COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIA
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EVALUATION
EDITING NOTES FOR EACH LESSON
NOTES FOR TIME, SPACE AND DEVELOPING NARRATIVE - 18th June 2011
Notes about the three signs to find what kind of editing is used in different kind of footage. Which are time, space and developing narrative.
CONTINUITY EDITING
''MILLER AND SWEEP''BY GEORGE ALBERT SMITH (1897) AND ''BIRTH OF A NATION'' D.W. GRIFFITH (1815) NOTES - 18th JUNE 2011
Notes on miller and sweep first and then birth of a nation next.
Info of editing and how they achieved the editing skills, also noting different shots of how to present to the audiences.
Info of editing and how they achieved the editing skills, also noting different shots of how to present to the audiences.
MONTAGE EDITING - NOTES ON MONTAGE EDITING AND KULESHOV AND PULOVKIN (1910 - 1920) 21th JUNE 2011
Notes on essenstein battleship and montage editing - images of kuleshov work drawn in black.
OLIVER STONE - ''JKF'' (1991) 24TH JUNE
Notes for oliver stone, JKF - shows editing techniques used in the footage.
SOUND EDITING - HOW FILMS USE SOUND TO EXPRESS THEIR FOOTAGE.
NOTES ABOUT ''ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST'' BY SERGIO LEONE (1968) - 5th JULY 2011
- ARAY OF SOUND TO SHOW DISCOMFORT - SOUND SCAPE - ROCKING CHAIR, DRIPPING OF THE TAP, HOT. HE IS WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS.
- NO NON DIEGETIC SOUND (AFTER THE TRAIN)
- OFF SCREEN SOUND
- SOUND BRIDGE (HEAR BEFORE YOU SEE IT) E.G FLY NOISE TURNS INTO TRAIN SCREECH - AURAL BRIDGE E.G TRAIN SCREECH BETWEEN TO SEQUENCE
- AMBIENT SOUND
- DIEGETIC SOUND
- SOUND IS PARALLEL TO THE SEQUENCE BUILD AS SEQUENCE BULIDS.
- UPPER THE VOLUME - SOUND SCAPE
- WHEN FLY GETS CAUGHT IN GUN - SOUND QUITE HALLOW/ECHO - SO ITS SOUND LIKE ITS IN THE GUN- SHOWN IN THE EDITING PROCESS.
- NO NON DIEGETIC SOUND (AFTER THE TRAIN)
- OFF SCREEN SOUND
- SOUND BRIDGE (HEAR BEFORE YOU SEE IT) E.G FLY NOISE TURNS INTO TRAIN SCREECH - AURAL BRIDGE E.G TRAIN SCREECH BETWEEN TO SEQUENCE
- AMBIENT SOUND
- DIEGETIC SOUND
- SOUND IS PARALLEL TO THE SEQUENCE BUILD AS SEQUENCE BULIDS.
- UPPER THE VOLUME - SOUND SCAPE
- WHEN FLY GETS CAUGHT IN GUN - SOUND QUITE HALLOW/ECHO - SO ITS SOUND LIKE ITS IN THE GUN- SHOWN IN THE EDITING PROCESS.
SOUND EDITING
NOTES ABOUT THE SOUND USED IN ''TRAINSPOTTING'' BY DANNY BOYLE (1996) 5th JULY 2011
- NON DIEGETIC SOUND OVER.- NARRATION
- CLASSICAL - CONTRAPUNTAL - RUNS AGAINST - NOT PARALLEL TO THE ACTION - AS A GENER OF ITS OWN - LOOKING AT THE FILM DIFFERENTLY.
- IMPACT SOUND PICKED OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT DEFINITIONAL AND SIMPLISTIC
- ISOLATED THE SOUNDS, SO THERE WORKED MIXED WELL. - NARRATION, CLASSICAL AND OBJECTS BEING MOVED.
