Post 33 - Planning- Editing

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How am I going to edit my videos?


Where do the transitions between the shots happen?

First video...

  1. Charlie and Elsie, in a car, getting ready for something, this takes an entire day to drive to the location
  2. They then arrive at a house and we soon realise they are at a house party
  3. We then follow them into the party
  4. We see Charlie being hands on, rude and aggressive towards everyone.
  5. We follow the couple through the party and discover Elsie feels very uncomfortable in her relationship, trapped. 
  6. Charlie shows her off like a trophy to his friends 
  7. Grabbing her and kissing her
  8. Getting drunk with his friends
  9. Elsie sits uncomfortable and alone in the corner
  10. Avoiding drunken party goers as she searches for a missing Charlie
  11. As she looks out the window she sees Charlie passing over a small bag to a friend
  12. Police car lights pull into the drive way
  13. Charlie runs through the house grabbing
  14. Pulling her into a frantic chase fast shots
  15. The whole way through this video it will be intercut with romantic clips from previously in their relationship, as well as fore shadowing the second video.

Second video


  1. The second video starts with a fast cut summary of everything that happened in the first video as well as the romantic clips
  2. Cuts to clips of them running through the back of the house
  3. Through the woods
  4. The video is interlaced with videos of them arguing, him shouting at her and just generally being awful to her
  5. Elsie trips over and Charlie leaves her on the floor
  6. The police dog and police officers run past Elsie's head
  7. She sees Charlie run away
  8. A police officer walks Elsie back to the house 
  9. A policeman hauls a kicking Charlie back to the car
  10. Charlie gets put in the car and taken away
  11. Leaving elsie all alone

The transition between each shot will always be the same, a simple cut, using a fade transition, wipe or dissolve will distract from the content in the video. Simple cuts between clips are used in modern day film, this allows the audience to feel involved in the film/music video.



Where envisage longer and shorter takes..

First video..

  1. Charlie and Elsie, in a car, getting ready for something, this takes an entire day to drive to the location. I'm going to use longer slow motion shots in the car getting ready, having longer slow motion shots shows that the characters feel comfortable and allows for longer shots of their faces, this creates more emotion because more emotion is visible
  2. They then arrive at a house and we soon realise they are at a house party again longer slow motion shots allow for longer screen time for the characters emotion, so I need long shots of them in the car, Elly looking at Edward, him grabbing something out of the boot and hiding it from her.
  3. We then follow them into the party I am going to use one long shot of Elly getting out of the car and walking into the party, this will allow me to cut between shots of the characters and extra's, longer screen time for the location allows for a greater sense of mine-en-scene to be created, I wanted to focus on Elly feeling alone, long shots of her on her own, people walking around her.
  4. We see Charlie being hands on, rude and aggressive towards everyone. Longer takes again to focus on Elly's emotions and reactions.
  5. We follow the couple through the party and discover Elsie feels very uncomfortable in her relationship, trapped. Longer shots
  6. Charlie shows her off like a trophy to his friends Longer shots
  7. Grabbing her and kissing her Longer shots
  8. Getting drunk with his friends Longer shots
  9. Elsie sits uncomfortable and alone in the corner Longer shots
  10. Avoiding drunken party goers as she searches for a missing Charlie long tracking shot of her walking around the party
  11. As she looks out the window she sees Charlie passing over a small bag to a friend Longer shots, focusing on his face and her emotions watching him
  12. Police car lights pull into the drive way long shot of car pulling into the drive
  13. Charlie runs through the house grabbing Elsie Fast shots now, to emphasise the intensity and franticness of this situation
  14. Pulling her into a frantic chase fast shots, different angles of running
  15. The whole way through this video it will be intercut with romantic clips from previously in their relationship, as well as fore shadowing the second video. All of the romantic clips are going to be in slow motion and long takes, this shows loving trusting relationships, they are not rushing places, running from things, they are comfortable in the now and enjoying being together.


