V.I Pudovkin said that, “the foundation of film art is editing.” (Giannetti 2001:133)
Early editing dates back to the late 1800’s. What became known as the Silent Period, 1885-1930, saw immense experimentation and new ideas blossom in terms of film editing which developed as different visionary individuals who still influence how we edit today, shaped it.
Dancyger (2011:3) states that the first motion pictures date back to 1895, and editing was minimal if not non-exist. These films were about one minute in length. The cameras were placed without screen direction or compositional considerations and even lights were a variable. For example Thomas Edison’s films simply recorded an act or incident in a single long shot. Even George Mélés’ fourteen-minute
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Luis Bunuel, whose focus on setting one image off in reaction to another, became known as the theory of Visual Discontinuity, also took up Dovzhenko’s theory.
Whilst Pudovkin stayed with bourgeois cinema and Eisenstein was too intellectual with his approach, a man by the name of Dziga Vertov remained adamant on realism for the revolution. For example in his film The Man With The Movie Camera (1929), he constantly reminds the audience of the immense artificiality of cinema. With Vertov’s approach being far more liberal and hinging on experimental he contributed greatly to the cinéma vérité or “truthful cinema”
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She is given a seat at a desk and realises that she is indeed dead. The Devil tells Scarlet her transgressions and she regrets how she led her previous life with her lover. Rabiger (2007:67) states that order and duration are how the audience perceive the story. On our first look at the devil, the ultimate antagonist, I will utilise a medium shot whereby we hear the devil’s voice but only see her body in frame and not her head. This serves to draw on the audience’s suspense before revealing the antagonist. Looking at order, Scarlet enters the room, is welcomed and sits down. These shots must be cut together in a clear order to show smooth movement of the action. A quick insert of the Devil tapping her fingers together in wait as Scarlet enters also portrays how Scarlet is in fact being expected to arrive in hell to the
In the short story, “ The Scarlet Ibis,” the author uses symbolism to represent the story’s main ideas. Symbolism is represented by the Scarlet Ibis and Doodle. In the Scarlet Ibis, Doodle is a young boy who can’t walk by himself so his brother takes care of him. In the story, there are a lot of things that are red symbols because those represent Doodle. In the story, “ Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers”
Camera movement and angles are what captivate the audience to keep their attention throughout the entirety of the whole film. Sometimes a simple camera movement can make all the difference in the
In this paper I hypothesize that A Voyage to the Moon was most innovative in cinematography and editing. Although mise en-scene was the main focus of the film, I hypothesize that mise en scene wasn’t as innovative as the other two. As mentioned earlier, mise en scene made A Voyage to the Moon easy to understand and follow along. In the first scene of the film, this power
Film dates back all the way to the 1880’s where the first cameras were being produced. It was an exciting time for the whole world with this new technology. Over the years, while the cameras continued to improve, film did as well. The first film came out around 1905 and it turned out to be a huge hit. Through out many years, film improved rapidly and the problems of the world begin to appear in them.
This essay will discuss the uses, strategies and the meanings that are generated by editing in cinema. The films that this essay will be focusing on are Psycho and Singin’ in the Rain. Both of these films are very different to each other and therefore use editing in varying ways in order to give the audience a different perception of the characters as well as the setting that these characters are involved in. Psycho focuses on building suspense for the audience throughout the film using editing, camera work and sound. This essay will be primarily focusing on editing with the discussion of camerawork where relevant.
Soviet Cinema were established between the years 1917 to 1953. This was a time of transition and great development in the film industry. Soviet Cinema focused on creating films that dealt with political and ideological ideas that arose during those times. A Man with a Movie Camera was released in 1929. This film became revolutionary in the way it used techniques of film editing such as; constructive/linkage editing and intellectual montage and how it helped narrate the story without a storyline.
Thomas Edison was one of many inventors that tried to add music and speech to films. The year 1927 marked the end of silent film. Engineers at Western Electric came up with the vitaphone, with the backing of Warner Bros. Studio. Soon subtitles were replaced with sound. Movies advanced one way by adding a multiperson camera and lighting crew in 1927.
The first computerized nonlinear editing system was called the CMX 600, it had a console with 2 monitors built in it (Film History). The right monitor played a preview video and was used to make cuts and edits by using a light pen to select the options (Film history). The left monitor on the other hand was used to display the edited video, It recorded and played in black and white video and the audio was recorded using digital analog signals (film history). Between 1988-1991 the world’s first nonlinear film editing software was introduced. Moving into the 2000s, ordinary computers gained access to edit digital videos at higher resolutions.
In a person’s life, many situations transpire and make them feel pride over one’s self. Readers can see this in the short story,” The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. “In his spare time Hurst wrote short stories and plays, but The Scarlet Ibis was the only work of his that become famous “(gradesaver.com)”. In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” James Hurst uses red to symbolize warning, death, and guilt to show the change the older brother goes through, as he takes care of Doodle. The first instance when red is used, is to express warning and the older brother’s attitude, is at Doodle’s birth.
The industry grew and improved. Colour was finally initiated and film finally introduced sound and animation was formed. Movies known as “Talkies “were famous throughout
Over the past century, film has served as a powerful means of communication to a global audience and has become a vital part of the contemporary culture in a world that is increasingly saturated by visual content. Due to the immediacy and the all-encompassing nature of film, the process of watching a film, is widely perceived to be a passive activity by the general masses. However, quoting Smith in his article about the study of film, “nothing could be further from the truth.” The study and understanding of film as an art form enhances the way we watch and appreciate films. It requires the audience's active participation and interaction with the film in order to fully comprehend the directors' intention behind every creative decision.
Film takes photography to another level. Film, or the cinema “is objectivity in time.” For the first time with film “the image of things is likewise the image of their duration, change mummified as it were”. Bazin argues "only the impassive lens, stripping its object of all those ways of seeing it, those piled- up preconceptions, that spiritual dust and grime with which my eyes have covered it, are able to present it in all its virginal purity to my attention and consequently to my love.
When looking at films you have to look at every aspect of the film. When it comes to most people they will watch the film and not notice little details such as framing and editing. Now being an editor my self, this is one issue that bothers me with casual viewership of movies or any other types of film. Thats when they think the editing was just done and that it takes not effort and people think that the clips are just put together. I can safely say that this is 200% false and that being an editor takes a ton of thought and process going into how a clip is placed, how much time before cutting it or anything along those lines.
After watching The Story of Film I think I have a greater understanding of cinematography’s growth and power. I believe that both Amelie and Phoenix emphasize what the documentary is talking about. With the arrival of sound we see an explosion of creativity and experimentation, particularly in world cinema. For example, Mario Peixoto’s film Limite forgoes traditional camerawork and tells the story by letting the scenes dissolve. He uses a handheld camera so everything is wild, carefree, and even whimsical.
Directed by Robert W. Pauls was one of the first films to feature more than one shot. The purpose of film editing is that it allows the film to have a flow and will keep the audience engaged throughout the film. Editing also helps with the narrative structure of the film. However, if the film only had one shot the audience would most likely get bored.