How to write about editing

Editing and Representation:

Action Match:

When you are following a single character for example Billy Elliot dancing, it is just technical device, but when an action match is used for inter-cutting, it can also be heighten the parallels/ contrasts between two different situation and offers an opportunity for juxtaposition.

Above you will see a action match, when you see there is two shots of the same scene but different positions are edited to show a continuous stream throughout the scene

Eye-line Match:

An eyeline match it usually provided when your insight to a character's private thoughts.

Above you will see an eye-line match, it is when your path looking eye and is similar to shot reverse shot. it is based on the audience wanting to view what the character on the screen in viewing. The camera starts on the character looking at something the audience can not see, but then it cuts to the object or the person they are looking at.

Final Shot:

It is any scene, which a character/s are shown in the final shot of the sequence, it is often the character with which the audience is expected to identify.

Above you see a final shot of a sequence, you see in the image that the man is trying to put the ball inside the basket, and the character with which the audience is expected to identify with what is going to happen.

Inter-cutting; Juxtaposition:

It is typically a narrative device, inter-cutting which can set up juxtaposition between parallel story-lines, exaggerating the impact or meaning of each by highlighting a point of difference. For example; In Eastenders on the wedding night, the warmth, light and music of the happy pre-wedding feast is in stark contrast with the two unhappy families represented in the cold and dark whenever we cut away. This provides a more favourable representation of Asian family life over white Londoners.

Inter-cutting: Tension:

Cutting between two story-lines which creates tension and can heighten the audience identification with a particular character.

In this video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooROzkPMHfo&safe=active

You see the inter-cutting tension in this scene when the tiger come out of nowhere and where she has to fight the tiger in her digger to get him away.

Jump Cuts:

Jump cuts are rarely used in TV or films, when they are they tend to suggest either a) chaos and disorder, b) self-conscious ellipsis (drawing attention to the rapid pace of the action) or c) a director who likes to break the rules.

Above you see a jump cut, it is when the film editing in which two similar shots of the same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly.

Motivation:

A motivated edit is any transition forced on the editor by the development of the action, narrative or character. Whenever shot (a) refers to the existence of an event outside the frame, and we then cut to (b) which shows that event, that’s a motivated edit. We can sometimes judge a character’s worth or importance by the number of cuts they motivate.

Above you see that in that he is motivated to do it and it going to do anything to win.

Pace of editing:

This can imply character qualities, especially if only one or two characters are in the sequence. A fast pace might suggest energy or panic (depending on context) while infrequent cuts (long takes) might suggest calm, a casual attitude, or provide documentary-style realism. Similar effects can be achieved with speed ramping and slow-motion.

Above you see that changing the length of the shot changes the pace and this can emphasize a change in the film as well e.g. a change in mood or contrast, one part of the action with another.

Prevalence:

How much screen time does a character get? The more time we see them on screen, the more important their role. This can develop during a scene to change character’s status.

This is for who gets the most time of the screen. The more time they are on, it shows that they are more important.

Selection: To show or not to show:

As film-makers yourselves, it can sometimes be interesting to ask what information has been included or omitted in an edit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooROzkPMHfo&safe=active

Primevel; When Jenny is in trouble at the barn we don't cut away to see the rest of the team arriving which makes it seem that Jenny is more vulnerable and is very different to Cutter and Abi.

Shot/Reverse Shit and Reaction Shot:

Shot /Reverse Shot indicates the relationship between two characters: it signifies and sometimes exaggerates their closeness or their opposition (depending on the context). The amount of time given to a character’s reaction shots can convey their status in the scene.