![]() ![]() She was 5'2.5 inches in height.ĭuring WW1 she trained as a telegrapher. Mary was raised on a farm in Iowa and later the family moved to a 360 acre farm in Harvey County (Newton) Kansas. Hubert Frank, Charles Beverly and Donna Rosemary (see picture) She married Francis Charles (Frank) Stwertnik Sept. Worth Gregory, Mary Elma, Richard Aurel, Frederick Ira, Elmer Perry, Leah Fern, Lois Merle ![]() We MUST be aware of editing at all times, and help our kids and students understand its power as Ira and Emma Etta Manhardt Rose The point of this post is to demonstrate the power of editing and the role it plays in our perceptions. I don’t expect objectivity (after all, news is a business and they cater to their audiences) but I also don’t expect producers of documentaries to be so obvious in their disdain for those they are interviewing. Regardless of what one think about the 2nd Amendment, one would like to expect truth in reporting. The audio presents the 2nd Amendment supporters in a completely different way than the edited video. But in the documentary, she asks the question and then the image shows the supporters staring blankly, as if they cannot answer the question. In an interview with supporters of the 2nd Amendment, Couric asked a question that was answered clearly (according to the audio version). Here’s the story from the Washington Post. And some stuff hit the fan yesterday when it was discovered that Katie Couric had narrated a documentary that was edited to a particular point of view. When I watch the news or a documentary, however, I am naive enough to expect truth. I expect that the storytellers will use tools to get me to feel and think a certain way. Here’s why: when I watch a movie or a TV program, I expect to be manipulated. This last use of editing actually makes me a bit unhinged. They were merely EDITED to a different effect. In each case, no scenes were added to change the genre. Be sure to check out “Brokeback to the Future” or the trailer that turns “The Shining” into a romantic comedy. You can search “Genre bending movie trailers” on YouTube if you are interested in falling down a black hole. Notice the effect? Check out “Mrs Doubtfire” as a horror movie (this actually works….creepy as hell!) They were simply shown in a different order with different music. Check out these movie trailers: all that was changed was the music and the editing. But ABC’s editors use every trick in the book to lengthen the scene and add dramatic impact. The whole scene – in reality – could have taken 90 seconds. ![]() Were there pregnant pauses in between each rose? Were the closeups of the nervous women actually filmed during the rose ceremony, or before? And who can forget the classic “Final rose tonight” quip from host Chris Harrison, which only adds to the drama as Ben appears to wait even longer to give out that rose. ![]() (Sense a theme yet?) The point is, we have NO IDEA how long this rose ceremony actually took. We have Ben arriving, also looking nervous. We have closeups of the women being nervous. We have voiceovers TALKING about how nervous they are. We have the group shot with all the women looking nervous. But bear with me.) In this rose ceremoy scene, we’ve got several different things going on. Take “The Bachelor” (I know, I know….total trash TV. Editing, in this case, helps tell the story. The Godfather clip, for example, shows us several different scenes happening at once – but they all gel together to tell the story. Check out this clip of the “Ten Most Effective Editing Moments in Film” SO – #1: Excellent editing in a film propels the story and can provide even deeper meaning. And when it’s done well, it’s pracitcally invisible. But the most effective production value – the ONE tool that can manipulate a message like no other – is editing. When we analyze production values in class, we talk about the obvious ones: music, lighting, use of color, etc. ![]()
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