Editing Techniques

- I will identify scenes in a film and discuss two editing techniques.

Trailer – Horrible bosses 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utriEZFno0E

Match on match shot - When the male character is walking towards the reception, the cameraman/women does shots of his feet walking and then shoots his facial expressions. The director is trying to convey with the use of the match on match shot because he is a businessman so showing what shoes he is wearing and how he grooms himself gives away a bit of the storyline. So because he is groomed well and he is wearing expensive looking clothes then it indicates he is a hard working character. The camera operator has placed the character in the rule of third, in a low angle, close up shot which shows his expression of his face. This meets with excepted convention of film and television.

Eye line match shot – This happens when four males are sitting at a table, one man is sitting on the left side and the other three are on the right side. The camera stays at the same level when switching, this is called eye line match, and also shot reverse shot. This indicates they are having a conversation and they are interested in what each of the other characters was talking about. Low key lighting is used in these two shots because it could be a scene of illegal activity.

Panic Room

Camera panning to the right – The camera slows pans to the right revealing an actor’s name typed in a white metallic century font which is against grey skyscrapers in the America city. This shows an importance of how the city has makes a lot of the movie and it’s history.