proposal

my essay has now been written including bibliography complete. all i need to do is hand in!

I have created an appendix for my portfolio. this contains many still pictures on kill bill, so the reader knows what I am talking about. the links for these are on the appendix and will be placed on the bibliography!

A few nights ago, I tried watching some special features on DVD's to see if there were any parts on editing, and the editing process of the film, however there was nothing on the DVD's, so i decided to go onto youtube, and see of there were any clips of film editors talking on here about editing films. there were only a few actual clips. one of Chris Dickens who edited Slumdog Millionaire and won an award for it, but he did not talk much about the process itself. I also typed in an editor called Sally Menke, who has edited every single one of Quentin Tarantino's film, but there was not one of her talking but one of Quentin talking about her editing. Again it did not say anything about how she edited any of the films. So today I decided to watch 'Kill Bill' because I know there are some interesting editing decisions in this film, and whilst watching the film I wrote down some notes about the way things are editied. for example the use of split screen, and the use of black and white in the fight scene at the end. I also noted on the use of music within the film.

unfortuantley am not able to edit thirds year film anymore, because job has been taken, however i will watch an action film and a horror film and will talk about the editing techniques within these two genres.

i have written some of my essay saying what editing is and what techniques are used.

Danielle sent out a message on BAMP, wednesday 12th nov, offering me and her to be editer or assistant editor for third year projects, It will help us understand and experiment the editing of moving pictures. Still no reply on BAMP but maybe later when it gets more towards the editing stage of their productions.

I have recently been doing some research from books, taking down notes understanding some of the different editing techniques. over the weekend i will be doing further reseach out of different books, still taking notes, so it will be easier for me to write about editing in the final essay. i will also look on the internet seeing what that has got about editing techniques.

After researching films from '501 must see movies' and 'IMDB' I will have to choose one film from the list I have gained.
Action:
Die Hard.
Braveheart.
Gladiator.

Comedy:
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Theres Something About Mary.
Meet The Parents.

Romance:
Pretty Woman.
Sleepless in Seattle.
Romeo and Juliet.

Titanic.

Thriller:
Reservoir Dogs.
Pulp Fiction.
Leon.
Se7en.
City of God.

Gangster:
Goodfellas.
American Gangster.
Mickey Blue Eyes.
The Departed.

Also from researching these films I have also found out who edited each of these films and who directed each of these films. Also I have found out that most of these films had a nomination for best film editing in the academy awards, and some films even won the award. I will watch each of these films and chose the best films to study the editing techniques of.

On the 5th October I wrote a research proposal to study in depth different editing techniques which are used in 5 different genre of films.