EDITING

 EDITING:

 

Techniques

 

·      The Kuleshov Effect is a well-documented concept in film making. Essentially the idea that the sequence of happenings effects how the character appears to the audience and the response from the spectator. The idea that by editing different things together it is possible to create meanings that didn’t exist in either of the images put together – constructing “sentences” and “texts” out of the film. 

 

·      Use of montage – a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time and information 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compare the editing in Taken 3 and Three Colours Red; what is the feel of these two films when compared? 

 

 

In Three Colours Red the spectator can notice a very slow pace of editing throughout the scene; the woman is being followed with the tracking shot camera movement, the slow cuts throughout this scene increase the suspense for the spectator as information is not being revealed in a rapid manner but instead seeing the situation as she does. The editing only becomes more apparent and sped up once she stumbles across the man, where medium close ups are used when switching between the dialogue of each character. 

 

However, in Taken 3 the editing is very fast paced throughout the whole clip. The use of this rapid editing serves a different purpose to Three Colours Red by emphasising tension within the spectator as the pace and non-diegetic drumming music mimics a heartbeat. Therefore, increasing the anxious feelings of the spectator. Moreover, the fast pace editing exaggerates the fight scene as conventionally a fight breaking out causes a rush of adrenaline, the brawl is heavily emphasised through this.