In-camera editing
In-camera editing is a technique where instead of editing the shots in a film into sequence after shooting the scenes, the cinematographer shoots the sequences in certain order and does not edit it after shooting.
George Melies made "The Vanishing Lady" in 1886, using a technique known as in-camera setting. This means that he cut and stuck scenes together to show an effect as if the lady in the video has vanished. At this point in time, the audience would be very shocked because they had never seen anything like this before. There were queries that the film maker turned his camera off and switched it back on after.
Firstly, I had to decide what we were going to do in the video. In this case, we did two girls walking down the stairs, then I got tripped over and fell against the wall. Then my pier, Jade, was evil and laughed. At the end I died and Jade and my other pier, Kayley, started laughing and left me on the floor. The first thing I thought about was where we were going to film it and what angles we were going to use to film it. As well as acting in this film, I had to help to direct it too. What i did well was the acting, I was able to over react because it was an exaggerated film, and it was quite funny too. Also, i was able to help out with where the camera was set when filming. Personally, i didn't find anything in this task difficult. It was quite straight forward. There were a few mistakes in this video, for example; the camera jolting at some points. Other than this, the video ran smoothly. The effects used was the black and white effect. This was very effective as it showed that the film was old fashioned.
Pros and cons of In Camera editing;
The pros of In Camera editing is that it is quick and easy because you just film it, pause it, then carry on filming in one go. The cons of In Camera editing is that you only have one shot at doing it, and if you go wrong then you have to start all over again.
A really good start to this task but to get the Merit grade you must write about how effective the "edits" were in your film as well as commenting on the story line and the acting. It is absolutely fine that they are some editing mistakes but it is really important to recognise what they are and write about them.
ReplyDeleteNicola, you must make sure you have written about the key editing mistakes caused by the fact that you were editing "in-camera". For example, there are several places where we can see the actors are waiting to act. You say in your evaluation that the video "ran smoothly" which is doesn't. It is fine that it doesn't run smoothly as the errors were caused by in camera editing - but you must acknowledge the error and explain why they are there.
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