Lesson 2 on editing - will be helpful for your essays

1. Task 1a - Essay
Learning Objectives
• To understand the effect editing has on the meaning
of moving images
• To find examples and supporting arguments for my
essay
Challenge Objective
• To critically evaluate the development and
techniques of editing
Friday 19th November 2010

2. Starter – Word Association
Editing...

3. Starter – Word DISassociation
Editing...

4. Editing....
Look at the quote below about editing. Can you put it into a sentence
that

5. Editing = Creating Meaning
Film editing could be called 'film construction'
and has been regarded by many as the
'invisible' art behind some of the greatest
motion picture sequences of all time. Editing
involves the manipulation of time and space
to tell a story.

6. Editing = Creating Meaning
Film editing is a skilled art - the selection and
integration of a sequence of shots taken from
thousands of feet of film to establish a
structure, tempo, mood, or style. In other
words, to create MEANING.

7. Montage
The concept of montage or collision editing or
"putting together is when an editor puts
together various juxtaposing shots in rapid
concession. These images are put together in
this way to evoke a mood, emotional response
or derive a new meaning.

8. Montage
The concept was introduced by Soviet
filmmakers in the 1920s (see Battleship
Potemkin (1925)). The word montage has also
taken on the added meaning of a compressed
sequence of narrative material, condensed in
time.

9. Exercise
Get yourselves into groups of 3.....
On the sheet in front of you work through
PART A
Now, complete PART B

10. Editing Examples
You have seen some basic examples of the
choices an editor has to put a sequence or
film together but now we are going to look at
some famous editing and try to understand
the meaning it has created and WHY it was
used.

11. Some important tips
EVERYTHING we do in today’s lesson will be
useful for the content of your essay. You will
be able to discuss some of the examples as
evidence of the techniques of editing.