Task Three- Developing Editing Techniques

In Camera Editing is a technique of video production, in which the camera shots are captured in the order that they will be viewed. In order to edit the video on camera, the camera opperator presses play to capture the scene, and pause to stop the scene, they then need to move to their next location and repeat the process. An example of a famous early film maker is George Melees, who first used 'In-Camera Editing' when he filmed 'The Vanishing Lady' in 1896. It is rumoured that he created In-Camera editing by accident when his camera broke down for a second. In-camera editing was used as a main editing technique before 'slicing' (cutting out the parts that are not needed) became easier.


Pros and Cons of In-Camera Editing 

PROS:

• You put more thought into the footage that you were capturing
• Useful skill to learn
• Enables those who do not have an editing software to edit
• Makes the filmmakers more prepared
• Individual shots are more precise
• No post-production process

CONS:

• You only get one chance to shoot each scene
• There are generally going to be more mistakes
• Harder to communicate
• Timing has to be correct
• You have to settle with the original scene
• It must be filmed in the correct order

There were some cons that occurred when using In-Camera Editing, that were noticeable in the outcome of the film that we made. The first con that affected our group was that you only get one chance to film each scene which can be difficult, especially if you've made a mistake, or haven't captured the exact clip that you were hoping for. Another con that affected us was timing, as we accidentally shot an extra scene on the stairs as the camera would not stop recording, and we could not edit that out.  It was also difficult filming in the correct order as two of our scenes were in the wrong order, and we couldn't do anything about it.

Although there were several cons that occurred when using In-Camers Editing, we also found several pros. First of all, we noticed that our film was more structured than usual, and more planning went into the film, It was also a lot quicker to create the film as you only shot the scene once as opposed to filming a scene over and over until we got it right, Another reason that it was quick is because there was no post-production process as we editing the film while capturing it.