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.

Pitch for 1950's Photo-Shoot

Untitled from becca on Vimeo.

Framing

For these pictures I used a Cannon DSLR camera and used a framing technique. To achieve this I stood my model in-front of a window frame so the photo looks like a frame inside a frame. How you frame an image is important as it controls where the viewer looks. 

Large Depth of Field

For these pictures I again used a Cannon DSLR camera and changed the camera to aperture priority mode. I then dialled in a small aperture a high f number (f11 - 18). As you can tell the view at the front o the picture is still as clear as the view at the back of the picture. I enjoyed taking these pictures I could have just improved them a little by using more of a tripod or a higher ISO.  

Shallow Depth Of Field

For these pictures i used a Cannon DSLR camera, i put it in  aperture priority and set it to F 5, these pictures were exciting to take and I would like to experiment in them more! To improve these pictures i could have used a tripod to be more focused. 

Evaluation For my 1950’s Photo-Shoot

On this project I was asked to come up with an idea for a photo-shoot for a chosen magazine. I knew straight away that I wanted to base my photo-shoot on a 1950’s feminist theme. I had a lot of preparation for this project as i had to sort out what props I was going to use such as; Cakes, cake stand, tea set and dress. I also had to book a model for the shoot, I personally dressed and put make up on her her to the best standard i could, there was a lot of difficulty with the dress I used as it didn't fit and that led to me having to pin the back of the dress but the models back was not showing in any of the pictures so was not seeable.

The magazine I shot this shoot for was Vintage Life magazine aimed at ages 15 to 35. It features articles about fashion, history and interior design.  I think I stuck to the theme of the magazine as I used a young model with the 'back to basis' feel. The pictures are subtle but not boring, with a hint of the original cheekiness of a classic pin up girl.

I use some photo editing software called picnic, which gave the images a vintage effect by adding filters and enhancing the colours to create a cross processing vintage feel.

I stuck to my plan for the shoot. But unfortunately the weather was bad so I couldn't do the outside pictures. Personally I think the shoot could have gone a lot better, as the pictures could have been improved by changing a couple of things for example; the lighting could have been brighter so I didn’t have to rely on using editing software. Also some people commented on the back lighting as i took the shots in-front of a large window with natural bright sunlight, so the camera exposed for the window rather than the model. I could have avoided this if I had used selective focus or manual focus.

I think the background could also be less cluttered. I only shot on two different backgrounds but I would have liked to have used more. Also the outfits my model used were a bit limited as I only had one outfit throughout the whole shoot. I enjoyed adding the music to the video of pictures as it gave a more of  rockabilly feel to it and almost set the atmosphere to the whole video. I personally think by adding the music to the video the viewer gets a clear understanding to what theme I was going for.

I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment as it was fun and I could have been as creative as I wanted, but overall could have been strongly improved.