Editing... abridged - A Week of Technique and Stylisation

 And back over at No Film School this video was posted a few weeks back and is a quick explanation and look into the history of film editing by the guys at Film School'd.

Watch the video here:

The full article on No Film School:

The History & Techniques of Editing Explained in Less Than 7 Minutes

  Although the above video is more dedicated to the art of perception, especially with the use of montage, there is some good information here. My main concern is the lack of clarity on continuity, which for me personally, can make or break a film. Bad continuity has the ability to remove the suspension of disbelief and completely lose the viewer interest in the process. 

Film Riot explain continuity here:

  My, personal, favourite film for excessive continuity errors has to be Jurassic Park and there is no end of videos pointing these errors out on You Tube, but here are a couple to help you better understand how a film, no matter how good you think, can be heavily marred by bad continuity.

Jurassic Park Mistakes Part One:

And for good measure, Part Two:

Links:

No Film School

No Film School - Article

Film School'd

Film Riot

Noir Noir Noir - A Week of Technique and Stylisation

   Tom Antos has been at it again, a while back, he released a short tutorial video on no budget lighting for Noir filming for the No Film School website.

Check out the video here:

 Read the No Film School page here:

Exclusive Tutorial: How to Create Stunning Film Noir Style with Very Little Money

  But what is film Noir?, well originally it was a Black and White filming style used heavily in American crime dramas, and as more and more of these films were released they all became a watered down parody of themselves; to the point of being "hand coloured" with heavy blacks and not much else (EG: Bugsy Malone). But the Black and White stylistic Noir went out of fashion, though the film content remains to this day (EG: Gangster Squad, although a better example would be Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition). A perfect book, which is essentially Noir, would be Charles Bukowski's Pulp, which is screaming for a film adaptation.

  Although the Noir look can be done very poorly/badly, it's now a little used effect which, when done well, can really make your low budget pop... provided the material is suitable of course. 

  Films like the adaptations of Sin City and it's Sequel, have made good use of the Noir look, although in a heavy green screen environment which is classed as Neo-Noir, it's just a pity they never quite lived up to expectations or the Frank Miller source material.

Links:

No Film School

No Film School - Tutorial

Tom Antos

Sin City - Graphic Novels

Noir - Wikipedia

Neo-Noir - Wikipedia

A Worthy Cause - Sign the Petition

 Having purchased a "smart" TV (albeit a few years ago now), I can completely understand where Reed Morano is coming from with her petition to remove the new bane of our existence! Smooth Motion (Tru-Motion on my LG). Granted this feature is relatively easy to turn off with a little know how and a lot of Setup menu searches later.... But for those who are more techno-phobic, they just put up with it.

Read the article with more information on No Film School here:

Check out DP Reed Morano's Petition to Nix That Awful 'Smooth Motion' Effect on TVs

Sign the Petition here:

Stop Motion Interpolation Petition

Reference:

No Film School

IMDB.com

Reed Morano Official

Change.org