SCRAPBOOK (History Of Editing Techniques)

In this report, I will be explaining the structure of a factual programme and the main features

Below is my version of how a documentary should be constructed below:            

Introduction à Background à examples of footage à Community Interviews à Vox Pox’s à  Expert Interviews à Summary

Documentaries were first made in the 1900’s which was a long time ago. Documentaries in the 1900’s were very basic, the footage was in black and white and only lasted for a minute. Also, there wasn’t any synchronised sound in the footage only sound tracks played in the background. The first synchronised sound was in 1928. The Major Hollywood  films & documentaries were the first to have synchronised sound.  From this point, film industry grew bigger and bigger. The special effect technology developed  further and further until 1950’s the early colour was introduced.  From 1950’s to today film industry has grown dramatically. The special effects are incredible and the amount of new elements which is included in documentaries. The first type of editing for a factual programme was linear editing which was developed in the 1960’s. This editing technique was a practical method by hand.  In this method, they would use a big sewing machines. This machine was called steam beck. The purpose of this machine would help to feed the film tape to the editor, so he can cut out tape and stick it on top of other tape to form an edit.