Produce a mini documentary about a pioneer of editing. Your documentary should contain video and still footage from the internet. However all verbal and written text should be your own - be careful not to plagiarize. Use the Voice over recording facility to narrate your mini doc.
Pioneering Film Makers/ Editors to choose from:
1. Edwin S. Porter
2. D.W Griffiths
3. Sergei Eisenstein
4. Dziga Vertov
5. Lev Kuleshov
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Quentin Tarantino
9. Jean Luc Goddard
10. Alejandro González Iñárritu
11. Walter Murch
12. Thelma Schoonmaker
Your mini documentary should cover the following points:
• What are they most famous for?
• What was the importance of the technique they developed?
• What key films did they work on and what editing techniques were used?
• Who else has been influenced/used this technique in their films?
• How have they influenced film making?
Analyse a clip from a film they have worked on in terms of editing techniques, consider the following: narrative, rhythmn, pacing,juxtaposition, shot variation, manipulation of diegetic time and space, Storytelling (engaging the viewer, providing and withholding information, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating pace. Combination of shots,180 degree rule, continuity, montage, point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot.
Pioneering Film Makers/ Editors to choose from:
1. Edwin S. Porter
2. D.W Griffiths
3. Sergei Eisenstein
4. Dziga Vertov
5. Lev Kuleshov
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Quentin Tarantino
9. Jean Luc Goddard
10. Alejandro González Iñárritu
11. Walter Murch
12. Thelma Schoonmaker
Your mini documentary should cover the following points:
• What are they most famous for?
• What was the importance of the technique they developed?
• What key films did they work on and what editing techniques were used?
• Who else has been influenced/used this technique in their films?
• How have they influenced film making?
Analyse a clip from a film they have worked on in terms of editing techniques, consider the following: narrative, rhythmn, pacing,juxtaposition, shot variation, manipulation of diegetic time and space, Storytelling (engaging the viewer, providing and withholding information, development of drama, relationship to genre, creating pace. Combination of shots,180 degree rule, continuity, montage, point of view shot; shot-reverse-shot.
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