- VOICE HEARD MOTIVATED. SOUND OF HIS VOICE AUTOED AS IF HE WAS IN THE EMPTY ROOM - INTERIOR MONOLOGUE - FEELS LIKE THE SOUND IS COMING FROM HIS HEAD.
- CLASSICAL - CONTRAPUNTAL - RUNS AGAINST - NOT PARALLEL TO THE ACTION - AS A GENER OF ITS OWN - LOOKING AT THE FILM DIFFERENTLY.
- IMPACT SOUND PICKED OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT DEFINITIONAL AND SIMPLISTIC
- ISOLATED THE SOUNDS, SO THERE WORKED MIXED WELL. - NARRATION, CLASSICAL AND OBJECTS BEING MOVED.
- VOICE HEARD MOTIVATED. SOUND OF HIS VOICE AUTOED AS IF HE WAS IN THE EMPTY ROOM - INTERIOR MONOLOGUE - FEELS LIKE THE SOUND IS COMING FROM HIS HEAD.
SOUND EDITING
NOTES ABOUT THE SOUND USED IN ''TRAINSPOTTING'' BY DANNY BOYLE (SPUDS INTERVIEW) - 1996 - 5th JULY 2011
- DIALOGUE IS FAST - WHEN ON DRUGS - TALK FAST.
- SHORT DURATION SHOTS - TO SHOW HOE FAST HIS TALKING
- FAST PANNING SHOTS - TO SHOW HOE FAST HE IS TALKING TO GO WITH THE PACE OF HIM TALKING.
- NON DIEGETIC
- SHOT REVERSE SHOTS.
- JUMP CUTS - BACK AND FOURTH - LINE OF ACTION. FOR EFFECT COMBINATION IN ORDER TO SHOW HOM BEING FIGATY AND TO SHOW THE CHARACTER.
- ECHO INDICATE - REVERB IN ORDER TO SHOW DISTANCE BETWEEN HIM AND THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
- SHORT DURATION SHOTS - TO SHOW HOE FAST HIS TALKING
- FAST PANNING SHOTS - TO SHOW HOE FAST HE IS TALKING TO GO WITH THE PACE OF HIM TALKING.
- NON DIEGETIC
- SHOT REVERSE SHOTS.
- JUMP CUTS - BACK AND FOURTH - LINE OF ACTION. FOR EFFECT COMBINATION IN ORDER TO SHOW HOM BEING FIGATY AND TO SHOW THE CHARACTER.
- ECHO INDICATE - REVERB IN ORDER TO SHOW DISTANCE BETWEEN HIM AND THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SOUND EDITING
NOTES ABOUT ''THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK'' BY RANDALL WALLACE (1998) - 5th JULY 2011
- TRAILER- EDITED DIFFERENT STYLE - FIT THE SENSE OF THE WHOLE FILM IN THE SHORT PEROID OF TIME - TO SHOW AUDIENCE THE WHOLE FILM IN SHOERT AMOUNT OF TIME.
- AUDIENCES GO TO SEE THE ACTORS INTO IT.
- GRAPHIC MATCHES LINKING THE BATTLES TO THE BARS ON THE PRISON PALACE GATES.
- EYELINE MATCH - LOVE INTEREST - AMUSE ROMANCE.
- SLOW MOTION GETS FRUIT - TO IMPACT ACTION - MATCH ON ACTION.
- SWORD - TRANSATION - CONFLICT. - SWORD - DIEAGAL WIPE TRANSATION.
- FADES TO BLACK - CHANGE OF LOCATION - DIFFERENT FADES OF BLACK FOR TIME AND SPACE.
- CANON AND GUN SHOT WEAPONED - FLYING TOWARDS AUDIENCE - GENERATES TRANSITION
- NARRATION - DAILOGUE FOR FILM - TELL STORY - BUT NOT FROM THE ACTION SEQUENCE BEEN SEEN.
