Connor's Film Blog

I want to be proficient in working with the cameras that I have never used before, I want to pass all the practicals on the first try, and I want to start being able to make films with the cameras. I plan on focusing on the task and working on the assignments and making sure I am paying attention to the task at hand and taking in all the information.

An editor knows when to cut based on their instinct. The editor has to be able to instinctively know when the right cut is based on the emotion, story, and rhythm. They can learn how to figure out where the right cut is after a lot of practice with the techniques. After years of practice, the editor can figure out where is the best place to cut. If the cut is done wrong, it can affect the whole feel of the film drastically.

My montage edit is about the gap between the wealthy and the poor and how the wealthy can easily help the poor out, but are never willing to. I am still currently looking for the rest of my photos. I believe I can complete it on time because I have the whole concept in my head so I will be able to execute it quickly when I get all the pictures.

Emotion-makes sure the cut is following the same emotion found within the scene. Story-advances the story along. Rhythm-cuts are at the same tempo the story is at. Eye trace-following where the audience is looking. 2-D plane-representing a stage and actors looking at each other. 3-D plane-actors are moving the correct ways on set. Emotion and story are the most important of the six, because if one of the two is messed up within editing, it will change how the whole film will be perceived. The other 4 if messed up, will be a little distracting but not to the point where the whole movie is changed.

She taught how to slow down footage using the rate stretch tool, using the speed/duration tool, and reversing the video. With the rate stretch tool, you can drag on the end of the clip and it will make it longer or shorter, if it is made longer, then the clip will slow down, but if it is made to be shorter, then it will speed up. The speed/duration tool is used to slow down or speed up the video by typing what percentage speed you want to play it at (above 100 is faster, and below 100 is slower). Reversing the footage is also done using the speed/duration tool, and to use it, you have to put a negative sign in front of the percentage number. I can use these techniques in the videos I make by using them in action sequences and speeding up or slowing down what is happening in these sequences.

J or L cut is when the audio and video do not split at the same time in the transition. The cuts introduce that a character is talking before they're seen on screen, or the opposite, and they are seen on screen before their audio plays. It makes the edit more clear and real. It can improve my edit because it allows for dialogue to stay the same from one shot to the next, keeping the continuity of the shot.

A natural transition is a transition that is used to seem natural and make it very hard to see where one scene ends and the other begins. Three different techniques are switch pans, zoom transitions, and cross dissolving. These all made the transition from two clips or locations feel a lot more natural and make the cut in the video a lot less harsh and apparent to the viewers.