Tuesday, 19 October 2010
How editing manipulates time
You can manipulate time with slow motion, slow motion is used so you can see the fast action or to show you how someone is feeling. Slow motion is used in Snatch when the dogs are running after the hare, and the two heavies are after Tyrone. Then the two sequences are juxtaposed together, to then show the fat man being hunted like a dog. The slow motion adds violence to the scene because we can see everything that is happening. Parrellel editing is used too show two events happenening in different places but making out they are happening at the same time. In Snatch there is a scence where they are playing poker, to make it more interesting and quick they create a montage sequence. This is so we dont have to watch the whole scene of them playing poker as the audience would get bored. In snatch when the boys are drinking at the bar they cut between fast, slow and real time to make interesting for the viewer. "Snatch" dog V hare example.
Transition types
Transitions are used to cut between two different shots. There are many different types of transitions like dissolve which as used in establishing shots, as they slow the pace down and they also are more interesting to use that a cut. A fade to white is mostly used to signifies when someone is unconscious or dead and a fade to black is used when a film ends. When one shot ends they use a fade to black to show a passage of time between the next shot. Jump cutting is used in a "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" where two characters are in a library and then there is a jump cut and one of them is gone. It is used to change a location or character. to create pace in a film you use rapid editing which is where you use quick shots to keep it interesting and the audience interested. Another transition is the wipe where you can use a moving object to get to the next shot e.g a car or truck. You can use shapes in your wipe however they normally look cheesy and cheap. "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" jump cut example.
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