16.1 history of editing UPDATED

Film editing is part of the process of film making.
This is made up of raw footage that are combined together to create a sequence of moving images.

Before people edited using computers they had a different techniques of how to edit there work by physically cutting the film and pasting it together this was done using a slicer and then threading the piece of film in to a machine which then would be projected onto a screen.

The first film company was owned by a man called Thomas Edison, even though he didn't have a direct role with the film editing he hired an assistant named William Kennedy Dickson who helped to develop the company.

Georges Melies was a french illusionist & also a film maker who is known for the use of special effects when he accidentally used the stop trick in 1896,which makes the actor look as if they had vanish from shot and then instantly appears within shot  he was also one of the first filmmakers to ever use various exposures,time-lapse photography & dissolves within his work

In camera editing is where the cameraman will film and cut exactly where he wants the shot with no extra space between the footage this takes a lot more planning than if you was to edit it digitally on the computer but this is a cheaper way to produce a film if your on a budget and dont want to pay big money for editing software.

There are many techniques used during the editing process all just depending on what the editor prefer to do within his own work such as;

Cross cutting- cross cutting is part of a editing technique this is when the camera will cuta way put will be in two different locations but at the same time.

Cutaway shot -  A cutaway shot is when the there is a piece of footage away from the action that the camera will focus on, this sometimes will set the scene so it give you a feel to how it feels

180-degree rule- the 180 degree rule is very important when it comes to film making this is when you have an imaginary line straight down the centre of the location which you are filming in this is so that when two or more people are have a conversation and the camera goes past the imaginary line then when it comes to the edit it will look like they are both facing different ways

There are plenty of different types of shots used within film heres a list of the different styles;

• Birds Eye Shot
• Birds-Eye View
• Low Shot
• High Shot
• Mid Shot
• Point of View Shot
• High Angle Shot
• Establishing Shot
• Close up
• Dutch Angle
• Two Shot
• Over The Shoulder Shot

 Continuity is a term used to say the collection of shots should be edited in a continuos order , this is because when filming 1 shot with different angles you will need everything to be in the same place so that the footage is one continuous flow without continuity the film will have a lot of mistakes & would not be professional  


The 180 degree rule is used within film this is and imaginary line which keeps the camera on one side of the room so that when you switch angles the people will still be facing the same way & not look like they switch from left side of the screen to the right this would make it look asif they are talking to themselves