Editing

Editing is a very important part of our production, it is an art of storytelling. Editing can be used to bring emotion out in an actor's performance, create a point of view on certain events, guide the telling and pace of a story and many other things. As editor of our film I have decided to look at other productions and what editing techniques they have used.

Sherlock
I really liked the way Sherlock have used slow/fast paced footage within their film. This is particularly effective within the forest running scene (0:10 - 0:30). This allows the audience to focus on specific events which happen and emphasize the urgency. The mix of slow and fast paced footage adds tension and makes the footage very interesting and engaging to watch. For our production, Flight, I hope to take inspiration from Sherlock and within the last part of Flight I want to slow some clips down (particularly the receiving of the drugs) to emphasize the moment. I also then want to have a series of stop motion fast scenes to give the sense of wrongdoing.

Fish Tank
Within Fish Tank they use very long sequences without any jump cuts or editing. This is very different to the Sherlock film which uses many face paced cuts and different paced sequences. The way fish tank uses minimal editing adds to the realism of the production as the audience actually feel part of the film. I really like the way the camera just follows Mia around without changing angle or cutting as the audience really feel part of the action. I hope to take inspiration from Fish Tank in regards to editing also as I really like how it gives the production as sense of realism which is what we hope to do within Flight.

Me and Jack both worked very closely together during editing to ensure that his vision (as cinematographer) and mine merged together to create our final production.