Monday, September 23, 2019

Q1 - Week 7 Assignments

Due 09/27

This week you will continue to show your knowledge of the "Five Master Edits," you have been studying, and filmed yourself over the past two weeks.

1)  Film:  Your assignment is to observe each of these five edits in a film of your choosing.  You can observe them in the same film or five different films if you wish.  You can locate these edits in either a movie, or a series episode.  Record each of the edits as a video clip on your phone.  You are not allowed to use the same scene as two different edit examples, although you might mention in your explanation that a clip could have been used as another example.  You are also not allowed to use any of the examples given in the video "Pudovkin's 5 Editing Techniques".

2)  Post:  When you have found and recorded on your phone each of the five edits, post them in your blog as embedded clips with an explanation of how the clip fulfills the definition of the edit.

Here is my example:

Parallelism
In this film clip from the Cinemax series "Outcast, Season 2, Episode 10", Amber who is hiding for her life with her mother in a rundown hotel room, hears a knock at the door while her mother has momentarily left her to take a shower.  In the background you can clearly hear the water from the shower.  The scene quickly jump cuts to a running water faucet where the serial killer and alien possessed, Blake Morrow, is washing his face while contemplating his revenge on Amber's father, Kyle Barns, who is chained in a nearby room.  The parallelism comes from the sound of the water, which doesn't change as the scene jumps.  This particular clip could have also been used as an example of simultaneity, since the two scenes are happening at the same time in two different locations.

Monday, September 9, 2019

Q1 - Weeks 5 & 6 Assignments

Due 09/20

After spending some time learning about camera angles, different shots, and the emotions they invoke, it's now time for us to move on to editing and transitions.

1)  First you will view the two following online articles and one video which will introduce you to the effects and importance of editing and transitions in the films you view as well as future films you will make.  After viewing each please take the corresponding quiz.

Types of Video Transitions
Week 5 Quiz 1

A Beginners Guide to Film Editing Vocabulary
Week 5 Quiz 2

Watch: 5 Master Editing Techniques That Appear in Everything From ‘Psycho’ to ‘Hugo’
Week 5 Quiz 3

2)  Now you will create your own version of each of the five master edits mentioned in the video above

 Contrast - Parallelism - Symbolism - Simultaneity - Leitmotiff

a.  You can shoot the videos needed for this assignment on a school camera or on your phone.
b.  Keep in mind that each edit requires more than one shot.
b.  You can create these shots with a partner, but each partner must upload the final product to their individual blogs and have an individual interpretation of the shots.
c.  You will edit these videos into one film using Adobe Premiere Pro, to include an opening title (Our/My Five Master Edits by Your Name) and a title for each of the five shots.
d.  Do not focus on the sounds in these clips because sound will be addressed in a later lesson.
e.  The type of transitions you choose to demonstrate each of the five edits is up to you.

Watch this video once you have all your shots ready to edit.  It will help you get started in Premiere Pro.

3)  Post to Your Blog:   Upload your finished film containing your five edited shots to youtube and post a link into your blog,  then discuss each of your shots.



4) Comment that you are finished at the bottom of this blog post once your film is posted to your blog.