- WIDE SHOT OF GROUPS AND ACTION BUT THEN CLOSE UP OF THE STARS ACTORS - AUDIENCE TO SEE.
- CROWD THROWING CABBAGE - GUYS CUTTING CABBAGE - SHOT REVERSE SHOT - GENERATE CONFLICT.
- TRANSFER IN THE CUTS - ALLOW FOR TRANSITION OF ANGLE REPOSITION THE AUDIENCE - TO FEEL THE POOR VICTIMS.
- AUDIENCES GO TO SEE THE ACTORS INTO IT.
- GRAPHIC MATCHES LINKING THE BATTLES TO THE BARS ON THE PRISON PALACE GATES.
- EYELINE MATCH - LOVE INTEREST - AMUSE ROMANCE.
- SLOW MOTION GETS FRUIT - TO IMPACT ACTION - MATCH ON ACTION.
- SWORD - TRANSATION - CONFLICT. - SWORD - DIEAGAL WIPE TRANSATION.
- FADES TO BLACK - CHANGE OF LOCATION - DIFFERENT FADES OF BLACK FOR TIME AND SPACE.
- CANON AND GUN SHOT WEAPONED - FLYING TOWARDS AUDIENCE - GENERATES TRANSITION
- NARRATION - DAILOGUE FOR FILM - TELL STORY - BUT NOT FROM THE ACTION SEQUENCE BEEN SEEN.
- WIDE SHOT OF GROUPS AND ACTION BUT THEN CLOSE UP OF THE STARS ACTORS - AUDIENCE TO SEE.
- CROWD THROWING CABBAGE - GUYS CUTTING CABBAGE - SHOT REVERSE SHOT - GENERATE CONFLICT.
- TRANSFER IN THE CUTS - ALLOW FOR TRANSITION OF ANGLE REPOSITION THE AUDIENCE - TO FEEL THE POOR VICTIMS.
SOUND EDITING
NOTES ABOUT ''CITZEN KANE'' (1941) BY ORSON WELLES. 5th JULY 2011
- ANOYMOUS SOUND - NON DIEGETIC
- LONG DURATION SHOT AND FADES.
- FADES - TO BUILD SUSPENSE AND ALSO HIM FADING IN AND OUT UNCONSCIOUS.
- DEPTH OF FIELD IN ORDER TO TELL THE STORY.
- PULL OUT - LOOKS LIKE WERE IN THE SNOW DOME THEN PULLS OUT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SNOW DOME.
- LONG DURATION SHOT AND FADES.
- FADES - TO BUILD SUSPENSE AND ALSO HIM FADING IN AND OUT UNCONSCIOUS.
- DEPTH OF FIELD IN ORDER TO TELL THE STORY.
- PULL OUT - LOOKS LIKE WERE IN THE SNOW DOME THEN PULLS OUT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SNOW DOME.
TRAINING MONTAGE -
''NO REGRET, NO SURRENDER'' (1986) BY COREY YUEN.
A training montage is a sequence that only has non diegetic soundtrack throughout.
· PLOT TIME – CREDITS, LOGOS, BEGINNING, AND END.
· REAL TIME – WHEN FIGHTING AT THE BEGINNING, SHOWS NO USE OF FAST FORWARDING, DOESN’T SHOW ANY DREAMING OR THINKING IT WAS TRUE.
· QUICK PANNING SHOTS – SPEED UP THE PROCESS – WHEN THE ‘BAD’ GUY THREATS STILLWELL, HIS FEELING SCARED AND THEN LOOKS AT THE TWO ‘BAD’ GUYS FRIENDS – EYEVIEW AS IF HE WAS TURNING TO LOOK AT THE TWO FRIENDS. ALSO WHEN HE IS TRAINING – LOOKING AT THE ‘CAMERA’ HOWEVER THAT THE OBJECT HE IS HITTING, HOWEVER LOOKS LIKE HE IS LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE – DOES THIS FIVE TIMES TO SHOW THE TRAINING HE DOES AND ALSO QUICK ON HIS FEET.
