Task 10/11

Understanding pace

In any film the length of every single sequence creates the pace of the film which will be moving with the action. The speed of editing will be responsible for what is taking place on the screen. There are ways of making the audience feel in a certain way for example to make the viewer feel anxiety then the editing will/should be really quick. You are also able to put the audience in a relaxed mood by making the shots last longer and make them less frequent . On the other hand, there is a film which was filmed in one take and has no editing the film is known as ‘Russian Ark’. It was possible to film this film in one take because you was required to have split second timing and be organised.

Even though you are looking for pace in the film you should also make it slow to introduce the different characters so that the audience understand them and know what is going on. As a film progresses you may notice that the scenes get shorter because they could be trying tell more than one story.

Cross cutting is done to edit two different sequences together so that the audience are connected because there will be two different things happening in different locations. Cross cutting can add suspense because the camera cuts from one action to another action and this is built through expectations and the audience will then hope that it will be explained eventually in the film. Cross cutting also is used for giving a sense of drama for example in the opening of Scream Casey’s death. It is made more dramatic because of the cross cut to her parents to see if they make it to her in time.

Another additional method is cutaway and they are used to make the detail know to the audience without distracting them from the actual narrative. The first thing you must do is keep the viewer engaged and you do this by setting the target audience which the editor must include in the beginning middle and end so that the audience can fully understand.

To keep the audience interested you can create pace by creating tension by slowly paced shots that gradually build up. This technique is also used with sound effects which relate to the scene and the music can influence the audience to view a particular scene in a special way.

Speed of editing

             

This video shows how fast cuts and editing works and how good it works when showing that the time and location is changing which makes it realistic also it shows you where all the different characters are and what they are doing.