Editing A Basic Introduction

1. Editing
A Basic Introduction

2. What is it?
• Editing forms the post-production part of
any production process.
• It is necessary in assembling shots together
to create a coherent whole production.
• It is the process where sound and images
are cut together to create a narrative.

3. Creating the narrative
• Shots are assembled together by transitions
which are carefully selected in order to
maximise continuity and aid audience
understanding.
• Shots vary in length (duration) and when
edited together have a rhythm which can
manipulate audience emotions and reading
of a situation.

4. So what is continuity, Rhythm
and a Transition?• You tell me………
• Use the links and media studies reference books to
complete the table provided. You only have 30
minutes to do this. we will then feed it back as a
class before viewing an extract of a TV drama
where you will identify a variety of different
transitions and discuss what you think their effect
is.
• http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film/handbook/glossary.html#editing
• http://www.springhurst.org/cinemagic/glossary_terms.htm
#Match%20cut
• http://195.12.22.187/sfeu_dotnet/uploads/documents/Higher
%20Media%20Studies%20Glossary.pdf

5. Screening
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?
v=jPO2y19tKCE&feature=related
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?
v=TvbiC634Pb0&feature=related
Watch the following screenings: trailer for Rome and a clip
from the same TV drama. Try and identify the different
editing components used and suggest why you think they
have been used in a power paragraph.

6. Screening
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?
v=jPO2y19tKCE&feature=related
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?
v=TvbiC634Pb0&feature=related
Watch the following screenings: trailer for Rome and a clip
from the same TV drama. Try and identify the different
editing components used and suggest why you think they
have been used in a power paragraph.