1. FILM AND VIDEO EDITING
UNIT 16
UNDERSTANDING THE
DEVELOPMENT AND
PRINCIPLES OF EDITING
LO1
Rachael Collinson
2. EDWIN PORTER
Edwin porter was born on April 21, 1870, in
Connellsville and died on April 30, 1941 in New
York City.
Edwin porter was the person who came up with
the idea of a cut
A cut is when you stop filming and you then
move the camera into a new scene and then
continue filming
In 1903 the first idea of a cut was placed into a
movie, it was a silent film because they hadn't
developed sound for movies.
3. ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Alfred Hitchcock was born on August the 13, 1899
in Leytonstone and died on the 29th of April 1980.
Alfred Hitchcock was a film director
He used all original techniques which are now
widely know such as:- the shower scene in phsco,
this consists of a woman oblivious to the situation
showering behind a curtain and the killer pulling
back the curtain and killing the woman.
Alfred Hitchcock usually directs thrillers.
And was the first director to use the vertigo
technique which shows peoples minds spinning
because they are afraid of heights
4. IN CAMERA EDITING
Edit in camera is when you need to shoot every
scene in order
For example if you were filming a show where you
were in a restaurant and then you cut to a forest you
would have to travel to the forest, and then back to
the restaurant ect.
In camera editing can be quite time consuming, this
is why it is not used as much in films now
Furthermore you only get one shot, you cant just
keep retaking it
There isn't an example of a show using in camera
editing because it is unprofessional, but an example
of someone using in camera editing would be if I
filmed a video I would edit it in camera because I
don't have any editing software.
5. MULTIPLE POINTS OF VIEW
They have different types of multiple points of
view. They have point of view (POV) and over the
shoulder shot
The POV shot is a shot that you see exactly what
the person can see, an example of a POV shot is a
show called Peep Show.
And an over the shoulder shot is a shot that is
normally used during convocations and various
other scenes.
An example of an over the shoulder shot is when
Woody is talking to the three peas in the pod
6. 180O RULE
This is one of the most important because it
determines how the finished product will appear on
the screen.
For example you could have two characters talking to
each other, one is facing left the other right this
implies that they are talking to each other or are
acquaintances
This is used all the time in films it is when the camera
pans 180o when two people are talking.
7. MANIPULATION OF DIEGETIC TIME AND
SPACE
this shows a person, object or environment
changing over a period of time, they could be
getting older or younger
This allows the audience to see the time change
visibly.
An example of time being visibly changed is in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in a
scene Herminie uses a form of time
transportation device which lets them travel in
time and change location
8. CUTAWAYS
A cut away is when you cut from one scene to
another
Most movies use cutaways because it keeps the
viewer entertained.
An example of a cut away is a lesson being filmed
and then a cutaway to the principle at the door
nodding his head in disappointment this would
tell us that the class or someone in the class has
been naughty and not done their work.
This is a reaction shot.
9. MONTAGE
This was influenced by Porter’s theory, that you can
look at two unrelated shots and then deduce that the
two shots are related
Russian filmmakers like Eisenstein tried to take this
principle even further.
Montage editing is the technique of using different
shots, of unrelated footage, and from there allowing
the audience to deduce their own meaning to the
sequence of shots.
These shots don’t normally go together in an
narrative film, in some cases they can even
An example of a montage is in family guy when the
directors want to show you what’s happening in a
very short amount of time.
