Robert Rubio

What did you think of  Run Lola Run ?  Was the film what you expected?  How did it surprise you?  What were three things that you noticed in the film from the unit that you learned about? I thought that Run Lola Run was a good film. It was intriguing. I honestly wasn't expecting anything from the film. I just sat down and watched the film. It surprised me when I realized that Lola was repeating the same 'run' twice, and how each run was altered by very small actions. A few seconds can significantly alter the future. The 'butterfly effect.' Three things that I noticed that we reviewed in this unit were a few jump cuts, the montage theory, and transitions such as cuts, fade in/out, flash cuts, and split screens.

What is the subject of your montage edit?  What is it's status?  Are you able to complete it in time?  Why or why not? The status of my montage edit is still a work in progress. I will not be able to finish on time. I have the pictures for my video, and I just found the music that I'm going to use. However, I still might need a couple of days to work on it. I know that I can finish the project by next week, but I wont be able to finish by tomorrow.

Summarize each of the six rules of when to make a cut.  Why do you think cutting on emotion and story are so much more important than the next four? Emotion: Effecting the audience emotionally. How you want the audience to feel after watching the film. Do the events add or subtract from the emotion. This must be preserved. Story: You want the audience to understand what is happening. Do the events move the story forward? Rhythm: You want the cut to be at the right time. It must make sense. If the rhythm is off, the film will seem sloppy. Eye trace: Where you want the audience took focus on while watching the film. 2D Plane of Screen: Is everything properly represented onscreen? 3D Space of Action: Make sure that everything is truly established in the third dimensional area.

Summarize the three techniques that she taught in this lesson? What is a way you could use each of these individual techniques going forward with your video's that you create? One technique that was explained in the video was the Rate Stretch Tool, adjusting the speed depending on how you adjust the clip. The second technique is changing the the Clip Speed / Duration. There's also Ripple Edit, which fills in gaps. Another feature is Reverse Speed, which is exactly what it sounds like.

What is a J or L cut?  What do they do?  How can they improve your edit? The J and L cut allows audio from a clip to begin playing as the first clip is still rolling, and the audio from the first clip continue to play until the second clip catches up. Basically, it puts two shots together with sound. They begin and end together. 

What is a natural transition?  What are three different techniques that this video mentions?  What would each of them add to a scene? Natural transitions are transitions used to blend two scenes together in an 'artistic way.' Some of the techniques in the video include natural wipes, fading in and out, cross dissolve with the sky, and cross dissolving between two similar objects. What would each of them add to the scene? They would add a visual mind twist. When you see a natural transition, it makes you wonder how it was done.

What is cutting on action?  How does it seamlessly blend two shots together?  What are two things that you must keep in mind when cutting on action in your films? Cutting on action are two separate shots of a continuous action, such as someone running and turning a corner, or running towards a door, and afterwards an indoor shot from the other side of the door, which opens. It blends two shots together, appearing as a continuous shot done in the same moment, when really, they're two separate shots filmed separately, but later put together. You should keep in mind that the two shots are connected together, appearing to be continuous. If you cut during a shot where someone standing up, the next shot should continue the same movement.

What is mise-en-scene?  How is the term used in the film industry?  What are two reasons that it is so important? Mise-en-scene is the arrangement of everything that appears in the framing. This includes actors, lights, and props. The term means "placing on stage." This is very important because you don't want something to accidentally appear in the framing that isn't supposed, such as a microphone. Filmmakers want everything in the framing to appear as 'natural.' Therefore, the mise-en-scene is very important in the industry.

How are you getting used to editing on Premiere Pro?  What surprises you about it?  What challenges are you having? At the moment, I'm still finding my way around Premiere Pro. It's still overwhelming because there are so many features that I don't know how to use. But it's a very professional system, and I think I'll be able to accomplish any video with Premiere Pro.

