Edditing
In Mrs Banks lesson we furthered our understanding about editing to add to what we were taught by Mr Buckmaster. Here are the techniques we learnt:

Shot revers shot- this is an editing pattern that cuts to the view in the opposite direction.

Eye match- part of continuity editing, where we see a character looking in a particular direction and what they are looking at.

Jump cut- unusual edit pattern and not used when we actually mean to "cut". A jump cut is where a few frames have been removed from a continuous extract to make it jurkey.

Cross cutting- the editing technique of alutering inbertwren one narrative action.

Parallel editing- running two or more sequences of action that are happening.

Insert- like zooming in.

Cut away- a cut from the main action to piece of released action somewhere else.

Long take- "take" refers to the length of time the camera is running between edits.

Short take- where there are lots of edits inverters each take.

Visible editing- is more arty, deliberately breaking continuity.

Invisible editing- when shots are joint with little knolage looks countinuose.

Slow motion- slows action down.

Ellipse- where the time changes, to show time change.

Montage- compresses time an gives a series of short takes.

Expansion of time- is the opposite of elipsis and montage. It is usually achieved by slow motion or using long takes.

Dissolve- where the inmate appears gradually.

Cross fade- where the current shot fades out as the other fades in.

Fade out- fades out usually to black.

Fade in- opposite to fade out.

Wipe- pushing the current screen out of the way.

CGI- computer generated image all digitally created effects are covered by the edditing section- e.g. The dragon in merlin

The video clip I have attached below is the matrix lobby scene. We were shown this clip in class it Shows a range of different editing tricks and how they are used at different points to get different effects. For example at the begging when the man in the glasses walks in the pace of the editing is slow to match the amount of action which is currently taking place at that time. The pace of the cuts then speeds up as they start shooting this is also then it matches what is happening in that part. At the begging when the main character walks in its clear that the director and camera man have considered the rule of thirds and the characters feet are shown in the left hand side of the screen they then move to be more central towards the end of that cut. The rule of thirds is repeatedly used when they are using the collums in the room to defend their selves from the buckets. In addition they have used the 180 rule when they use the collums for protection. The editor had slown down the cuts when the main characters are doing stunts e.g. Kart wheels and walking along the wall I believe they did that to show off the characters, in contrast they keep the guards cuts at the pace they are originally in to make them appear inferior as they are the defeted party.

Prediction of preliminary task

For mine and Ellen's preliminary task we employed Patric to be one of our actors and Ellen played the other. So that left me with the directing and filming. We pre planed the filming, shots, angles, script and location do there were no troubles when we arrived at the location. We planned a range of different angles and shots. Each recording we did again so then if there were any errors with the first recording we had the second as a back up. We thought about contuity , the rule  of three and the 180 rule when producing it, to crate the best possible preliminary task. We intentionally kept it simple so then we got a good grasp of the techniques so then we can expand on them when we come to do our final piece.