Editing

--> The editing and film recording are the two most important things in film. Without editing films would not make any sense to the audience Editing is also known as the 'invisible art' as it is a process of putting together shots in film/ TV making in such a way, that it is invisible for the audience. It is a combination of film sequences, which are being modelled in order to create a story, which makes sense and has some meaning.

 Sometimes the invisibility of this art is deliberately distorted to convey a meaning to the audience for example when the cut is not on time to suggest perhaps there is a film in a film, when there is a fancy edit (not naturalistic), when the editing does not make sense perhaps to show that the situation the main character is in is very confusing or even when everything is taken away like on the set of ‘Dogville’ and the actors perform on a big green screen.

There are some conventions of editing like for example master shots. In most films there is a master shot to establish the location as this helps the audience to understand the enigma. The editing must also stick to a narrative in order for it to make sense and tick to the plot written or invented by the director, as well as tell the story by keeping the outline of chronological events.

In a trailer it is perticularly hard to close the narrative of the story in such a short extract but at the same time, keep the enigma. Here are some examples of editing in trailers:

Oceans 12 editing

For this task i had to use my knowledge about continuity editing in order to create a better effect using editing techniques then the original staging of the sequence. In order to achieve that, first i decided to show a long shot to establish setting and the characters in scene. Next i moved into a mid shot of Rusty talking, a reverse shot to daisy then a two shot of them both talking. This created the sens of tension in their dialogue. Then i have decided to set the camera to a over the male characters shoulder and the same shot but over the female character . Then i cut to a two shot again,  next to a mid shot of Daisy walking away, then to Rusty with hands in his pocket looking at the woman. Then a close up of Rusty talking and a mid shot of him walking away as well. This was much more effective as it created action like in a ring, where aline of dialogue was like a punch, then reverse etc.