Question 3

From the week 4 lecture describe at least two reasons why we ‘shoot to edit’?

‘Shoot to edit’ may end up doing more takes of the same scene; yet we avoid missing out footage we need or shots required to connect with the next film sequence. Since numerous shots will be edited afterwards; we are in control of a stronger sense of continuity in the film in sense of space and camera movements. It is more certain that we will have more than enough coverage of scenes. It is also efficient to shoot various camera angles and shot sizes then edit compared to dividing into many shots in specific, in this case, it is more stressful while shooting.

Consider that sometimes a long take may not be possible to give particular atmosphere and idea to the film, we ‘shoot to edit’, to create certain mood and make sense of certain relationship between characters, as well as flow of the plot. This also allows filmmakers to have more options and space to be creative while editing among various shots with different camera angles and shot sizes in the same scene. They can experiment on shots in editing to make the best coherent whole. As if we didn’t ‘shoot to edit’, yet we would have to show constant camera movement in the shot, and we have to shoot everything in order without any mistakes, we probably have eliminated possible variety, even the perfect combination of shots we looking for.