Editing Workshop

 In this workshop we had used the camera shots we had gotten from the previous camera workshop and were taught the fundamentals of editing the raw footage into a scene like structure. The software that we will be using to edit our opening sequences will be Adobe Premiere Pro which is used a lot within the film industry alongside other professional editing programmes such as AVID and Final Cut Pro.

Key elements of Editing:

Saving regularly and backing up your work is essential so that you do not lose it so that if there were any corruption or problem with the programme. Additionally it is important to save a different file for each version of the cut so that if while developing and actioning feedback something no longer works in the story telling it is easy to go back to a previous version of the cut. 

Dailies and Rushes:

These are key features in editing as they are parts of the raw unedited footage that is captured from the shoot day Graphic matches, or match cuts, are useful in relating two otherwise disconnected scenes, or in helping to establish a relationship between two scenes.  By ending one shot with a frame containing the same compositional elements (shape, colour, size, etc.) as the beginning frame of the next shot, a connection is drawn between the two shots with a smooth transition.

Rhythm 

Rhythm in editing describes an assembling of shots and/or sequences according to a rhythmic pattern of some kind, usually dictated by music.  It can be narrative, as in the clip from Woody Allen’s Bananas below, or, a music video type collage, as in the second clip from Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette.  In either case, dialogue is suppressed and the musical relationship between shots takes centre stage