October feedback

You are working methodically toward completing assignments and are making sound progress.  Your communications assignment was very promising.

You now need to ensure that blog posts are thorough and that research informs analysis.

 SMART Targets 

Use the assignment brief and my web-log to guide you.

Discuss the principles of editing and demonstrate how you have used them in your own films.

Work effectively to deadlines

Research Log

Research Log –Brandon Moss

I skimmed and scanned through three secondary sources to find out more about understanding about video editing and editing through the years. When going through the sources I had found I annotated them in great detail pulling out relevant information I needed .The purpose of my research is to understand a wide range of knowledge of editing methods, editing techniques and how editing has changed for an article I am writing about understanding editing.

I annotated all three articles and found out a wide range of methods and techniques about film editing. In the book I read called “Digital Video Handbook” using the page about editing principles I found out that the technologies have massively advanced from hanging lengths of film over a bin scratching at the film to advanced software were u can easily edit the film sequence using digital technology. With this information I wrote a section about of the technologies changed over the years for editing change film over the years. Also in the book I found out about 3 editing techniques, which were Insert Edit, Overwrite edit and four -point edit which I used to write about methods a techniques of editing and how to edit using software’s. One of the online articles I used was about the 180-degree rule in detail and I used this to write about the rule in great detail after learning and understanding the rule. The third source was an article about Montage editing, which was broken down into 8 detailed tips and how it linked to editing on software. 

 

Secondary Source		Relevance to my project
Digital Video Handbook –equipment techniques projects editing, Tom Ang		I found a section called Editing Principles, which explained 3 methods of editing which were Overwrite edit and four -point edit which. Also in this section it wrote about the advancement of technologies .I will use this in my article to write about the principles of editing and the generations of film technology
Learn about Film http://learnaboutfilm.com/film-language/sequence/180-degree-rule/		This source was an online article about The 180 degree rule, which was in a lot of detail and a diagram, which I will use to write about editing rules.
Post Production: 8 Tips For Editing Montages http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/film-and-video-production/post-production-8-tips-for-editing-montages.html		This online article was a detailed article about editing Montages which was broken down in to 8 tips .I will write about the 8 tips of montage editing and I will put this in editing methods section of my article.
The Rule of six https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2WGP4dofgQ)		This source is a video of Walter Murch explaining the six rules of editing. I used this video clip in my article and I annotated the rules and I wrote about techniques that Walter Murch would use.
Apocalypse Now intro: The Doors, The End (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIrvSJwwJUE	This source was a video clip of the opener of a film produced an edited by Walter Murch, which I deconstructed explaining the different techniques used.

 

Star wars Visual effects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIlYk7KQe-s	This source was a clip from a documentary on the making of the visual effects of star wars which I used for my project by writing about the techniques of editing and props used which I put in my visual effects section fro my article of understanding film editing.
The City of God-Chicken chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASPvpdaQpRQ	This source is an opener of a film called the City of God which I deconstructed and put in my MTV style of editing section in my article