Thursday, December 27, 2012

Task 3- Editing analysis of clips



Eastenders - Kat - Who is her lover?


  •      The beginning of this scene starts off with a close-up shot so that we are introduced to both of the characters. The camera slows moves towards them to connect us more with them and for us to see their expressions better. The shot then changes from this close-up shot to a medium shot of half the bed by the technique of invisible editing so that we get a sense of fluidity.   As the character t gets up, the camera pans from him sitting on the bed to him standing up and moving along his bedroom. This is effective because we are able to follow the action closely.  This is similarly used when the women gets out of the bed- the camera pans upwards this time and follows her as she goes to check up on the baby, again keeping viewers close to the action. The shot used is a medium close-up so we are able to see the women’s facial expressions and we get a sense that she appears fed up and annoyed, making us curious as to why that might be.

  •      We are then shown a different location and the shot first introduced to us is the close-up shot of the flowers so that we can see the action of the character ripping out the petals showing her anger. Her anger is further showed when the camera pans up to a mid close-up of her talking on the phone and we see her facial expressions as being anguished.

  •      The camera on the next location tracks behind some objects which obscures our view from seeing the character in detail and adding more curiosity. The track is fairly slow at a speed which can exemplify that that’s the way the character is feeling: moody and depressed. The shot is then focused on his phone which appears to be a mid shot, so we get the impression that he may want to receive a phone call from someone, drawing us in as we want to find out who that person may be. The scene ends with a shot from his hand to a close-up of his annoyed face and by using continuity editing this makes it effective because it makes it realistic from the fluid editing. This can also be a match-on action because the two clips between his phone and his face may be shot a year apart but because of the invisible editing, it connects them.

  •       We are then shown a long shot of where the next scene is taking place which appears like a hallway and we are introduced to the next character. This shot is also filmed from a long angle and this normally makes the character higher status but in this case it could be a way of must making the scene more visually interesting because we then track closer to his face.  We end up with a mid close up shot which shows his facial expressions and we are able to interpret his feelings/thoughts.

  •      This shot begins with a low angle shot of a women’s feet which is effective because we focus on what the character is focusing on to and get a sense of being part of the film- again making the programme feel like reality. We then finish with an establishing shot so that we can get a sense of where exactly we are, drawing importance to the setting.

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