Planning: Editing in Film

 We look at the movie called "The Giver" opening scene to better understand and provide insight into what we should think of when we are editing our own opening scene. The art and craft of cutting and assembling finished films are known as film editing. A film editor does this labor, which aids in the completion of the director's vision for the picture.

Planning in Film Activity 1: Film Opening Conventions and Editing in Film Group Analysis

 

Student names: Brianna Penick, Kristina Pierre, Alani Mitchell, and Natalia Walker       Class period: Pd. 3				Date: February 28, 2022
Each student’s responsibility should be documented below as individual and group efforts.
Team-mate 1: Brianna Penick Team-mate 2: Kristina Pierre Team-mate 3: Alani Mitchell Team-mate 4: Natalia Walker-editing in film				Group Efforts:
What is the purpose of editing in a film?
Title of the Film:	The Giver			Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
Production company or more:	Walden Media
Film Editor and list three films they worked on.	Barry Alexander Brown: Son of the South Malcolm X Crooklyn
Theme:	Jonas is trying to find his purpose in life.
Define continuity: the principle of making sure that all details in a film or TV show are consistent from shot to shot and from scene to scene.
Conventions of a Film Opening and Narrative Structure
Film Opening Conventions: Document the conventions of a film opening. E.g., Production company, titles, etc.
·        Production Companies ·        Title sequence ·        Establishing Shot ·        Narrations ·        Animations ·        Soundtrack ·        Complication of photographs ·        Chase scene ·        Action scene ·        Narrative content ·        Flashbacks
What is Exposition and list techniques used to establish the world of a film?
Expostion is a comprehensive description or explanation to get across an idea. Techniques: ·        Show, Don’t Tell ·        Deliver Through Movement, An Energetic Scene ·        Script Economy, Keep It Short
List examples of Exposition in the Film Opening ·        Narration ·        Title cards
The Save the Cat Beat Structure and the narrative continuity of the opening.
Beat I: The Opening Image	A visual image that represents the central struggle & tone of the story. ·        A snapshot of the main character's problem before the adventure begins. ·        It sets the tone, mood, genre, and setting of the movie.
Document the setting, location (inside-outside), genre, theme, tone, the mood of the film. It includes narrative elements such as text, voice-over, etc.	The opening film starts off with a summary of what the community and world that the characters live in. The film is a drama film filled with action, fantasy, and science fiction. It is based upon a community that is isolated from the outside world. The community they live in is very uniform with rules that make sure everyone is unique from one another. The world in which most of the characters see is black and white while the main character, Jonas, sees the various colors of the world. Throughout the opening scene, he makes a voice over upon the life living in his community and there are texts upon each of the rules everyone must follow. Jonas is a regular boy who is trying to figure out what is his life purpose without being classified as “different” in the community. The moods of the film are gloomy, strained, and optimistic; the tone of it is dark, intense, and heroic.
Beat II: The Inciting Incident	It is the central theme or premise of the film. The message, the truth you want to reveal by the end of your screenplay. ·        A secondary character poses a question or statement to the main character to reveal the theme. ·        What is your story about in a larger sense or the big picture? ·        What is the purpose or reason for the movie? ·        What does the main character have to accomplish?
Describe Beat II	Asher, one of Jonas' best friends stated that he hopes they did not select him to oversee waste management. In the big picture, the story is about a coming-of-age film and a boy finding his role in society. The purpose of the movie is to keep society running smoothly, making sure people are safe, happy, and oblivious to what they don’t know. The main character, Jonas, finds his purpose in life.
Beat III: The Set-Up	Introduction of the main characters in the film and an expansion of the opening image. ·        Present the main character's world as it is, and what is missing in their life revealed.
Describe Beat III	Jonas is living in a community which was built after the ruins. Nobody has any clue or memories of the past. Society has rules to make sure there is equality. Nobody had a last name. What is missing in Jonas's life is him knowing what he wants in life, his own life purpose; he also sees thigs that other didn’t. He could see the world in all its beautiful colors, while everyone else only see it as black and white. He was different, upon which he did not want to be, because being so was not accepted in society.
Beat IV: Catalyst	A life-changing event that causes a significant change in the main character's life. • A moment where the opportunity to go on a journey is presented to the main character. • Life as it is, is changing.
Describe Beat IV	Jonas is confused and worried when his name is skipped at the Ceremony of Twelve, however the reason that he was skipped was because he possesses all four attributes which helps him to be selected as the new Receiver of Memory. His life is changing as he now will be the person who has all the community’s memories which in result will bring in emotions he has never felt before or even thought existed.
Editing in Film
How many visual edits are present in the film sequence?	There are about 5 visual edits in the film including dissolve takes	How many audio edits are present in the film sequence?	There are many audio edits including background music. The enhanced sounds of the children riding bikes.
Describe spatial editing that creates continuity in the film sequence from the start to the end of the footage. You are using the graphic organizer to document each editing technique or principle from your word list and its use in the sequence. Add images. Add more rows as needed or delete.
	The spatial editing, more specifically the establishing shot of the main character of the movie. It prolongs a shot of his facial expression while looking up at the sky
	Another establishing shot of the town they residents live in
Describe temporal editing that creates continuity in the film sequence from the start to the end of the footage. Add images.
	Used to show the continuation of the three friends riding their bikes.
Describe rhythmic editing that creates continuity in the film sequence from the start to the end of the footage. Add images.
	The rhythmic editing in this scene sequence jumps from shot to shot when the narrator is describing the rules of his community.