In Camera Editing Techniques

You are now going to use ‘in camera editing’ techniques. This was the only way that the earliest film makers had to make a sequence of shots. All the ‘editing’ actually takes place while filming. In other words, you only film the precise shots you want, in the correct order and for the desired length of time (no rewinding and re-recording is allowed!)

YOU WILL BE GIVEN A SCENARIO TO FILM. USE SOME OF THE EDITING TECHNIQUES/PRINCIPLES YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT.

1. IN GROUPS, CREATE A SHOT LIST OF ALL SHOTS YOU WILL NEED. PUT SHOTS IN THE ORDER YOU WANT THEM TO PLAY IN.

2. YOU MUST INCLUDE A VARIETY OF SHOT SIZES.

3. INDIVIDUALLY, CREATE A STORYBOARD OF YOUR SHOT LIST – ENSURE YOU INCLUDE THE LENGTH OF TIME EACH SHOT WILL BE ON SCREEN FOR (HOW MANY SECONDS?)

4. IN GROUPS, GO AND FILM YOUR SHOTS! YOU MUST FOLLOW THE STORYBOARD PRECISELY. THIS MEANS FRAMING SHOTS EXACTLY AS YOU PLANNED AND HOLDING EACH SHOT FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME PLANNED. YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOU DO NOT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ WHEN FILMING.

THIS WILL FORM PART OF YOUR COURSEWORK FOR THE EDITING UNIT! USE YOUR NOTES FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS TO HELP YOU.

YOU MUST DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:

· In camera editing, shot variation, manipulation of diegetic time and space.

· Storytelling (engaging the viewer, providing and withholding information, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating pace.

· Combination of shots,180 degree rule, continuity, montage, point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot.