editing week 1

1. Film and Video Editing
Techniques

2. What is Editing?

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd68fZq_af4

4. What is this project about
• The aim of this part of the project is to
introduce you to both technical and
artistic aspects of Editing.
• You will learn about:
- Editing Technology, and editing
Techniques.
- How to edit using Final Cut Pro X
- How to edit using Adobe Premiere Pro
• You will need to:
- Complete in class workshops
- Present ideas
- Apply techniques to your own Doc and
short films.

5. • Cuts & Transitions 101 - YouTube

6. Editing

7. Lesson Aims:
• MUST know what editing is.
• SHOULD discuss the purpose of
editing.
• COULD evaluate why editors
make choices to impact upon
Audience perception.

8. Why edit?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJo5ih2Hk
xE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoNATPsO
sZk#t=162

9. Edit = Cutting
• Comes from physically cutting up film reel to remove unwanted
footage and sticking it back together.
• In America the term cut puts an emphasis on separating, or
removing footage.
• In the UK film the term cut can refer to joining together footage.
• Why does cutting or editing a film work?

10. Since 1996…
• All Oscar winning films have been
digitally edited.
• Before that all Oscar winners were
edited using a length of film reel.
• During the making of Apocalypse Now,
editors had 1,250,000 feet of film to
work through. The equivalent of 230
hours.
• This took 2 years to edit, and had an
average of 1.5 cuts per day.

11. Digital Editing…
• With the addition of digital video
and editing equipment such as;
Adobe Premiere Pro this has sped
up the process.
• How else has it improved an
editors job?
• In the UK, film is captured at a
frame rate of 24 frames (pictures)
per second (24fps). Why do we
capture at 24fps?

12. In Pairs discuss how editors might be
similar to the following professions:
A tour guide A bomb disposal expert
A surgeon A Magician

13. Just one Shot
• Take a screenshot of your chosen shot from
one of the videos provided.
• Write a description of the different qualities of
the shot (the shot not the screenshot so the
moving qualities could be included)
• Paste your screenshot and description to the
forum on Moodle by the end of the session.

14. How I achieved the Lesson Aims:
Presented by………
• All of you will be able to know what
editing is.
• Most of you will be able to discuss
the purpose of editing.
• Some of you will be able to
evaluate why editors make choices
to impact upon Audience
perception.
Acceptable
Pass
Outstanding