As we all know, editing is a huge part in what makes a film or scene successful. But we do not simply get given the footage after it has been filmed and then begin editing, we have to plan the edit.
Traditionally, to edit a minute of screen time takes around about an hour, this gives us an estimated time as to when the film will be complete and enables us to inform the directors and producers.
A shot list should be provided, a detailed description of every shot, including camera movement. Storyboards are also a very useful thing to have as an editor whilst completing the edit, it gives you more of a sense of what the overall film should look like.
This process is vital when planning films, it is what enables us to get the pace, feel and edits right in pre-production.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Chase Scene
After reviewing and watching numerous different chase scenes and looking specifically at the different techniques used such as different camera angles and style of editing, I then used all this knowledge to create my own chase scene.
https://vimeo.com/118410113
I felt the chase scene produced was a success in terms of showing the audience how a typical chase scene should look, however, there were numerous areas that could've been improved, in terms of Pre-Production, Production and Post Production.
I feel as though the start worked really well to set up the chase scene. The music was very jolly and accompanied the images in such a way that showed the audience this was just an ordinary day. Following Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory, this is the 'equilibrium'. The editing is fast and choppy whilst the character is making his cup of tea, adding a nice move to the edit.
Then the disruption of the equilibrium comes into play, as another character is introduced and tells the original character to stop using his milk. With the usage of a small montage and a bit of humour, we are shown that the character does in fact refuse and continues to use his milk up until the point he is caught in the act for the final time and is chased.
With this being very light hearted so far, the sudden change in mood as the chaser bursts through the door as a very dramatic orchestral soundtrack accompanies it is quite a contrast, it adds to the humour. The chase scene then begins, even though the kitchen we shot the opening scene in is on the bottom floor, we still wanted to use as many different areas as possible, so we thought including the stairs could be quite effective, starting off with a slow motion shot of the 'chasee' jumping down the first set of stairs. As the chasee bursts out the door to the outside, I decided to cut to motion and create a seamless edit, I feel this worked really well as it feels completely natural. I held the shot as the chaser came rushing out the door too, to show the distance between them.
We tried to use a variety of shots throughout the sequence, which is why our next shot is quite a low angled long shot, as both characters come out the door you can only see the bottom halves of their bodies, but it once again allows the audience some knowledge of the distance between them. Our first point of view shot was then introduced, once again adding a bit of variety to the edit, I feel as though the audio should've been slightly quiet with this particular shot though, as the stomping of the feet by the camera man is quite predominant. Allowing us to keep a nice quick pace to the edit, I used very quick shots/edits, like with the next shot as the two characters come around the corner, as the camera is focussed on the wall.
The edit then becomes driven by the music, cutting with the beat is a really creative way of editing and allows the audience to be really drawn in as the music creates tension. Once again to the humour the edit and giving it a bit of variation was using a tracking shot as the chasee weaves in and out of the trees completely unnecessarily. I felt the tracking shot of the close up of both characters feet shortly after worked really well and allowed the audience to see something slightly new and keep them engaged.
I felt the ending worked really well, it was a funny and entertaining conclusion to what some may consider quite a dramatic chase scene. I felt the wide variety of different shots used throughout made this scene entertaining for the audience, and also the rather quick pace to the editing. However, more locations could've been used to make this even better, and also more events taking place throughout, as this does become quite boring in places as we are literally just watching two characters run around a university. Lots of pro's and cons to this scene, however I feel overall it was a success.
https://vimeo.com/118410113
I felt the chase scene produced was a success in terms of showing the audience how a typical chase scene should look, however, there were numerous areas that could've been improved, in terms of Pre-Production, Production and Post Production.
I feel as though the start worked really well to set up the chase scene. The music was very jolly and accompanied the images in such a way that showed the audience this was just an ordinary day. Following Tzvetan Todorov's narrative theory, this is the 'equilibrium'. The editing is fast and choppy whilst the character is making his cup of tea, adding a nice move to the edit.
Then the disruption of the equilibrium comes into play, as another character is introduced and tells the original character to stop using his milk. With the usage of a small montage and a bit of humour, we are shown that the character does in fact refuse and continues to use his milk up until the point he is caught in the act for the final time and is chased.
With this being very light hearted so far, the sudden change in mood as the chaser bursts through the door as a very dramatic orchestral soundtrack accompanies it is quite a contrast, it adds to the humour. The chase scene then begins, even though the kitchen we shot the opening scene in is on the bottom floor, we still wanted to use as many different areas as possible, so we thought including the stairs could be quite effective, starting off with a slow motion shot of the 'chasee' jumping down the first set of stairs. As the chasee bursts out the door to the outside, I decided to cut to motion and create a seamless edit, I feel this worked really well as it feels completely natural. I held the shot as the chaser came rushing out the door too, to show the distance between them.
We tried to use a variety of shots throughout the sequence, which is why our next shot is quite a low angled long shot, as both characters come out the door you can only see the bottom halves of their bodies, but it once again allows the audience some knowledge of the distance between them. Our first point of view shot was then introduced, once again adding a bit of variety to the edit, I feel as though the audio should've been slightly quiet with this particular shot though, as the stomping of the feet by the camera man is quite predominant. Allowing us to keep a nice quick pace to the edit, I used very quick shots/edits, like with the next shot as the two characters come around the corner, as the camera is focussed on the wall.
The edit then becomes driven by the music, cutting with the beat is a really creative way of editing and allows the audience to be really drawn in as the music creates tension. Once again to the humour the edit and giving it a bit of variation was using a tracking shot as the chasee weaves in and out of the trees completely unnecessarily. I felt the tracking shot of the close up of both characters feet shortly after worked really well and allowed the audience to see something slightly new and keep them engaged.
I felt the ending worked really well, it was a funny and entertaining conclusion to what some may consider quite a dramatic chase scene. I felt the wide variety of different shots used throughout made this scene entertaining for the audience, and also the rather quick pace to the editing. However, more locations could've been used to make this even better, and also more events taking place throughout, as this does become quite boring in places as we are literally just watching two characters run around a university. Lots of pro's and cons to this scene, however I feel overall it was a success.
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