What is the purpose of editing?
There are many purposes for editing. This includes to cut your video clips together in a film or TV show which makes you have more than one camera shot in a film and experiment with different camera angles.
Purpose of Editing
There are many principles involved in editing and film makers should follow the following principles to get the best possible film and more realistic film too.
Pacing
It is very important to pace the editing of the film in a smart way. If you want a tense, dramatic or sad scene then the pace of the clips and cuts of the video clips very slow to build tension on the audience. If you wish you to have a comedic, happy or neutral scene the cut of the video clips should be an average speed. For an action scene like a car chase or fighting scene, the cutting should be very fast paced, one clip should be no longer than 2 seconds to get full effect on the audience. The audience will get bored if an action scene is slow paced and they won't feel as much tension if a dramatic scene is fast paced. It is very useful to have both paces within your film. For example building the initial tension and then the characters could battle it out at the end so starting with slow pace and getting faster and faster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eug4wbPSykc - A slow paced scene (Silverado)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTthaChCseU - A fast paced scene (The Avengers)
Telling the Story
Characters do need dialogue and a script, however, the editor who is editing the film needs to make sure that the story is told just by showing the audience and placing non-diegetic sound in suitable places. For example you could see the anger in a character's face and with good edited music the scene will have more of an impact on the audience and they will be more pulled into the film.
Creating Meaning
As an editor you need to realize what message and meaning you want the audience to feel for each scene. For example a horror would have sounds which could prepare the audience without the actors and actresses even saying anything like doors creaking or the pace would be slow. Also with good editing and pacing the audience will feel the characters emotions as well as seeing them. A good editing technique for creating a sad or dramatic meaning would be a fade out. Normally near the ending of the film and then fade in to the credits.
Editing Techniques
Editing techniques are what editors use, do and what effects they use within a film, TV Show, Music Video, etc.. A very famous technique used is fading a clip in and out. This adds more drama to the scene because a fade is normally used to show a sad moment by slowly fading the video clip. Another effect is something that very little people notice however without it the things you watch would be bland and boring. Colour correction is something that you can use to intensify the colour on your film. It makes everything more interesting and less bland. A good example is the terrain in Back to the Future: Part 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63KOboifCig. The terrain is a very bright orange-yellowy colour and really stands out. Techniques are used to make a film look as realistic as it can be. Blurs are used to get the audience's attention and to focus on a certain thing to have more of an impact.
Purpose of Editing
There are many principles involved in editing and film makers should follow the following principles to get the best possible film and more realistic film too.
Pacing
It is very important to pace the editing of the film in a smart way. If you want a tense, dramatic or sad scene then the pace of the clips and cuts of the video clips very slow to build tension on the audience. If you wish you to have a comedic, happy or neutral scene the cut of the video clips should be an average speed. For an action scene like a car chase or fighting scene, the cutting should be very fast paced, one clip should be no longer than 2 seconds to get full effect on the audience. The audience will get bored if an action scene is slow paced and they won't feel as much tension if a dramatic scene is fast paced. It is very useful to have both paces within your film. For example building the initial tension and then the characters could battle it out at the end so starting with slow pace and getting faster and faster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eug4wbPSykc - A slow paced scene (Silverado)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTthaChCseU - A fast paced scene (The Avengers)
Telling the Story
Characters do need dialogue and a script, however, the editor who is editing the film needs to make sure that the story is told just by showing the audience and placing non-diegetic sound in suitable places. For example you could see the anger in a character's face and with good edited music the scene will have more of an impact on the audience and they will be more pulled into the film.
Creating Meaning
As an editor you need to realize what message and meaning you want the audience to feel for each scene. For example a horror would have sounds which could prepare the audience without the actors and actresses even saying anything like doors creaking or the pace would be slow. Also with good editing and pacing the audience will feel the characters emotions as well as seeing them. A good editing technique for creating a sad or dramatic meaning would be a fade out. Normally near the ending of the film and then fade in to the credits.
Editing Techniques
Editing techniques are what editors use, do and what effects they use within a film, TV Show, Music Video, etc.. A very famous technique used is fading a clip in and out. This adds more drama to the scene because a fade is normally used to show a sad moment by slowly fading the video clip. Another effect is something that very little people notice however without it the things you watch would be bland and boring. Colour correction is something that you can use to intensify the colour on your film. It makes everything more interesting and less bland. A good example is the terrain in Back to the Future: Part 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63KOboifCig. The terrain is a very bright orange-yellowy colour and really stands out. Techniques are used to make a film look as realistic as it can be. Blurs are used to get the audience's attention and to focus on a certain thing to have more of an impact.
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