Media Studies Editing Project
In the process of making this video, I learned how to truly demonstrate all 6 editing techniques. Alley, Amory, and I started off by coming up with a video idea. We wanted to create a video that followed a certain story line. We came up with the story of making muffins. We all thought this would be a great idea to show our understanding of certain editing techniques. We chose to demonstrate an eye line match cut, a dissolve transition, a freeze-frame, parallel editing, fade out/fade in transition, as well as a flashback. We each were in charge of different parts of the video. Amory and Alley were in charge of filming most of the video and editing. Whereas I was the main person in the shots. However, I did help out with filming as we were demonstrating parallel editing. Alley and Amory were taking a walk and talking. Meanwhile, I was inside trying my best to make muffins.
Eye Line Match Cut
In this scene, from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone”, Harry Potter meets Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They are discussing magic as they are eating candy that they bought off the trolly. This clip exemplifies what an eye-line match cut truly is. An eye-line match cut is a film editing technique used to show what a character is seeing. It is often used during a conversation between 2 or more characters. Filmmakers use this to create continuity between many shots. Eyeline match creates meaning in many ways. “An eye-line match cut allows the audience to believe they are looking at something through the eyes of the character.” It intends to give the illusion that 2 or more characters are looking at each other. It is important for the audience to know who is interacting with who.
Dissolve
In this scene, from “Titanic”, Rose is describing her Titanic experience 84 years ago. She is sat down by an interviewer and is asked what she remembers. Rose had described the Titanic as “The Ship of Dreams”. The clip then dissolved into what was the amazing, unsinkable Titanic. A dissolve transition is an editing technique that is done in post-production. “It occurs when you gently increase the opacity of one scene over the previous one.” It is a transition that immediately jumps to the next shot. A dissolve is used to create meaning in many ways. It is a form of continuity editing in which it joins two shots together and keeps the story consistent from one shot to the next. A dissolve is used to show the passage of time.
Freeze Frame
In this scene, from “The Big Short”, a freeze frame is used to show that Mark Baum (Steve Carrell) realized that the whole world economy might collapse. “A freeze frame is a technique where motion in a film is suddenly halted. This is done to make it look like a photograph.” A freeze frame is used to add dramatic emphasis to a scene. It is used to leave the viewer guessing what might happen next.
Parallel Editing
In this scene, from “The Godfather”, Michael (Al Pacino) has a series of murders executed while he is at a baptism. These men are a part of the Italian Mafia. This clip is a great example of parallel editing. “Parallel editing is a technique whereby cutting occurs between two or more related actions occurring at the same time in two separate locations or different points in time.” Al Pacino is at a baptism while the murderers are at many different locations. This is happening all at the same time. Parallel editing best showcases contrast between two different scenes. This creates the feeling of parallel actions. This type of editing establishes a relation between scenes. This usually creates tension amongst the viewers because they don’t know what to expect next in each scenario.
Fade Out/Fade In
In this scene, from “La La Land”, videos from Seb and Mia’s relationship (Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone) are being played up until the end. It shows what type of relationship they used to have. At the end, Mia walks into the room with her new love interest as she watches Seb play the piano. She dreams of what they could have been if they had never separated. At the very end of this clip, there is a fade out/fade in transition to show the “The End” shot. “A fade transition is when a shot gradually fades to (or from) a single color, usually black or white.” “It is a dramatic transition that often symbolizes the passage of time or signifies completion. Fading to black is used to move from a dramatic or emotional scene into another scene, or to the credits at the end of a film.
Flashback
In this scene, from “Tangled”, Gothel, Rapunzel’s “mother” tells her the dangers of the outside world and how she is not aloud outside the castle. Rapunzel thinks this is awfully weird how she is never aloud outside of her small castle. She is finally putting two and two together and she thinks that she could easily be the lost princess of Corona. She sees a star and she remembered that she had seen the same star when she was just a little child. There is a flashback scene showing this. “A flashback is a narrative technique of interrupting the chronological sequence of events to interject events of earlier occurrence. A writer uses this literary device to help readers better understand present-day elements in the story or learn more about a character.” Flashbacks can increase a story’s dramatic tension and deepen a character's development.
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