Today in class we continued working on our editing techniques PowerPoint. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to understand the cuts and transitions in film. A cut in movie and television editing is the change in camera angle or position or view from one scene to another, and sometimes back, depending on the cut. Today we attempted to execute the identification while viewing videos on our own. While doing this activity, Mr. Rivers urged us to not look up "example of cut", but rather he wanted us to find a movie or television clip that fascinated us and to identify the types of transitions and cuts within that clip. Then from there he wanted us to move our video to our slide, identify the time the cut or transition takes place, and then analyze and define the cut. There are thirteen cuts and transitions we learned about yesterday, 1/11/17, but we only needed to complete 10 in our slides. Another tactic Mr. Rivers urged us to take advantage of is to work together in our designated groups, rather than divide and conquer the activity. By working together the group, as a whole, we understood and recognized the purpose of each of the cuts and transitions. In my group, we discussed the differences between the similar cuts and transitions. For example, I recognized that Cross-Cutting and a cutaway are very similar. I realized that a cross-cut is common in a phone call, while cutaways are common when the director wants the character's point of view to be understood. Although, some of these cuts and transitions are difficult to understand, the slides that we completed today were very helpful when trying to comprehend the differences between each and the purpose of each cut and how it benefits a film. Below is the link to the website the class referred to for the video we watched in class and the list of cuts and transitions to choose from.
http://nofilmschool.com/2016/03/rocket-jump-film-cuts-and-types-transitions-editing
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