The Principles of Non-linear Digital Editing
In this report I am going to be explaining the principles of
non-linear digital editing, including information on the history of
editing, and the purpose of editing using software. I will also be
explaining the advantages and disadvantages of digital editing and
what should be expected from a well-editing video.
The very first films were not edited at all, they consisted of one
single shot and they were usually very short. An example of this was a
French film from 1898 called 'L'Arrosseur Arrosséé which was a very
short comedy which lasted 1 minute. Around the same time as this the
Edison company made a number of short films exposing the possibilities
of the new mediums. One of these particular movies was is 'Fred Ott's
Sneeze'. Tom Edison was an American inventor at the time, he invented
the light bulb, gramophone and moving pictures in film. Fred Otts was
one of Edison's employees. 'Fred Otts Sneeze' lasted 15 seconds and no
editing was used.
The first film to use editing was 'Rescued by rover' in 1905. This was
a story about a man that is saved from drowning in a lake by his
faithful dog. The edited used on this film was the basic cutting the
film with scissors and joining the parts with glue, this is still used
for cinema films.
Before the mid 90s domestic company computers were not powerful enough
to do video editing. A TV picture was 25 still pictures every second.
Each of these pictures was made up of 625 lines. Each one of these
frames takes one megabyte memory, therefore for it to be possible for
computers to support this they need to have plenty of disk space and
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...ear digital editing such as the
fact that it is quicker then conventional methods, it is inexpensive
compared, and more efficient. It also features more effects for films
such as transition effects between shots, it is available to more
people and there is the great advantage of being able to fix mistakes
and undo changes. But just as there are advantages there must be
disadvantages; there is a chance of losing work as computers can be
unreliable, the computer crashing & the image quality lacking compared
to film.
There are a few things that should be expected from a well edited
piece of video such as
good composition, shots not being too long or too short, matching
shots (i.e using the
180° rule), no overuse of effects, lighting and balance should be
balanced and making sure the film has a sense of rhythm.
Don’t you wish you could go back in time to change those bad memories? That’s what Lionel Sherbousekis going through in a short story called “Goin’ Fishin’”. Chris Crutcher wrote Athletic Shorts and the story “Goin’ Fishin’” is about a boy whose father loved fishing and while their family was fishing one day a boat full of drunk kids smashing into them but Lionel luckily save the boat before it hit and jumped off. This is what the main character in “Goin Fishin” was feeling when his family died in a boating accident.
Water is a powerful medium for introspection. This truth is evident in the short story, 'Greasy Lake,' by T. Coraghessan Boyle. In this story, water serves as a catalyst for self-reflection, as it propels the protagonist into a certain degree of conflict, and ultimately works to reveal and confront the character?s inner struggle.
"Once More to the Lake", by E.B. White was an essay in which a father struggles to find himself. The essay is about a little boy and his father. They go to a lake where the father had been in his childhood years. The father looks back at those years and tries to relive the moments through his son's eyes. He knows he can't, and has difficulty dealing with the fact that he can't go back in time.
In spite of the fear, danger, and hopelessness likely felt by the man in this story, he knowingly gives up his life to save others. If that isn't selflessness then what is. It says in this article, The Man in the Water, that he "must have realized that he would not live if he continued to hand over the rope and ring to others. He had to know it". Yet, this man willingly handed that rope to the last person, he was not thinking of how the water itself would take his life. He did not focus on the pain he felt, but displays that the man in
Summerhayes, Don. “Fish story: ways of telling in ‘Big Two-Hearted River’.” Hemingway Review 15 no. 1 (1995): 10-26. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true
Marlon T. Riggs’ video, Color Adjustment, offers the viewer an exciting trip though the history of television, focusing on the representation, or lack thereof, of African-Americans. A perfectly chosen combination of television producers, actors, sociologists, and cultural critics join forces to offer insight and professional opinion about the status of African-Americans in television since the inception of television itself. As Color Adjustment traces the history of television shows from Amos n’ Andy and Julia to "ghetto sitcoms" and The Cosby Show, the cast of television professionals and cultural critics discuss the impacts those representations have on both the African-American community and our society as a whole. Color Adjustment continually asks the question: "Are these images positive?" This video raises the viewer’s awareness about issues of positive images for African-Americans on television.
