Rule Of Six Theory

The rule of six theory was a theory discussed by American film editor Walter Murch within his book 'in the blink of an eye: a perspective on film editing'. within this book he discusses six factors that he believes he helps tell a story using editing. Walter suggests "a list of priorities. If you have to give up something, don't ever give up emotion before the story. Don't give up the story before rhythm, don't give up rhythm before eye-trace, don't give up eye-trace before planarity, and don't give up planarity before spacial continuity, " he believes there is a hierarchy in which you should use the rule of six theory in order to create an edit which will have the best effect on the audience.

Emotion - 51%

within editing, emotion is a very essential part in order to provoke some sort of effect in the audience.it is important you are able to reflect the tone of the scene onto the audience. they audience must be able to feel a connection with the actors within the film and understand motifs within them.

Story - 23%

Story simply refers to how each shot should benefit the overall narrative of the movie. in other words if the scene ends up being placed as filler it can be simply be cut.

Rythem - 10%

The emotional tone within a scene will also affect the rhythm of the film. the rhythm of cuts within the film should reflect the overall atmosphere of each scene. if the atmosphere of a scene is taking into consideration the cuts and edits will feel sloppy and almost disorientating to the audience ultimately leading to the audience being confused.

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Pitch

Idea 1 The scene begins with an establishing shot of a sofa within a living room designed in the style of which a living room will look like within the 1960s. the scene continues forward with a family jumping onto and sitting on the sofa to then enjoy family time. the family will be wearing generic clothing that is usually associated with the 1960s. facial expressions will be very very vibrant and happy to show that they're enjoying the time that they're having. still keeping the same establishing shot, the scene progresses with the family leaving and crew from the production team rearranging the set and creating a scenery of an 80s living room. the same family will return to the set wearing traditional 80s fashion whilst continuing to enjoy quality family time. this scene repeats where the set changes into a traditional 90s and 00s living room with the cast dressing accordingly. the scene then transitions to a shot of a phone where the living room set in the 00s is on the scr

Planning and editing music video

Introduction The song I have decided to work with is a song by a close friend, Harrison Powers, that's titled "Carrying On". they're so many reasons as to why I've decided to work with this song. After closely analysing the deeper contextual meanings behind the song with my friend I later discovered that the song has deeper meanings of alcoholism and moving and growing past the addiction that comes with it. I believe we are able to link many visual ideas to the song as well keeping the song fresh and creative to align with his musical persona he would like to portray to a general audience. The video we want to create is a simple yet effective that will drive the song further to an audience without mentioning the deeper meanings as we believe they're too personal and will end up making the video Planning After talking to my client we finally decided that it will be best to go for a rather conventional music video that establishes different stylistic traits th

Camera Lenses and Their Effect

Types of Lenses Wide Angle Lenses wide-angle lenses usually range between 16 and 35mm, the overall purpose of a wide-angle lens is to capture more within your frame. this may be used for shooting landscapes and cityscapes. they're commonly known to be used in establishing shots in films to help the audience depict time, place, and context. wide angles have a deep depth of field so you are able to have more of the shot in focus. a flaw to wide-angle lenses is that when used in a close-up shot the image can look quite distorted. Macro Lenses the purpose of a macro lens is to make tiny objects seem larger, it allows a photographer to capture little details that are not visible to the eye. macro lenses have a very close focusing distance therefore the photographer has to be very close to the object to allow the image to look very crisp. macro lenses have a variety of focal lengths that will be used for specific things. 50mm lens will be used for objects such as a coin or some jewel

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