

Throughout the task I ensured that all of my footage was labeled and in order and also in the same folder as my premiere pro session. By doing this it meant that my footage was always linked with the session, meaning that I didn't have to spend valuable editing time re-linking media to the session. I was also able to film each example of each shot accurately without any difficulties and was also able to explain the shot's in detail in a summary after the example was shown. Another thing I believe I did well was finding cinematic footage of each shot to put after my own examples, this created a comparison between my own examples and the cinematic examples which helped to show exactly what the shot was more clearly.

There was weaknesses within my video essay, one of these is that some of my clips involved in the Einstein Montage are not cut as well as they should be. An example of this is when the subject is running around corners, the camera is almost waiting for too long for the subject to run past, if it was cut correctly the part of the clip where the camera is waiting would be cut out and the subject would run past straight away. Another weakness and area I could improve in is that my own examples go straight into the cinematic example without any introduction, to improve this I would include a titled clip saying exactly what the film/TV show the clip had came from along with what shot the clip was showing.

Overall to improve I need to ensure that I cut all of my clips precisely and ensue they look smooth and professional. I also need to include small introductions between my own examples and the cinematic examples to break up the jump between the 2. Finally I need to ensure that some of my cinematic examples are of a a higher quality as the resolution on some is a lot smaller than my own examples.

Tutorial Video

For this task I was asked to create a video explaining different camera shots by using my own filmed examples and a range of cinematic examples. The video contains 10 examples of shot types and 10 examples of shot types within cinematic examples alongside brief written summary's explaining exactly what each shot type is and why it is used. This tutorial video was made for an audience of AS media students, and I feel that it effectively demonstrates different shot types and explains them well.

Throughout this task I feel one of my strengths was ensuring that everything was organised, this included making sure all video footage was shot and ready to include my tutorial straight away. I also made sure everything was labeled and in the correct place. By doing these things and staying organised it I was able to put the tutorial together in a much more stress free way than if I was disorganised.

However the production of this task didn't come without its difficulties, as it was the first time I had ever used the software Premiere Pro. This meant that one of my main weaknesses was my lack of knowledge of how to use premiere pro, by having to learn how to use the many features of Premiere Pro it meant that the creation of my tutorial was a lot slower than what it would of been if I was an experienced user of the software. Another weakness was that there was some difficulty recording the shots, in particular the 'Zolly' which took more than 10 attempts just to get a fairly average version of it. I was able understand Premier Pro however and was able to complete and fully edit the tutorial, so my lack of knowledge of the software will not be an issue for future projects being created on that software.

Overall in order to improve my tutorial I would of used some different equipment in order to capture specific shot's better than I did, for example the use of a track in the tracking shot and the use of a Dolly to capture the 'Zolly' shot rather than using a chair! I would also of used a tripod used for video to help the fluidity of the motion in the Panning shot, as in the shot the motion is slightly wobbly rather than smooth. I would also include cinematic examples of a higher quality, the majority of  examples are of a decent quality but my 'establishing shot' and 'panning shot' cinematic examples are of a lesser quality than the rest of them.