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1. UNIT 9: DIGITAL
EDITING
TECHNIQUES
2015
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Understandthe developmentandprinciplesof
editing.
L2 BTEC First Diploma
Creative Digital MediaProduction

2. Unit 9: Digital Editing Techniques
Section 1: Understand the development and principles of editing.
Research question 1:Can you namesomeofthepioneersoffilmmaking in thelate19th Centuryand
early20th Century? Whyweretheypioneers?
Earlypioneersoffilm
making.
Why were they
considered film or
editing pioneers?
Examplesoftheirfilm
production with images
and references.
What was notable
abouttheirfilms?
LumiereBrothers
Edwin Porter [American
produceranddirector]
GeorgesMéliès [French
illusionistandfilm maker]

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D.W Griffith
[AmericanFilm Director]
Research question 2:Can you listsomeexamplesofearlyfilmproduction?Include screen shots where
necessary.Whyarethesegoodexamplesof
Giveearlyexamplesoffilm
production.
Discusswhytheseweregood examplesofPioneering
Techniquesand Styles –give detail ofspecificscenes/shots
thatdemonstrate (Youtubetimeref?)
L’arrived’un Train!(1896)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbje9
K0KsBQ
A Trip to theMoon (1902)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Frd
VdKlxUk
TheGreatTrain Robbery (1903)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINB
ZE5XFR4
(Cross cuttingmethod)
Research Question 3: Whatare thestyles&techniquesofearlycinema,can you explainwhattheyare
and howthesecame about?
Listthecharacteristicsofearly
filmproduction.
Why was this styleor techniqueused? Provideexamples.
Framing/TypeofShot
Pace/Rhythm of cuts
Storytelling - Cutting together
different shots to makea
sequence

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Analogueediting (workbench/in
camera)
SpecialEffects
Research question 4:HistoryofEditing Technology
Technologiesin
filmediting
Linear(Analogue)
orNon-Linear
(Digital)&year
Describewhatit
was and howit
was used
How doesthis
change/revolutionis
e theway editing
was done
Examplesof
filmsproduced
in thisway &
year
In Cameraediting
Splicer
Early editing meant that
editors had to be very
precise when cutting the
film. Invention of the
‘splicer’ meant thatthis
sped up the editing time.
Joiner
Moviola
Video Reelto reel
Video is an electronic
medium for the recording,

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copying and broadcasting
of moving visual images.
Early video tapes could
record up to one hour. WE
have since now moved on
to digital which is a cheaper
method of video production.
Avid/Final Cut
Activity5:As a teamof 3, createa timelineofthedevelopmentofediting. UsePrezi to presentthe
development.Useimagesand statewhythiswasa keydevelopmentin theeditingprocess. Usethe
followingsubheadingsto gatheryourresearch:
Section 2:PurposesofFilmand Video Editing
You musthave anunderstandingofthe following – ALL 3 MUST BECOVERED IN YOUR VIDEO GUIDE
Activity1:Usingappropriateterminology(useyoureditingconvention glossary)giveexamplesofthe
techniquesandthepurposeof these techniquesinarangeof media.
Filmmaker & Film Style and Techniques used (see
earlier)
Explain the purpose of these
techniques
EarlyCinema
Melies
Lumieres

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Porter
ContemporaryDigital Film,TV& Video
Film
WeNeed To Talk About Kevin
[Dir. Lynne Ramsey,2011]
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TV Drama

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Section 3:Learning AimB Techniques
You musthave anunderstandingofthe following: seamless;continuity; motivated; montage;jump-cutting;
parallelediting;180orule;splicing;transitions, egcut, dissolve,fade, wipe; cutaways; pointof view shot; shot-
reverse-shot; providingandwithholdinginformation;editingrhythm;crosscutting; cutting to soundtrack
Activity1:Createa video glossaryofkey Continuity editing Techniques and Transitions giveexamples
of each.Rememberto fullyreferenceeachfilm.
Technique Describe the
Technique
Why would this Technique or
Transition be used?
Givea detailed film example
and discuss the purpose of
thisTechniqueorTransition
in editing together a
sequence
Continuityor‘Seamless’editing –definition:
What isthe purpose(Timeand Space)

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 180 degree
rule,
 the cut,
 match on
action,
 eye-line
match,
 cut-away,
 cross
cutting
 shot rev
shot,
Transitions
 dissolves,
 wipes,
 fades,

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Activity1:Createa video glossaryofkey Continuity editing Techniques and Transitions giveexamples
of each.Rememberto fullyreferenceeachfilm.
Technique Describe the
Technique
Why would this
Technique orTransition
be used?
Give a detailed film
example and discuss the
purposeofthis Technique
or Transition in editing
together a sequence
AlternativeTechniques&terminology
MontageEditingdefinition:
Purpose:
NewWave (NouveauVague) Editingdefinition:
Purpose:
 jump cuts,
 freeze
frames,
 split screens,
 super-
imposition
 Visual effects
 Slow motion
 Discontinuity
(breaking
180 deg rule)

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Activity1:Createa video glossaryofkey Continuity editing Techniques and Transitions giveexamples
of each.Rememberto fullyreferenceeachfilm.
ContemporaryDigital Film,TV& Video
Continuity NewWave Montage
TeamAmerica
Film
WeNeed To Talk About
Kevin[Dir. LynneRamsey,
2011]
Advert
Musicpromovideo
TV Drama

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