Week 10: Editing Timeline Modern Period

*Purposes of editing:
1. Manipulation of Time and Place (180 deg rule etc)

2. Rhythm and Pace

3. Storytelling - following the Action & Drama to create emotion

4. Creating a sequence of shots - Narrative or Kuleshov?

5. Creating motivation

Task 1: Timeline Update Modern Period

Write up your notes from the Lecture on Modern Cinema. Extend your Timeline (remember you are being assessed on this) to plot our the developments in editing of the Modern Period 

• Hitchcock
• Goddard
• Kubrick

Intro:

1) What is an Auteur?

2) What is the Nouveau Vague?

3) What is Hollywood Montage?

Pass: Describe the Filmmakers, their nationality and their significant films & what was their contribution to editing - give examples of clips and identify what was their *Purpose (see 1-5 above) in editing 

Merit: Explain the techniques they used in the context of Continuity vs Montage & Discontinuity with examples. How were these directors influenced by their predecessors?

What was their Purpose* (see 1-5 above) and how did they develop editing?

Distinction: Critically discuss the view of these directors being 'Auteurs' or artists. How and why did they use editing to express this within the countries and types of films they made? Give examples from their work 

(Tip: Think about 'art cinema' and the dominance of Hollywood in using Continuity for seamless/invisible editing)

Resources:

Principles and purposes of editing presentation from phele1512

Clips to refer to:

Task 2: Group Portfolio 

Develop your editing techniques portfolio towards Merit

Pass: Using the Worksheets complete your group presentation so you have a full set of Techniques 

Separate them into Mainstream and Alternative
Find examples of contemporary clips that use these techniques and discuss

Techniques & purposes from ctkmedia

Merit: Explain the purpose behind the technique, (there are 5 you COULD consider across all the examples your group has made - you do not need to look at all 5 in each example)

eg: "One of the main principles of continuity editing is the 180o rule. This means that the camera must always stay on the same side of the line along which an action takes place because if it did not the viewer would soon become confused about what was happening. A good example of this is..."  

For higher marks, add these clips and annotations to your Timeline on the Development of Editing and:

Distinction: Discuss how these principles (eg Continuity) behind these techniques developed

eg: "Continuity editing was developed from early cinema, the principle is to make the editing appear invisible or 's.....ss', so as to maintain time and space relationships.Different shots are cut together to create emotional impact and drama when telling the story"

Prep:

Research Tarantino and Chris Nolan's contributions to editing

1. Who influenced them?
2. What techniques do they use and why?
3. What Purpose?