Editing Day 1- Tracking Shots

Today we began to edit our film opening. We wanted to have tracking shots in our opening, however the footage that we got of our protagonist walking out of the house was too shaky and we felt it gave off the feeling that the character was being followed, which is not the plot of our opening. So we are either going to completely scrap the tracking shot or re shoot it from the front of the character.

Editing Techniques

An example of split screen editing is this clip from 500 Days of Summer (2009).

This editing is effective because it gives an insight into the mind of Tom and so makes it more sad for the audience when they see that his expectations are not met.

Doctor Who

This clip is an example of interesting editing because it includes footage that has been sped up in post, which expands on the effect that the Doctor is very busy and completing all of the tasks really quickly. It also tricks the audience into thinking a lot of time has passed, when really, as revealed at the end of the clip, it has only been an hour.

Whiplash (2014)

This clip uses quick cuts to show the intensity of Andrew's passion for being one of the greats. 

Up (2009)

This clip uses the editing technique of montage, in order to summarise a series of events quickly so that the audience is up to speed with what is happening in the lives of the characters.