Comprehensive editing notes

1903 - Basic Cuts in Film

Find Example

Discuss what editing process was and why it was basic

1920s - Silent Film

Needed to allow audiences to understand time and space

Discuss key techniques/development that allowed this

1940s - Hollywood Studio System

More complex stories that included sound

Cinema at it's height in poplularity so audiences needed to escape into film

Find examples of key techniques that allowed this

1960s - American New Wave

What is this?

They used unconventional editing and filmmaking techniques

Discuss why and find examples

1980s - High Concept cinema

Editing techniques develop to create pace and understanding of genre

Discuss which genres were popular and why - maybe comment of politics of the time.

1990s - Digitial editing software introduced

Filmmaking became inexpensive

Rise of independent filmmaking

Find an example of an independent film and see what techniques they are using

00s - Today.

All techniques are used dependent of genre and audience

CGI is used throughout mainstream and independent cinema

Discuss what CGI is and how it's impacted on film

Is it a good or a bad things.