More Editing Techniques- 7/11/13

In today's media studie's lesson, we were working on more editing techniques. Before we started learning about more editing techniques, my teacher gave us a list of keywords that we will be using throughout the course, these will help me when I have to analyse any extracts that we watch. We started the lesson by watching clips related to some of these keywords. The key words we watched clips on were related to the 'editing' section of the keywords list. We watched videos on:

-Bullet time: To show something that is impossible, in super slow motion. 

-Fast motion: This shows something that would normally be slow in a fast way. For example, it would show the passing of time to miss the boring bits out. 

-Slow motion: This can show the importance of a character, everything slows down for these characters.

-Split screen: Contrast to show a link happening simultaneously.

-Wipe: Creates an out of this universe effect.

Whilst watching these video clips, we were filling in our key word sheet. After we had finished filling in our keyword sheets, we started to learn more about editing. We watched a clip from the 'paradise', whilst watching a short clip from this, we had to take into consideration four techniques and how these techniques from the extract represent social class. Whilst watching the clip, we had to take notes on, the different camera angles used, editing, sound and mise-en-scene, used in the extract. We watched the extract four times, this meant that each time I could focus on one technique. From watching the extract, I found out the different techniques used and how these represent social class. The different techniques used are:

-Camera angles: close up, wide shot, medium shot, two shot, extreme close up and long shot.

-Editing: Slow motion, bullet time, match cut, wipe and fading.

-Sound: The music speeds up to emphasise the happiness of middle class work, as people like this do not normallly get to attend the music hall. The theme tune is old fashioned. The workers have Newcastle accents, which shows they are of lower class, whereas the higher classes have posher accents.

-Mise-en-scene: {setting} department store, street, office and kitchen.

-Mise-en-scene: {costume} the workers are dressed the same, they are in uniform. The upper classes are in dresses and suits, this shows they are more important. 

-Mise-en-scene: {props} hats, dolls, jewellery, chairs, tables, plates, knives and forks.

Using the notes we had just made from watching the extract, our task was to now write an essay and say how these represent the different social classes shown in the extract. I will be able to use the techniques I learnt in today's lesson when analysing different extracts and it will help me add more detail to my notes and essay writing.