The Development of Editing (Technology and Theory)

Editing is a crucial part to moving image and without it a lot of films and media would be dragged out or lack the impact in which editing brings to the story being told through the media outlet. Editing is mostly used to immerse an audience in the media and make it so they the editing is done so well in continuity that the audience forget they are actually watching a movie but editing can also be used for certain genres as well. For example jump cuts can be used in the horror genre to create jittery looking footage and shock the audience with the jarring movement or help cause jump scares to the viewers.

Shutter Speed

shutter speed is controls how long the shutter is opening for when the frame rate is shooting its shots per second. due to this the shutter speed can also have an outcome on the exposure due to how much light it can let in. For the best results when using shutter speed it should always be double of what the frame rate is to allow the footage to not be overexposed.





Slow Shutter Speed









Normal Shutter Speed





Fast Shutter Speed

4 hour film challenge

In the 4 hour film challenge on the 27/9/18 the brief was to plan,film and edit a film based on unusual perspectives. Once completed we watched it through twice as a class and got group feedback from our peers.

Our classmates gave positive feedback about the range of shots we used, especially the pull focus shot being one liked amongst our peers. We were informed that the unusual perspective challenge was achieved due to the odd choice of giving a personality to an egg. We were told that though the range of camera shots were good that the editing could be tightened in some places such as the egg rolling across the floor as the footage somewhat jitters when played. Another point we could of improved upon as well is the use of less found audio and instead maybe try doing our own voiceover or own diegetic sound instead of fully relying on downloaded audio.

Shots used:
-mid shot
-close up
-pull focus
-long shot
-low angle
-extreme close up