Second video


  1. The second video starts with a fast cut summary of everything that happened in the first video as well as the romantic clips Seriously fast pace shots, showing drama and action, ot slow motion anymore
  2. Cuts to clips of them running through the back of the house fast pace, not slow motion anymore
  3. Through the woods fast pace, incinuates drama and action
  4. The video is interlaced with videos of them arguing, him shouting at her and just generally being awful to her fast pace, not slow motion anymore, incinuates drama and action, not rose tinted anymore
  5. Elsie trips over and Charlie leaves her on the floor fast pace, incinuates drama and action, slow motion to show the dramatic turn of events
  6. The police dog and police officers run past Elsie's head fast pace, incinuates drama and action, slow motion to show the dramatic turn of events
  7. She sees Charlie run away fast pace, incinuates drama and action, slow motion to show the dramatic turn of events
  8. A police officer walks Elsie back to the house slow motion to show the hurt and betrayal on Ellys face, the concern for her boyfriend
  9. A policeman hauls a kicking Charlie back to the car fast pace, incinuates drama and action, slow motion to show the dramatic turn of events
  10. Charlie gets put in the car and taken away long slow motion shots, cut from different angles, shows drama
  11. Leaving elsie all alone long slow motion shots, shows the emotion on her face when he leaves he


Linear or Non Linear Narrative?




Linear Narrative
The type of editing changes how the narrative appears on screen, if you edit everything in a chronological order for the story, that is linear narrative. We have a definite sense of what constitutes the past, present and future. Events that unfold in our lives follow a certain order. It is important to consider this understanding of time when considering whether a narrative is linear or nonlinear. Stories told using this narrative structure will have a clear beginning, middle and end. They might begin with a description of the setting, have events leading up to a climax and all the problems that arose during the narrative are either resolved or accepted. 

Non Linear Narrative
Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique, sometimes used in literature, film, hypertext websites and other narratives, where events are portrayed. For example, out of chronological order or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of human memory, but has been applied for other reasons as well.



 I think my work is non linear, I think the main story line is linear however the immersions of memories and clips from the past make the story non linear. 

Theoretical Effects

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Though Pudovkin's name may not ring a bell for some, his teacher's might. Pudovkin was the student of Lev Kuleshov, who, for one, was arguably the very first film theorist ever, and two, was the one who demonstrated that editing meant more than splicing bits of film together to form a coherent story; it was powerful and could evoke emotions based on their order and juxtaposition. This reaction to editing is called the  Kuleshov Effect. Kuleshov's original editing experiment is below:



At its core, the early Russian film theorists, like Pudovkin, believed that editing, the organization and placement of shots, was a means of expression that was unique to filmmaking -- something that wasn't (and still isn't) done in literature, theater, paintings, or the plastic arts. "The foundation of film art is editing." Pudovkin's 5 editing techniques are: contrast, parallelism, symbolism, simultaneity, and leit motif. Each of these techniques are in every editor's arsenal and used in virtually every film made around the world. Becoming familiar with each of them is essential if you want to speak to your audience in a subtle way, rather than through extensive (and obnoxious) verbal on-screen exposition.

 Pudovkin's 5 Editing Techniques from Evan Richards on Vimeo.
I am going to use Pudovkins technique of contrast, using juxtaposing clips in a film to create visual metaphors which enhance the emotion portrayed in film, having juxtaposed clips helps  improve the visible performance to have shots of Elsie and Charlie. Having the emotional shots of Elsie feeling alone and betrayed juxtaposed with the clips of them in the past in love and happy. I plan to try and use symbolism as shown in the video above, in Indiana Jones, Hugo and A space Odyssey, I wish to use symbolism of the car, the happy connotations of being in the car on a ride and arguing in the car. I also plan to use simultaneity when Charlie is found selling drugs, I would love to have cross cutting clips of Charlie selling the drugs and Elsie reaction when she see's him selling them through the window.

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