AS1, T2, Developing Editing Techniques

In camera editing is an old technique before computer editing was created. In camera editing is when you record each shot in the order it will be in the film. It was used a lot in early cinema before spliceing was invented. One of the first people to use in camera editing was George Melies in 1896 in the vanishing lady.

We created the clip using in camera editing. The first clip was caught by having the camera tilted up. We started film the first shot  then stopped when it finished. We then changed position then started filming again to make it go to the next shot to make the shot look like a natural shot and to get it in the right shot so it is inline. Then for the next shot it was a close up of Nicola being tripped up. This was used to make it look more obvious what happened. Then we did a shot of her filming. In this shot we found one of our difficulties of filming. When you are filming you have to get the actor to act at the same time as the filming starts. If you do not you will notice a gap in the film with a delay in acting.  The next scene was a long shot show the characters walking down the stairs. This caused a problem. It was hard to get the actors in the shot together with out them being covered by the celling but still being able to see the stairs. The final scene also caused a problem because you had to fit the camera with all  three actors in the same room and fit them all in.

The film had both good and bad points. The film was good because it had little mistakes. We were doing in camera editing so it was easy to make mistakes. Our film had little noticeable mistakes because our actors were well prepared  so the film looked more professional. Also the camera was always in the right position . In the film there is nothing in the way of the camera so all the shots are clear you can always see whats happening.  The problem with my film is that it was hard to get the camera in the right position to get all the shot in. I got it all in but it to a lot of work to fit it in. Also it was hard to fit the camera and three actors on the flight of stairs. The finale problem was the camera was shackey. Even though it was on a tripod it still had a lot of scenes where the camera was shacking.


There are pros and cons to in camera editing. The pros of in camera editing is that it dose not need much editing . So it is not that time consuming in the editing . Also it is cheeper because you only have to film. You only need to film the shots with camera so you do not need much expensive equipment. Also the film it formed quick so you don't need to spend a lot of money of food and rooms for actors.. The cons to in camera editing is that you can only film each shot once so their could be mistakes that you can't change. Also it is a very basic film because  there are little effect and only a few things could be done.