Editing Task - Sequence of our Choice

When films first started coming out in black and white in cinema their editing techniques were actually cutting the film tape with scissors and then splicing it back together, now in the modern world we use editing software like Sony Vegas and Adobe Premier Pro.



This final action scene from Deadpool has some very good editing in it, the continuity is great as it flows very well and the audience shouldn't get too confused, it sticks to and doesn't break the 180 degree rule which is a basic guideline regarding the on-screen relationship between a character and another character within a scene and we have this rule because if the camera swaps over to the other side for one of the shots, the pictures won’t work together. Instead of facing each other, the characters now look as if they are facing in the same direction.

The way it has been edited keeps the audience on their feet as when there's fighting going on the speed of cuts and shots speed up dramatically but when it gets serious and you get worried for one of the good guys like Colossus it slows down so that we can have a connection to whats going on and react to it.

 At 0:09 there is a match on action to show what happened to the air pressure in the where Wades girlfriend is trapped this is to show us why he threw the sword at the glass and so that we understand why he did it. With the first bit of fighting the shots are quite quick but not just as in cut quick, they move quick the camera movements aren't slow at all and that's so were are still kept on the edge of our seats and then when it starts to slow down a bit the cuts get quicker so that we understand whats going on better.

Shot variation is where you don't just use the same shot over and over, you mix it up a bit and used different type of shots like a pan shot or a crab shot just to make it more interesting. This clip has a lot of shot variation because they use pan shots, close ups, medium shots, tracking shots etc.

Cutting to soundtrack is the technique where each cut is influenced by the style of music heard in the background.

A montage is where there are loads of still/ moving images cutting through each other really quick

Parallel editing/cross-cutting  is the technique of alternating two or more scenes that often happen simultaneously but in different locations. An example of this is when Ajax and Deadpool are fighting on top of the airship and then we cut to Colossus and Angel are fighting below it.

Editing rhythm is when the relations between shots function to control film pace.

Cutaways is the interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else

Jump-cut is where some time has been cut out so the character appears to jump

A system has developed, called the continuity system, which helps the audience to understand the relationship of shot to shot, and creates a ‘seamless’ effect allowing us to follow the action and to understand what is going on .  It consists of:  establishing shots, shot-reverse-shot, motivated editing