week two lectorial – part one
I think I might split up this post into two parts cause that’s kinda how the lectorial was today. So editing. Editing is a role in film production I’ve enjoyed in the past but never learnt about in that much depth I’m a bit of a self taught editor with scraps of theoretical knowledge. It was cool to watch the clip from “Casino” (Martin Scorsese, 1995) while actively trying to notice the editing. The clip used natural editing (I’m a bit rusty on my terminology, thanks VCE Media) so generally the viewer would not be incredibly aware of the cuts. Conversely in a film like “Whiplash” (Damien Chazelle, 2014) more stylistic editing is used so the audience would be aware of the cuts.
Jeremy Bowtell, today’s guest lecturer, also spoke about the key functions of editing – emotion, story and rhythm. Previously I’ve only really thought of editing as an aesthetic tool but these three functions now seem glaringly obvious. Editing for the purpose of emotional manipulation is especially a concept I haven’t thought of before but now I will be very very aware of it when watching anything.