Evaluation on ‘Playing with Time’

The opening scene of this film is started with a non- diagetic sound, being a song, but throughout the whole scene this technique is used a lot to build tension. At the begging of the scene the actress is on a road with what seems to be her newly wed husband. But then the director has used a wipe.

This film relies heavily on flashbacks as through out the whole scene there was more than 5 flashback occasions used.   .. DO MORE 

Editing: The Invisible Art

Editing can build tension and pace by making the shots shorter and more frequent, this give a very fast pace approach.

Crosscutting is when the camera cuts between two different scenes, for example; In ‘The Edge of the World’ the shots keep crossing over to the  two men climbing the mountain to build a atmosphere.

Reaction Shots are where you see other characters besides the main characters in the shot reacting to what is going on around them. This could be anything from long shots to close-ups.

Seamless editing is hard to see, you wouldn’t notice it if you was engrossed in the film. Seamless editing doesn’t consist of lots of different graphics just the basics to build tension and the atmosphere, as its more to the story line, for example in the film ‘The Edge of the World’ will the men fall of the cliff or wont they.

A jump cut is a cut when two sequential shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly as you can see in ‘Food for a Blush’ this is used for humor, and so the audience in on the film making process.

Flashbacks are used to take the audience from one point in time to another. They are commonly used for forming a back-story - a key moment in the characters life which normally shows how they got to where they are now. A Flashback achieve the audience knowing more about the story going n not just what is happening in the present.





Film Editing is used poetically in the film ‘ distant voices steal lives’ there’s a scene where you see a rainfall on some umbrellas then the scene cuts to two women crying, but as the viewer you can work out they are watching a film. 

Editor Job Profile

The Gloaming


Editing a film consists of selecting from different shots and then joining them together to tell a story.

Elliptical editing is a shortcut, for example; in ‘The Gloaming’ There is a shot of the actress going to sleep in the woods, but save having to watch her sleep for the whole night, the director chase to cut straight to the morning, so you see the actress waking up. It lets the story form more quickly and effectively.

Long shots are used for many reasons, it can remind the viewer of the
 surroundings that the character is in or where the scene is happening. Long shots are even used to get the atmosphere of the scene.

A non-diagetic sound is a sound that isn’t being played on set whilst filming. The sound has been edited in after all the filming is done to give more of an effect on the scene that is being played out.

In ‘The Gloaming’ There is a shot of someone picking up a ring, we know this is the actress as she is in the same place as the ring but before you see the ring there is 2 extremely close close-ups of the actress, she is looking distressed then looks to the floor. The next scene you see is someone picking up your ring. The director did this to save time, Us as the viewers put two and two together and understand she is picking up the ring. 


Hustle 

The scene started with a overhead establishing shot this sets out the space where the action will take place and you see the characters positions within the room.

Shot-Reverse-Shot is when the film cuts from two people or however many people. In ‘Hustle’ the camera begins cutting back and forth between two characters, who are talking, you don’t see them both in the same shot talking but we as viewers understand that they are in full conversation.

When using ‘shot-reverse-shot’ its really important to get ‘eye-line matching’ perfect otherwise the whole scene could be ruined.  For example in the Show, the large man standing up is talking and looks off screen and down, whilst the man sitting down looks off-screen and up. We as viewers get the impression they are looking at each other.

Whilst Sean is setting the plan in this scene, the camera cuts to other members in the group sometimes individually sometimes in two shots, this is done so we can see their faces react to both the plan and each other

A wipe is used to change the scene by moving the action to a different location and time.

Using quick cuts creates a fast rhythm which in turn keeps the story moving along and keeps the audience on their toes. It’s a great idea to use quick cuts in a show like ‘Hustle’ as it’s a action drama which needs to be faced paced.

Photograms

I created these photograms by placing my chosen objects on to sun-print paper and exposing them to natural sunlight for approximately 2 minuets. After placing them in direct sunlight i placed the sun-print paper in to warm water and the result of this is the effect on the photos, my chosen objects had left a print of the shape on the paper giving a x-ray effect. The paper that didn't have objects on it turned dark whilst the places where the objects were put turned light. The areas where the objects created shadows gave an interesting mid tone appearance. 

Man Ray also discovered a similar technique in 1921, he named this technique 'rayographs' after himself.