What are three concepts from this article that you can incorporate into your montage edit?  Why did you pick these three?  How can you apply them in the edit? Some of the concepts that I found while reading the article include using Symbols. With Symbols, you get ideas out with actually having to shout them out. Close-ip and deep shots, they can alter depth on screen, giving you a different perspective while watching. The last one is using music. If you watch a video without music, you might not react so much to it. But when you use music, it moves you emotionally, and could give an entire new meaning to  the video.

What three technologies needed to be invented to change the editing industry from linear editing to non linear editing?  Why do you feel that each of these technologies were important?  Non linear editing is a system used to edit non destructive edits, meaning the original files/content is not modified. In 1999, Avid/1 was invented, which was used for non linear editing.

Summarize one of Pudovkin's techniques outlined in this video essay that interests you.  How does it contribute to the storytelling in the modern movie clip that the narrator talks about?  Why do you find this interesting? The five editing techniques are contrast, parallelism, symbolism, simultaneity, and leit motif. Personally, my favorite editing technique are symbolism and leit motif. Symbolism has to be my top favorite. Why? Because it has meaning. The editing technique Symbolism, is when two shots come together with a connection. An example of this is when Marion Crane is murdered in Psycho, and her blood is pouring down the drain. This scene has a closeup shot of the drain, then afterwards, fades into Marion's eye, symbolizing her life "going down the drain."

What are three perks of continuity editing that this article mentions?  Why are they important?  What are three rules mentioned later in the article that help you achieve good continuity?  Why are they important? Some of the perks mentioned in the article includes moving the action along, creating intensity, keeping pace, and having control of time. The ones that I think are very important are clarity, keeping pace, and the use of camera angles. These are all important when making a film. The audience needs to know what is happening, at a pace that they could follow without getting lost. To me, camera angles are very important, because the visual look affects the audiences emotions. Continuity is a very helpful technique in filmmaking.

What do you notice about early filmmakers in regards to editing?  What similarities did you notice between early filmmakers and the mobile films that your classmates have made? I noticed what is pointed out to us. Early films had extremely long shots. Many shots were completely stationary shots, letting things leave the frame. There weren't as many cuts as there are right now in the modern days. How are they similar to the mobile films that my classmates make? Some shots are stationary, very dull, not well planned out, and they tend to cram things into one long scene.

You've just began your journey into editing!  How does it feel taking your first baby steps?  What are three things that surprise you?  What are you finding difficult? I started my journey into editing back in 2013, but that was with iMovie. iMovie is where I learned the very basic techniques, such as putting clips together, trimming clips, adding transitions, adding/removing audio, and adding text. But obviously, that's not the professional way of editing. The first time I used Adobe Premiere, I was overwhelmed, because there are hundreds of professional editing features that iMovie doesn't have. I'm currently trying to learn everything about Adobe Premiere, because I'll be using it often in the future.

Why is organizing your footage so important to editing?  What are two things you found really helpful that you learned in this video? Organizing your footage for the editing process is a very important thing to do as an editor. There are probably hundreds and hundreds of video clips that you'll have while editing, and they're most likely not in chronological order. Because of this, you should organize all the clips by renaming them in a way they can be organized alphabetically for the editing process.

Drawing from what you've learned and experienced so far, what is the editors role in a movie?  Out of all of these responsibilities, what are three that you could give examples of? An editors job is very important in the film industry. An editor is responsible for 'editing' the film in post-production. The editor basically gathers everything that was filmed, and organizes all the footage together into one motion picture. From what I saw in the video, the editor sculpts, slices, trims, and  tightens. Being an editor isn't easy, it takes hours of work and dedication.

What did you notice about the way that the boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark was edited?  In your opinion, how did the editing play a key role in the opening of the film? The Golden Idol and Boulder scene was amazingly edited to show the audience everything they need to know and see. The scene is built around suspense, so the film was edited to show the audience the danger of the cave. It has quick, sudden cuts during the escape, but it perfectly shows what's happening.