Ever wondered how film editing started?

Ever wondered how film editing started?

Film Editing Today.

So let’s start off with the boring stuff, things we already know. (Yes I know, it pointleass but I have no choice.) Back in the day film editing was almost 100% based on how the shooting went but today it’s more like “Oh it was dark? No worries, I’ll just increase the brightness through editing.” This shows you how far film editing has come. Unlike back in the day, editing a short film can take minutes!

Today, we have editing software’s on almost every desktop, laptops and even iPad’s! I wonder what James Williamson would think.. Or feel.. Or do. (He might just have a heart attack. I doubt we want that.)

Film editing is very simple now, “Editors cut” has become “clicking on a particular frame and dragging it to the dustbin or to the working in progress video.” Simple, I know! Now we can change the effects, increase brightness, modify skin tones or even play with the temperature (Not the weather alright. I know what you were thinking.)

Greatest Invention of Film Editing:

Although we still have to acknowledge Robert W. Paul for inventing the way of implicating a little action in video shots, unfortunately (or fortunately depends on you) someone created even greater! Yes I know, it’s crazy. But very true!

Did I forget to mention flying cars, over sized green super heroes taking over the streets of New York? Yeah.. That’s what they call “Green Screen Imagery”. I would say that’s probably the most advanced form of editing technology out there. AND IT’S ALL EDITING, for those that actually thought hulk or the transformers existed. (I wish..) Anyway, it’s simple but first you’re going to need a lot of green. No, not money, well that too but more of the color green. That’s the secret to pulling your subject out of the real world and placing it in a digital domain.

Why green you ask?

The major factor is the contrast. In order to isolate one area from the rest, the background color must be distinctly different. Bright green beats any other color because it is not a color commonly used. (Unless you’re a neon color fan. Which means you might need help with a wardrobe change too.) Any clothing that matches the background too closely will also key out, making the subject become invisible. (So that’s where it came from!)

So what exactly Were early films like?
Early films short films Were That Were one long, static, and locked-down shot. Motion in the shot frame All That frame necessary to amuse an audience, I man, That They'd not expect anything else really. So the FIRST films simply showed Activity such as a group of children running around the neighborhood. Think about the excitement They must've Felt after Seeing the video? Like, OMG that's me? There WAS no story and no editing. Each film ran as long as there film in the camera frame.

Who is Responsible for the man read little action?

The Involvement of action moving from one sequence into another, is attributed to *DRUM ROLL* British film PIONEER Robert W. Paul!!! The further development of action Continuity in multi-shot films continued in 1899-1900 at the  Brighton School in England , Where It was officially established by George Albert Smith and James Williamson. In That year Smith made, well, I would not really say a BUT movie something of the sort called Seen Through the Telescope , in Which the main shot Shows a street scene with a young man HIS tying shoelace and then caressing the foot of HIS girlfriend (strange, yes, I know) while an old man Through a telescope observes this (stalker much?). There is then cut to a close 
shot of the girl's foot Circular shown inside a black 

mask, and then a cut back to the CONTINUATION of the original

 scene.

Uh .. James Williamson? Who Could That be?

James Williamson focused on making films taking action from one place shown in one shot to the next shown in another shot in films like  Stop Thief!  &  Fire! made ​​in 1901, and many others. (Not That You'd know or anything Them.)  ALSO He experimented with the close-up, and frame know to make the most extreme one of all in The Big Swallow. When HIS CHARACTER approaches the camera and appears to Swallow it. (That's not weird at all ...) These two filmmakers of the Brighton School Founded ALSO the editing of the film: They work their Plot Plot Plot Plot tinted with color and used trick photography to enhance the narrative. By 1900, their Plot Plot Plot Plot Were extended scenes films of up to 5 minutes long. Man, the Brighton School seems like the place to be!

Key Discoveries:

These early film Directors discovered important aspects of motion 
picture language: That the
screen image does not need to show a complete person from head to toe and splicing together two shots That creates in the viewer's mind a contextual Relationship. (Well .. DUUH!) These Were That made ​​all the key non-live non DISCOVERIES or live-on-videotape narrative motion pictures and television possible

Before the widespread use of non-linear editing systems, the Initial editing of films Were all done with a positive copy of the film called a film print work (cutting copy in UK) by Actually, legitimately physically (have I emphasized Enough?) cutting and pasting together Pieces of film. Can you imagine how much Effort and time That would take? strips of footage would be hand cut and
attached together with tape and then later in time, glue. Editors Were
very precise, IF They made ​​a wrong cut or print needed a fresh positive,
it'd cost Them money for the lab to reprint the footage and the editing
process push farther back. If I Were in their denim, I'd probably loose
all the money I invested. With beautiful long awaited the invention of a splicer 
and threading machine with a viewer such as a Moviola, or Flatebed Machine
the editing process sped up a little bit and the cuts came out cleaner and more
precise. Well.. About time!

Post Production:

Editor's cut.

There are Stages have have have have several editing and the editor's cut is the FIRST. An editor's cut

(Sometimes referred to as the "Assembly edit "or" Rough cut ") is normally the FIRST draft of what will be the final film when it reaches picture lock. The film editor while working usually starts principal photography starts. LIKELY, PRIOR to cutting , the editor and director will have seen and / or discussed as shooting progresses. Screening Dailies gives the editor a rough idea of the director's intention. Because it is the FIRST pass, the editor's cut might be longer than the final film. (Great .. EVEN, more Wasted time.) The editor Continues to refine the cut while shooting Continues, and is is is is often the entire editing process goes on for many months and Sometimes more than a year, Depending on the film.

Directors Cut:

When shooting is finished, the director can then turn HIS or her full attention to the Collaborating with the editor and further REFINING the cut of the film. This is the time set aside Where That is the film editor's First cut is molded to fit the director's vision.

While Collaborating on what is referred to as the "director's cut", the director and the editor go over the entire movie in great detail, scenes and shots are re-ordered, removed, shortened and Otherwise tweaked. That is is is is often it is discovered there are plot holes, or even, ,, missing shots, missing segments Which might require new scenes to be filmed. Because of this time working and Collaborating Closely - That is normally a period far longer, and far more intimately Involved, than the entire Production and filming - most Directors and editors form a Unique Artistic bond. (Romantic much?)

Final Cut:

It is only after the director has HIS Had a chance to oversee cut, the CHOSEN cuts are supervised by one or more Producers, WHO Represent the Production Company and / or movie studio . Once that's out the way, the product can finally be released! !

Very First Video Camera: