AS1: Task 4: From Analogue to Digital Editing

Analogue to digital editing 

Analogue editing

There are many pros and cons to both analogue editing and digital editing. Analogue editing is cutting together pieces of celluloid film and then sticking them together. When the editing is finished and all the pieces of film is stuck together, the celluloid film is then fed through a projector at a constant speed of 24 frames a second which makes the picture appear to move. there was no way of seeing what you was editing whilst actually editing you had to wait until you think you have finished and then watch it back on a projector. In 1924 a engineer called Iwan Serrurier invented a machine called the Moviola. This machine changed the art of editing massively. This was the first device that allowed you to see the film whist editing. Even to this day when digital editing is popular and easier there are still very famous directors that still use it, such as Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino. These directors are very well known and known as the best directors ever yet they still use film to film, Quentin Tarantino has used film for every single one of his films:

• Reservoir Dogs.
• Pulp Fiction.
• Jackie Brown.
• Kill Bill. Volume 1. Volume 2. The Whole Bloody Affair.
• Death Proof.
• Django Unchained.
• The Hateful Eight

He still uses film because he thinks it looks better and even his modern films are used with film. When editing film you have to edit it from start to finish in order, which is called linear editing.

The advantages of analogue editing are:

• Non-linear which means that you can start editing from the end to beginning.
• Its not done on a computer which means that it is safer because there is a lesser risk of footage being damaged or corrupt. 

Disadvantages of analogue editing:

• Takes longer and requires skill to master.
• If a mistake happens, you cannot fix it.
• Equipment is heavy and very expensive.
• Difficult to edit the action or cut out the film.

Digital editing

Digital editing is a form of electronic media where data are stored in digital form. Digital editing is the use of computers to manipulate the digital data. There are many different editing programmes that you can use: Adobe premier pro, Avid, Final cut pro. these are only the main ones there are many more. Most people use Avid but adobe premier is the easiest one to use because it is simple.

Advantages of Digital editing:

• Easy to use;
• Cheaper to use;
• Quicker to use;
• Record in any order as well as in editing you can place it in any order;
• You can watch other videos to help with your editing.

Disadvantages of digital editing:

• Beginners could find it hard;
• Piracy;
• The program can crash so the work could get lost.

Video editing
Video Editing is the process of editing segments of these tapes using a device that puts pieces of the video tape together mechanically. The film has to be edited in the correct order, this is called linear editing.


Some people use Non-linear editing, this is editing in any order. You can edit a sequence from the end of the film and you didn't have to start editing from the first scene of the film. an advantage of this is much quicker therefore making it much cheaper and the biggest pro is that you can edit digitally in any order. On the other hand, Digital Editing is not good because its a part of a hard drive where the files can be copyrighted and stolen by other film companies. this is a video to explain how to edit videos using the Linear editing style.

AS1: Task 2/3: in camera editing - developments in Editing

in camera editing

In camera editing is a technique of video editing where you do all the cutting on the camera. when you are filming a scene if you want to film another part or different section you cut the camera off then place the camera in the new spot and then start recording that scene again. The advantage of doing this is if it is done correctly it is quicker and easier than doing it on the computer. The disadvantage of this is you got to be very accurate and it may not look consistent and it wont flow. George Melies discovered this and people think he discovered it by accident because his camera stopped and then he started it again at a different scene.

Our task was to produce a one minute video using in camera editing. We had to record a one minute scenario. During filming we had to keep repositioning the camera to get the right shot and we had to restart the recording a few times because we got it wrong or the camera turned off whilst recording or the shot had someone in it.

Roles

Director and camera director: Dannielle 

Actors: Aisha and Me

 Analysing 

When we were recording we messed up the shots a few time which meant we had start again a few times and we realised that it is harder than we all thought. It was hard because we had to get the cutting perfect and you need perfect timing. We had to plan the scenes we were going to do before we recorded so we knew what we were going to do. 

In camera editing is when you do a simple cut edit by stopping the recording and then recording the next scene. An example of this is: 

Some of the pros are that it takes less time to create. Because the camera edits the film for you, there is no need to attach it to a computer to edit, therefore taking up less time. Another pro is that when you are filming it creates a constant video without any jumps from one scene to the other, meaning that the film runs more fluently. You put more thought into the footage that you were capturing because you have to make sure everything is perfect. 

however there are many cons of this because if you mess a scene up you have to start it all again. your timing has to be perfect to get your cut when you want it. When you use this technique and you cut the camera you have to remember the position of everything because if one thing is out of place in the next shot it wont flow and it will look unnatural. Another con is you have to film it in order so you have to use linear editing.