Colour Isolation

We were given the task of colour isolation where we had to film a sequence and edit it so only one colour showed. We chose red. An example of this being used in a film is in sin city. Certain colours are shown for example red. For this task once you had loaded everything up on final cut pro and it was in a sequence you would then would go on effects and choose video filters - colour correction - 3 way colour corrections. Each clip you must select and use the tab to correct the colour. When on the colour correction tab you must select what kind you want with the paint tool, turn the saturations all the way, unselect the lumer and saturations and simply invert and only one colour will show. Save and export and you are done.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1S1DpWj9hk&feature=youtu.be

Speed Ramp Sequence

The process of the speed ramp sequence is quite simple once youve got the hang of it. First of all once you have uploaded your clips onto the timeline you then click the icon just about the razor blade tool and click speed. You then go down to the bottom left corner of final cut pro, its called toggle key frame, this then split your clips into keyframes and you are then able to start the slow mo process. You select the areas you want to slow down in the clip then you simply drag out and stretch the frames. If your other frames bunch up and become faster, you simply stretch the back into what they use to be and they go back to there original speed.

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Essay

The change development and what has stayed the same in editing from past to present day.

In this essay I will be investigating the development and what has stayed the same in editing between 1895 to 2014. I will be investigating the change in editing and how it had developed.

Editing has changed and developed so much since the first time editing was introduced into a movie.  That movie was Life of an American Fireman. What makes a movie is the editing in my opinion.

The Lumieres brothers were pioneers of the first cinema. When their films were first created they had no editing which gave cinema a short lifespan and people saw no future in it. This was until Edwin Porter discovered cutting separate shots together would make a story.  Once this was discovered, a whole knew door opened for cinema resulting in it having a future and surviving.

Life of an American Fireman was when this was first shown to the public but Great Train Robbery in 1903 was when the cut shot style was first properly shown and affected how the audiences felt. It was learnt that cutting and separating shots showing two sides of a story, could make the people watching feel a certain way and have them feel a particular emotion such as sorrow or joy and emphasis with the actors on screen.

Nowadays, editing has been changed and developed to speed, slow down, change where you are and what you see. It can create different moods: scared, amusement, surprised etc. It all varies on how what shots are chosen and the length of it. 

Two films, which differ in so many ways but are also connected, are Life of an American Fireman and The Matrix Reloaded.  A scene in particular from the The Matrix Reloaded movie where editing is clearly seen to be extraordinary in comparison to Life of an American Fireman. This scene consists of a high way chase between the antagonists of the film and cuts are being constantly made showing each antagonist and their fight. This scene shows how editing has really changed and been developed over the last hundred years. However just like in Life of an American Fireman the editing in both films affect our emotions when watching. Two movies, which differ so much, yet share some characteristics.

Editing became a lot easier in the 1990’s as people found a way to edit and still have the same quality and detail just instead of doing it by hand it was done by using a computer. This meant frames could be slowed down and precise cuts would be easier to make. However, Verna Fields was an amazing editor and she didn’t use a computer to edit she did it by hand alongside Steven Spielberg when piecing together and creating the story of Jaws. Jaws didn’t go to plan filming wise according to Spielberg and it meant when editing “2 frames could change the way the audience saw jaws, from looking scary to just looking like a floating white turd.” A famous quote by Carol Littleton “editing is to know when not to cut.”

D W Griffiths was the first great editor. He created things that would revolutionize films. He created melodramas thus emotional engagement with the audience. Orphans in a Storm by D W Griffiths had the first in movie cut where it went from wide shot to a close. It was given the name invisible art as us the audience does not notice them yet they have such a impact on what we are seeing.

Timmy Smiths would work alongside Griffths when editing. Editor and director work closely alongside one another when in the editing stage of the production. Sally Menke who edited Reservoir Dogs and other films by Quentin Tarintino said “ I would see Quentin more than I would see my husband when in the editing stage, this sometimes made tensions high and tempers short as we would be with each other for sometimes up to 8-9 months”.

The Russian Revolution started messing around with editing. A certain type of cutting would have an effect on the same the viewer felt. This meant they would change the way certain people felt about a certain subject. Editing is a way of manipulating the way the audience is feeling.  No matter what is being kind of clips are being edited it takes time and craftsmanship to create something of a high standard. It has been like this since editing first began. 

Digital editing was groundbreaking. George Lucas was a pioneer of digital editing. This then meant movies could be remade to look better and ideas could be remade. Movies like King Kong that came out in the early 1900’s (1933) and Clash Of The Titans (1981) were made and edited using digital editing and looked “out of this world.” 

In conclusion, editing has changed and developed so much since it was first discovered over a hundred years ago from different techniques and types to how we see films altogether. Without Edwin Porter discovering that cutting separate shots together to make a story, we would not have the cinema we have today. In my opinion, if that were the case then cinema would have had no future and would of died.  Still to this day editing is constantly evolving and being made better. I’m sure that it won’t stop and films will be even more unbelievable than they are today.

Cloning of myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NyCLNC_EQ4

When trying to edit some footage and wanting the cloning outcome there are certain things you need to do before in production and editing. When filming these individual clips you need to make sure certain things stay the same. These things include : the setting, the lighting,  the camera angle needs to remain the same no matter what as with the slight move it will be impossible to achieve the cloning and where you are in each clip as this will make the editing stage alot more easier and possible. Once you have your clips and they are loaded up into final cut pro, it is time to edit, first of all you need select your clip and drag it in. You can delete the audio if you want aswell. Set an inpoint by pressing I and an outpoint but pressing O in each clip so when you are cutting then down you know where to cut them too. Makes the process easier. You need to put each clip ontop of once another. Then select the motion tab, open up crop (you edit each clip separately). Depending one where you want the cloning you are able to select right, left, up or down. You drag each one you are able to see multiples.


Make sure shadows done cross, lightening is still the same and your actors don't overlap as it wont give the realness affect and resulting it looking fake and not professional.

Key Frame

First of all think of an idea and select a photo or video to use then record on the green screen.

Once this is done and youve uploaded it to final cut pro then it time to select them and put them on top of one another, once this is done select the chromo key tool and then it time to use the paint tool and select all the green part getting rid of them. This will then leave you with you and the video or picture of your choice. Simply render and you are done. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rdey9xfr9w