· SLOW MOTION TO CREAT A EXCITEMENT AND THRILLING ATMOSPHERE FOR THE AUDIENCE.
· NON DIEGETIC SOUND THROUGHOUT
· HERO SOUNDTRACK – E.G SUPERMAN VIBE – HOWEVER ITS OPPOSITE AS IT IS ONE OF THE BAD GUYS HELPING – TO SHOW EXCITEMENT AND SHOWING THE AUDIENCE MORE ACTION WITHOUT ONE PERSON.
· VOICE HEAD MOTIVATED – WHEN THE GUY IS LAYING IN HOSPITAL THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO GET AWAY – VOICE OVER IN HIS HEAD – MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE HE IS THINKING IT
· WHEN MOVING AWAY – THE SOUND (NON DIEGETIC) – TECHNO CALM SOUND – SHOW AUDIENCE THE SADDNESS OF LEAVING, HOWEVER THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND ANTIPICATION SHOWN TO THE AUDIENCE.
· DIEGETIC SOUND – GUY ON BIKE WITH STERO.
· SHOT REVERSE SHOT OF THEM FIGHTING TO SHOW THE ACTION BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS.
· GHOSTLY SOUNDTRACK TO CREATE CONFUSION AND STRESS WITHIN THE CHARACTER AND ALSO THE AUDIENCE.
· LONG DURATION SHOTS – SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE FIGHT AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR AUDIENCE TO KNOW.
· LONG ANGLE SHOTS – SPEED OF THE SKATEBAORD SHOWS ACTION AND AWARENESS OF WHAT HAPPENNING WITHIN THE SHOT.
· CLOSE UPS – SHOWS EMOTION ON JASONS FACE OF ENTHUSIASM READY TO FIGHT.
· GRAPHIC MATCH - DINNER ON TRAY SLIDING ALONG THE TABLE – TO RJ ON HIS SKATEBOARD.
· WHEN PULLING THE WIEGHTS – MEDUIM SHOT – AS IF HE IS HITTING THE AUDIENCE.
· CLOSE UP OF HIS FINGER – POWERFUL SHOT – MAKES AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HE IS DOING.
EYELINE MATCH - BETWEEN HIM AND THE OBJECTS.
· ACTION MATCH – CONTINUES HITTING AND KICKING OBJECTS – CARRIES THE ACTION.
· TRACKING SHOTS – DOESN’T MISS ANY SORT OF ACTION THAT IS WORTH SHOWING THE AUDIENCE.
· REAL TIME – WHEN FIGHTING AT THE BEGINNING, SHOWS NO USE OF FAST FORWARDING, DOESN’T SHOW ANY DREAMING OR THINKING IT WAS TRUE.
· QUICK PANNING SHOTS – SPEED UP THE PROCESS – WHEN THE ‘BAD’ GUY THREATS STILLWELL, HIS FEELING SCARED AND THEN LOOKS AT THE TWO ‘BAD’ GUYS FRIENDS – EYEVIEW AS IF HE WAS TURNING TO LOOK AT THE TWO FRIENDS. ALSO WHEN HE IS TRAINING – LOOKING AT THE ‘CAMERA’ HOWEVER THAT THE OBJECT HE IS HITTING, HOWEVER LOOKS LIKE HE IS LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE – DOES THIS FIVE TIMES TO SHOW THE TRAINING HE DOES AND ALSO QUICK ON HIS FEET.
· SLOW MOTION TO CREAT A EXCITEMENT AND THRILLING ATMOSPHERE FOR THE AUDIENCE.
· NON DIEGETIC SOUND THROUGHOUT
· HERO SOUNDTRACK – E.G SUPERMAN VIBE – HOWEVER ITS OPPOSITE AS IT IS ONE OF THE BAD GUYS HELPING – TO SHOW EXCITEMENT AND SHOWING THE AUDIENCE MORE ACTION WITHOUT ONE PERSON.
