Embedded Files
You can edit this black-and-white film in different ways to create a scene from a thriller, a ghost story or a romantic drama.
There are 54 separate shots, including alternative versions of some of the shots. The clips are silent but you can add a soundtrack afterwards.
The story
The story
A boy is standing on the beach looking out to sea.
He gets a text message.
He looks around but can’t see anything. He carries on looking out to sea.
A girl appears from behind a rock. She looks at the boy, slowly walks towards him and stops.
He doesn’t know that she’s behind him.
The whole action
The whole action
Watch the film to the right:
This shows everything that happens in the story, but it’s just been filmed as a static wide shot with no editing or camera movement. This is how films were made in the early years of cinema. What information is missing when the story is shown like this?
What Genre (kind of story) is it?
It could be a horror story, a thriller, or a romantic drama. Choose which one it’s going to be.
This will affect which shots you choose, how you edit them, and what kind of soundtrack you add.
COMPLETE.movHere are some of the things you can do with Beach:
Here are some of the things you can do with Beach:
follow the step-by-step instructions on the following pages to learn about film language and editing
make a simple version of the film by selecting from the first 18 shots
then experiment by adding extra shots, and replacing some of the shots with alternative versions
create a soundtrack
edit the film to music, perhaps using Soviet montage techniques
record a voiceover.
Reorganising the clips
Reorganising the clips
To make the editing easier to manage, I have divided the clips into sections:
Waiting B01-B02, B04-08, B21-24
Appearing B09-10, B25-28
Watching B11-13, B29-40, B44
Approaching B14-20, B41-43, B45-47
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