Post Production Film Editing  Editing is the work of selecting two or more shots to create a finished film.  Post production film editing is the editing done after all of the filming has taken place by the editor or director.

Post Production Film Editing in the film Pulp Fiction Movie TimelineActual Timeline  Restaurant pre-robbery  To the apartment to get briefcase  Butch gets orders to throw fight  Vincent and Jules enter bar in shorts and t-shirts  Vincent picks up Mia  Date at Jack Rabbit Slims/overdose  Butch as a boy/pre-fight  Butch escapes and Mia thanks Vincent for the date  Butch is home and then goes for watch  Butch kills Vincent  Butch hits Marcellus with his car  Butch kills Zed and leaves town  Butch and Jules are in apartment  Jules states he is quitting/Marvin’s death  Jimmie’s house/The Wolf  New clothes from Jimmie  Breakfast at the restaurant/robbery  Go to leave off case/ End  Butch as a boy  In the car to the apartment  Getting the briefcase  Vincent states he is quitting/ Marvin’s death  Jimmie’s house/ The Wolf  Restaurant pre-robbery  Breakfast at the restaurant/ robbery  They deliver the briefcase to Marcellus/ Butch gets orders  Vincent and Mia date/overdose  Butch escapes and Mia thanks Vincent for date  Butch goes back for watch  Butch kills Vincent  Butch hits Marcellus with car  Butch kills Zed and rides off/ End of chronological film

The ending of the film

MONTAGE SEQUENCE A series of short movie clips in order to advance the film in a short period of time.

Montage in Army of Darkness

Film Editing Techniques  Cutaway- An interruption of a continuously filmed action and inserting a new  Continuity Editing- Smooth flowing shots  Cross-Cutting- alternating between 2 or more shots  Fade- Transition between shots that dissolve into a single color  Key, Keying- Compositing two or more full frame images together  180 Degree Rule- Rule stating that two characters in the same scene should always have left/right relations to each other.

Walter Murch's six main film editing criteria 1. Emotion- Does the cut reflect the reaction? 2. Story- Does the cut advance the story? 3. Rhythm- Does the cut occur rhythmically sound? 4. Eye-Trace- Does the cut follow the audiences eye focus? 5. 2-Dimensional Place on Screen- Does the cut follow the 180 degree rule? 6. 3-Dimensional Space of Action- Is the cut true to the action?

Editing Techniques in the film Requiem for a Dream

Works Cited      