Copy editing

Everything you see in a film is constructed to fit on a screen. Filmmakers think about every element that is shown every shot, nothing is accidental (generally, of course, I’m leaving mistakes out of the equation). By controlling what is shown in the boundaries of a screen, a filmmaker controls the understanding of the audience. All that the director puts into the scene and films is called the “mise-en-scène”. The mise-en-scène is how a filmmaker creates meaning – they use it to develop a…

Movie editing is defined as “the art, technique, and practice of assembling shots into a coherent sequence” on Wikipedia. While actors and directors gain fame and fortune from feature films, the editors get little recognition for their hard work that makes movie exciting. Without these editors, movies would be a dull, never-ending scene with a lot dead space. Editors are able to craft a film to evoke any emotions that they want, simply by changing the timing of the shot. Film editing is almost…

digital technologies, there are much more innovation about/on the sound and image editing which provide people with grand possibilities and easier approaches on manipulating other people’s voices and images. One of the approaches is called “digital ventriloquism”. However, as most of the technological approaches, “digital ventriloquism” contains various branches due to the different degrees of the replacing or editing on the people’s visualization and acoustics. In this paper, I will use two…

“Visual effects are processes used to manipulate imagery in mostly digital post production process” (Byrne 03). Visual Effect is necessary in a film production to alter unrealistic and impracticable images to realistic images. Usually, the visual effects team follow the basic five steps in a film production to create such images. They begin the process with a plan, meanwhile, the team begins their plan on storyboards and concepts. In the second step, they implement the plan then commences the…

Editing is one of the basic foundations of a film. It was, at one point, taking every shot filmed on location, and putting them all together in a way so that the film makes sense. Nowadays, the editor may also add special effects or background music, in addition to selecting and combining the scenes. There are several major techniques of editing, including thematic montages, sequences shots and various types of cutting, such as classic, abstract, and continuity. In Now You See Me, all editing…

rarely were there filmmakers that pushed the boundaries with their unique styles and concepts of editing in film like Vsevolod I. Pudovkin and D.W. Griffith. Many say that these two filmmakers were much ahead of their time. Both men were storytellers who found new and creative ways to demonstrate how a story can be expressed. This was achieved through a heavy focus on the ability to edit their film. Film editing is described as the joining of one shot with another. The two conjoined shots have…

Some Sabotage Mistakes Which We Should avoid while Video Editing Video editing is an essential process of any project. It is not only about cutting out footage which you do not like, but is the process of manipulation and rearranging video shots to create a new video. As a result, new video editors are susceptible to making some common mistakes which should be avoided. We have listed down some of the common mistakes which every video editors should avoid during their edit sessions. 1. How to…

The Giant’s fighting scene from Spike Lee’s Mo’s better blues is a really interesting scene in terms of lighting scheme, camera composition, etc. The sequence opens with an establishing master shot #1 of Giant going to the restroom. Shot #2 is a medium close up shot of Giant. Behind him are two men peeking from the stalls. This foreshadows the trouble Giant might be facing. The director uses the division of surface in order to show the conflict between the men and Giant. The focus of the shot…

mise-en-scene, cinematography and editing, to tell his narrative in Death’s Marathon. I will focus on a few techniques that stood out to me as essential stylistic decisions that progressed the narrative. Firstly, the costumes and how they distinguished between characters, and events; secondly, the blocking and character movements and how they expressed emotion; thirdly, the lighting and how it distinguished between locations and guided our focus; and finally the editing and how it created…

The two scenes that I have analysed are significant because they are both linked by the use of the director 's film technique, which in his own way it gives us an important message. The film techniques I have analysed are the use of editing and mise en scène as well as the connections that both scenes has. One of the main themes of the film is regret and the impact it had on the Derek’s life. Derek has had a dark past which has ruined the relationship with his family and has influenced…