On his way to start a new life he met a man in a yacht in the middle of
Battle by the Breadfruit Tree”, and “The Man in the Water”. These series of short stories can teach us that sometimes the important things in life are right in front of you. You might have to take chances for the people who are important.
To begin editing your photos, click the Edit button on the main screen. A variety of editing options are available.
After reading the first chapter of Mark Ferguson’s short story, “A Drowning” I already knew that I would not like the story. It is an example of a lifeguard’s nightmare, finding a drowning victim without a way to save them. The fact that the narrator is painfully reliving the story makes me tense, especially when thinking about dangerous situations that could happen while I am working as a lifeguard and the effects it could have on me. To conclude, the story made me more and more uncomfortable each time the the victim was put in further danger and especially uncomfortable when he never came back up which made the story difficult for me to read.
In this story, the unidentified man known as, The Man in the Water, had the best brought out in him. Once the plane had crashed, he started helping others to the best of his ability. In the passage, it explained that every time a lifeline and floatation device was lowered to him he would pass it on to another passenger. This was a very heroic act, and it surprised and humbled many people. For example, Windsor, who was part of the helicopter team, explained how he felt about the hero’s actions. In the passage, Windsor said, “In a mass casualty you will find people like him, but I’ve never seen one with that commitment.” This just goes to show that he was very dedicated to helping people before helping
The story's plot is not complex: Nick and his girlfriend Marjorie are canoeing down a river they once knew as children. Once on the bank of the river, the two of them partake in the same activities but do them in silence. When Marjorie tries to begin a conversation, Nick is not responsive. Marjorie asks Nick if there is a problem, and Nick says he is not in love anymore. Marjorie then leaves, and the story ends with Nick lying down by himself while his friend Bill (who enters the story several sentences after Marjorie leaves) eats a sandwich while looking onto the river.
Salva was left alone. No one was there. He was just, alone. Salva had to learn to survive in the outdoors but he didn't know if he had the courage or the strength to survive by himself. One afternoon Salva woke up with his stomach growling. “Food, I need food”, he said. So Salva set off to find his lunch. On his way to find food he heard some unfamiliar sounds behind him. When he turned around to see where the noise was coming from he saw a great big bear and that bear was eating a huge fish. “Fish”, he thought excitedly! Salva wondered for a while where would the bear have found fish in a land that seemed barren and dry. He looked around and saw nothing but land. As he continued to search
“Once more to the Lake” is a short essay written by E.B. White in first-person. White tries to form a relationship between his past and present experiences. It begins with a father and son who travel to a place White’s family visited every August, a great lake for camping and fishing. E.B. White is full of excitement as the lake symbolizes his childhood and the best memories in his life. Going fishing again on this lake, he wants to return his childhood or to return his childhood memories. He later realizes that he is not able to return to his childhood and that he’s getting older and he is not capable of remember all the memories brought from the lake.
Film editing by definition is part of the creative postproduction process of filmmaking. In today’s modern world, film has made use of advanced digital technology to help with the editing. The editor or editors are usually given a complete compilation of all the footage. These various separate shots that can be regarded as ‘ raw’ footage. Their task is to create a finished motion picture through combining and selecting shots and putting them into a coherent sequence of events. Whenever we are viewing a film it is extremely difficult to consciously perceive all the editing that has been undertaken. Every single time there is a change from one image to another, this is an edit. For editors, it could be a possible annoyance or perhaps a blessing that critics and the audience never specifically point out the editor’s contribution. However it must be noted that film editors aren’t the only ones that will contribute to a films editing.