Editing Session 2

During our second editing session, we began by discussing the 6 stages of editing that is featured in Walter Murch's book 'In The Blink Of An Eye'.

Here are the following 6 stages that should be taken into deep consideration when undertaking the role of an editor:

1. Emotion - 51%
2. Story - 23%
3. Rhythm - 10%
4. Eye Trave - 7%
5. 2 Dimensional Space - 5% *consistency in the geographical space*
6. 3 Dimensional space of action 4%

We then explored the use of voiceover in 'Goodfellas' and 'The Third Man'

'The Third Man' 1948 

Even with such an old film, the same techniques used in this film seem to be used today.

The V.O is fast-paced, but also slightly comical, both holding the audience's attention.

As with Goodfellas, key chords (sounds) launch you into the next section of the film.

Editing Task

Finally we were put into groups of 5/6, and we were tasked with creating a short video/montage/trailer using videos/footage we could get off the internet.

The task taught me that assigning jobs/a hierarchy meant that you could complete the task in a productive and efficient manor. Assigning one person to direct the team, telling who to search for what, what we need and what we don't... one person (or two) as the main editor, and another person to search primarily for music.

The 3 stages of editing was still applied to this task, as it should be with any when undertaking the job of editing -

1. Assembly
2. Rough Cut
3. Final Cut

I chose to be the main editor, so all the footage was fed onto my computer (iMac) for me to assemble. Above are a couple of images displaying this.