HNC Creative Media

The Development of Editing Techniques The birth of cinema... Auguste and Louis Lumiere were "pioneer manufacturers of photographic equipment who devised an early motion picture camera and projector called the Cinematographe" ( Editors of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 2013) Early Editing...   The first editing technique to come into play in the world of cinema was cutting; before cutting directors would film in one continuous shot with no editing. "Cutting is so fundamental to the medium that it began to emerge relatively quickly" ( filmreference.com). Cutting became more widely used when directors and audiences alike desired for longer films became higher and there was only a small amount of magazine a film camera could hold. Being able to cut scenes allowed for a longer and more complex narrative "by assembling a series of scenes, with each scene filmed in a single shot" ( filmreference.com). In the 1900s cutting was achieved by actual...

How Lighting Affects Camera Techniques For Moving Image Lighting is a good indicator to an audience member of the atmosphere or feel that the filmmaker wishes to convey; this is done to enhance and better communicate the plot. Evoking emotion is imperative to the successful interpretation of any film, and lighting is an excellent example of this as the viewer relates the lighting to a particular mood or atmosphere. High-key lighting is usually naturally sourced, softer light used alongside a three-point lighting system "to help improve high contrast ratios" and "is used to produce images that produce an optimistic, upbeat reaction"; with high key lighting, softer shadows are casted on the subjects and their surroundings are better exposed giving the final footage a lighter and happier feel. Conversely, Low-Key lighting creates effectively the opposite atmosphere to high-key lighting, generally being much more harsh and hard on the subject. Horror as a genre...

American New Wave Film Research "New American Cinema, also referred to as New Hollywood or post-classical Hollywood, refers to the time from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. In this period, a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in American cinema. In the mid-sixties the attendance of U.S theaters was declining. The audience were hungry for something different and raw, and then Bonnie and Clyde came as a shock to the system, and a renaissance was under way. Hollywood had long been an exclusive club, and the only way for a new director to gain entrée was to know somebody on the inside. Hollywood’s old boys network now opened up for new kids, and many of the New American Cinema directors were outsiders. This new generation influenced the types of films produced, their production and marketing, and the way studios approached filmmaking. Their work was thematically complex, formally innovative, and morally ambiguous, and they spoke for a generation disench...

Explain how Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider has been constructed to create meaning. In the clip from Dennis Hopper's 'Easy Rider', (1969), it is evident that elements of American New Wave production have been used to convey a  deeper meaning and to encourage critical analysis to the audience. Concepts which are explored by Hopper both in his narrative and by the compositions relate to the sixties as an era of rebellion, violence and change; Hopper's use of semiotics symbols as well as lighting, editing and camera techniques seek to inform the viewer of his opinion. One way that meaning is conveyed through 'Easy Rider' is through the significant attention to Christian symbols and literature within this scene to highlight the essence of change to societal morals and values founded by Christianity in the 1960's, kick started by the anti-war movement that grasped the youth of America. The first time this symbolism is used is within the first upshot,...