· VOICE HEAD MOTIVATED – WHEN THE GUY IS LAYING IN HOSPITAL THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO TO GET AWAY – VOICE OVER IN HIS HEAD – MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE HE IS THINKING IT
· WHEN MOVING AWAY – THE SOUND (NON DIEGETIC) – TECHNO CALM SOUND – SHOW AUDIENCE THE SADDNESS OF LEAVING, HOWEVER THERE IS EXCITEMENT AND ANTIPICATION SHOWN TO THE AUDIENCE.
· DIEGETIC SOUND – GUY ON BIKE WITH STERO.
· SHOT REVERSE SHOT OF THEM FIGHTING TO SHOW THE ACTION BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS.
· GHOSTLY SOUNDTRACK TO CREATE CONFUSION AND STRESS WITHIN THE CHARACTER AND ALSO THE AUDIENCE.
· LONG DURATION SHOTS – SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE FIGHT AND TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR AUDIENCE TO KNOW.
· LONG ANGLE SHOTS – SPEED OF THE SKATEBAORD SHOWS ACTION AND AWARENESS OF WHAT HAPPENNING WITHIN THE SHOT.
· CLOSE UPS – SHOWS EMOTION ON JASONS FACE OF ENTHUSIASM READY TO FIGHT.
· GRAPHIC MATCH - DINNER ON TRAY SLIDING ALONG THE TABLE – TO RJ ON HIS SKATEBOARD.
· WHEN PULLING THE WIEGHTS – MEDUIM SHOT – AS IF HE IS HITTING THE AUDIENCE.
· CLOSE UP OF HIS FINGER – POWERFUL SHOT – MAKES AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HE IS DOING.
EYELINE MATCH - BETWEEN HIM AND THE OBJECTS.
· ACTION MATCH – CONTINUES HITTING AND KICKING OBJECTS – CARRIES THE ACTION.
· TRACKING SHOTS – DOESN’T MISS ANY SORT OF ACTION THAT IS WORTH SHOWING THE AUDIENCE.
NOTES ON ''PHSYCO'' SHOWER SCENE BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK (1998)
- PEACEFULLY MUSIC AND THE START SYMBOLIZES AN OPPOSITE EFFECT TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN - CONFUSING THE AUDIENCE TO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
- GRAPHIC MATCH - BETWEEN THE TOILET FLUSHING AND THE BLOOD WASHING DOWN THE PLUG HOLE.
- MEDIUM SHOT OF THE SHOWER - SHOWS THE AUDIENCE THAT AT THE MOMENT IS A NORMAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, SO MAKING THE AUDIENCE THINK.
- NON DIEGETIC SOUND - AS SOON AS THE PHSCO PULLS THE CURTAIN THE SIREN SOUND STARTS AND CARRIES ON TILL SHE IS DIED - SHOWS AUDIENCE MORE ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT WITHIN THE CLIP.
- ITS BLACK AND WHITE SO THAT ITS NOT SHOWING GORY OR ANYTHING OFF PUTTING FOR THE AUDIENCE, AS IT IS A VIOLENT CLIP. TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE DECENCY TOWARDS THE CHARACTER AND THEMSELVES. - ALSO THE PHSCO ISNT TOUCHING THE VICTIM AS THIS SHOWS THE SAME REASONS AS IN BLACK AND WHITE.
- LONG DURATION SHOTS AT THE END, AND THEN ZOOMS OUT USE OF THE MISE EN SCENE SHOWING THE FACIAL EXPRESSION AND HER BODY LAYING THERE.
- INTER TITLE - USE OF THE NARRATIVE BEING THE WOMEN FALLING TO THE FLOOR, DIED.
- ACTION MATCH - CONTINUOS ACTION FROM THE STABBING TO RIGHT AT THE END WHEN IT SHOWS THE NEWSPAPER