Film editing

Editing is one of the most unappreciated aspects of films. Many people don’t know who the editors are on their favorite movies. Even though editing is the glue that holds a movie together. Editing possesses the ability to make a movie good or bad. In cases like Batman vs Superman for instance, editing can be a major flaw, whereas in Mad Max:Fury Road it can be a major strength. In North By Northwest, the editing is a major strength of the film. Hitchcock uses editing to manipulate the viewer’s…

The american action adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg does an amazing job utilizing Cinematography, Mise-en-scene,Camera movements, and editing techniques to make the film an effective action movie. The first aspect that is utilized well in the movie is Cinematography. Cinematography is the art of Motion-Pitures. Spielberg uses a variety of different shots and angles to give the movie a more appealing feel to the viewer. Camera angles and shots let the viewer…

The Godfather Film Editing Analysis Paper In the movie The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Coppola uses a variety of brilliant and distinctive editing techniques to cleverly capture the story of the Corleone family. The famous baptism and murder sequence, in particular, includes parallel editing, use of sound, camera angles, subjective point of view, close-ups, and extreme close-ups to elicit dramatic and profound effects on the audience. The use of these various editing techniques…

The Division of Gravity Film Analysis The Division of Gravity is a film about the progression of a failed relationship and explains how you must learn to let get as told by the main unnamed woman narrating the beginning of the film. The relationship seems to be very healthy at the opening of the film the male protagonist is an emerging photographer as the two of them move in together. As his career progresses, their relationship begins to turn and the couple continuously fights until there is…

a few aspects of surveillance portrayed but they are very subtle. The first one is the use of diegetic sound that comes from the police scanner. Throughout the semester multiple films of the surveillance genre were viewed and many of them introduced a “bug” that was used to listen in on different characters of the film without them knowing. As Lou listens to the police scanner it is relatively the same as “bug”, except the police scanner only listens to police calling in reports. Being that…

Inception director Christopher Nolan created a psychological sci-fi action film about a thief Dom Cobb who has the ability to enter into the dreams of others thereby learning their secrets. When given a proposition by Japanese businessman Mr. Saito Cobb cannot resist he assembles a team together, the plan to plant an idea in Mr. Saito’s opposition Robert Fischer Sr mind by creating dreams with dreams so in the end Robert Fischer Sr would think he came up with the idea himself. However the plan…

difference between a multi-camera and a single camera production? The difference between single camera and a multi-camera production is the use of several cameras simultaneously recording at the same time instead of just the one. Multi-camera is used to film genres such as chat shows, sports, concert and public events. Directing a Multi-camera production can be incredibility difficult; Not only does a director have to manage themselves but they also have to manage the rest of the filming team,…

3.1. Findings Photo Manipulations 3.1.1 Photo manipulation is used in western media to attract viewers and increase their ratings. Editors use photoshop and many other editing programs to make the picture seem perfect. 3.1.2 The singer Meghan Trainor has had her video edited without her consent. Her figure was modified to look slimmer than the singer actually is. Trainor took down the video down until the video showed her actual figure. This act insulting and rude according to Trainor. This was…

1.1. Editing: Connecting the Shots Together As established earlier, both mise-en-scene and cinematography determines the look of a shot. They are therefore an integral part to a film’s visual narrative. However, a shot is merely the smallest unit of a film which guides the audience’s attention (Smith, quoted in Cutting et al. 2010) and it does not represent the complete narrative. What will ultimately decide a film’s narrative structure and in the process, the context of each shot in relation…

enterprise, editing is the foundation of film art. All the other departments of filmmaking; screenwriting, directing, cinematography, music and sound, production design and acting, all exist to be brought together in the cutting room. Film is collaborative, only for the edit. Pre-production and production give the editor; the necessary pieces of the puzzle they need to make the film. The editor works with the footage, the sound and increasingly special effects, to bring the film to life. Editing…