BTEC CREATIVE MEDIA - L2 & 3
BTEC CREATIVE MEDIA - L2 & 3
Unit 16: Film and Video Editing Techniques
(SAMPLE)
Imaginative Presentation Skills go a long way
Task 1
You will be given lessons in class which will focus on the work of several editors within various moving image industries. You will also be given a small individual research task to explore; various editing techniques that have been used throughout the creative film and media sector.
You will also receive practical sessions about continuity, development of meaning, jump cuts, relationship to genre, parallel editing, as well as sessions on the appropriate use of the equipment.
Then, you will prepare and deliver a visual soundbite presentation (5min) about the various techniques used in editing and the development of it as a form. You should aim to use several comprehensively explained examples and to use appropriate subject terminology throughout your presentation.
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This provides evidence for P1, M1, D1
Due Date
Friday 2nd September
Task 2 - 3/4 Editing Tasks to Complete
You should produce a small portfolio of 3-4 examples demonstrating the different editing techniques on offer. Each should be a different technique produced to a near professional standard.
You should aim to work independently to show imagination in your design and to aspire to produce meaningful demonstrations of creativity and flair. This means you need to complete excellent pre-production.
Your portfolio should include as a minimum:
· Basic Editing Techniques
· Cutting to the Beat
· Manipulation of Genre
· Development of Tension within a scene
· Inclusion of text and development of Colour grading
The Folio Artist
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This provides evidence for P2, M2, D2
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Task 3 - Manipulating Genre (Scary Poppins)
Toy Story Redux example
The Purpose of this task is simply to confuse/manipulate an audience into believing new
meanings created from classic pre-filmed footage/features.
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As an editor, you have sole control over how an audience percieves a particular genre or
meaning. Genre manipulation involves the carfeul timing of cuts, reaction shots and
scenarios that may transform the origins meaning into something completely new/different.
Within Scary Poppins, viewers witness a pg rated family transformed into a horror using
traditional reaction shots and cutaways that are pieced together in such a way as to control
an audiences perception of Narrative. Remember Narrative structure will help you a lot in
succeeding the task.
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You Need to:
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Watch and take notes of a specified/selected film - Look at reaction shots, scenarios, particular moments in action, maybe there are reoccuring scenes or characters you can manipulate in some way.
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Whilst creating your notes, it is important to think about how you wish to build your narrative. Simply dumping random images into a sequence is not enough, think about character introduction, narrative structure, what message are you trying to create and convey to a specified audience. How much of the film do you actualy wish to share.
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How might you doctor the footage to fit in with the particular Genre you are trying to assemble.
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Car Footage to Download
Download videos on Keepvid site
Due Date
Friday 30th September - ALL
Task 3
Present your portfolio to a small audience and gain feedback on individual productions. You must provide evidence of feedback for your evaluation
Your written evaluation should consider your responses from your audience, using explained examples and subject terminology. You need to choose your audience and create a method to gather feedback – you could interview a small audience or use a questionnaire with a bigger audience (or both, which would be preferable.)
You need to interrogate the results, then produce a minimum 700 word evaluation of your own completed Portfolio.\
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This provides evidence for P3, M3, D3