Research: Editing - MS B

     

Editing 

What is Editing? Why is it important to use editing in films?

Editing is a way to show your audience a different point of the film, it

is important that directors edit their film in a right way to get positive feedback. There

is 10 different rules of editing a film, Editing a film involves more than simply stringing shots together to make scenes and scenes to make a film. Sometimes editing is very technical, such as using an laptop in order for the editing to look professional. It is important that editing builds tension within shots to create suspense for the audience.

Refer to the terms that you have learnt in today's lesson and provide an example from thriller films and explain its use of causing a response from the audience. 

This scene is a reaction shot and a reaction shot is when any character has a reaction and in this scene we notice that the women character has reactions when hitting the male character with a bat (Iconography used) the camera focuses at the female characters face as her reaction is presented as pain and hurtfulness.

This scene is from 'Scream 1996' and the editing technique used is Wipe cut example and this indicates that one shot slides into another shot without the confusing the audience. This is an good editing technique which the audience understands the scene and the characters role. 

A montage is when the speed of editing in a scene where the shots are quickly juxtaposed together to create excitement. From this clip 'Scream 4' when the victim is attracted by the antagonists the shots start to follow by other shots as this builds tension for the audience who now know there is more to come. 

Conclusion

After researching the different types of techniques I have a clear understanding of what editing techniques create within the film and how it has an impact on the audience. At the start of a thriller the 'Equilibrium' slow editing should be used in order for the audience to understand the story and what is going on within the film, then the 'disequilibrium' should be introduced e.g. something disrupting happens and a change occurs when it needs to be resolved , at this point of the thriller fast editing to should used to create an powerful and tragic suspense. When filing my own Thriller I will use 3 editing techniques, firstly 'Shot reverse Shot' when there is a conversation going on, this will not confuse my audience and they will understand the tension between the characters. Then I will include 'Montage' to create dramatic and thrilling shot. And lastly I will include '180* Rule' this will allow my audience to understand the story line better as it will look professional.