Editing mechanisms

When looking at editing, we want our use of editing to emphasise the content of the film and to create both fast and slow paced scenes. By doing this, a suspended affect of anxiety will be placed upon the audience due to edits hiding certain aspects of our thriller film and effecting the heartbeat of the observing audience. By doing this, mysterious, suspense and tension will be created. 

Firstly, we will be using a match cut. This will fade from the young girls frantically drawn image of the woods, to a shot of a real wood. This will show the hypnotic stage of which the girl is zoned into and the thriller narratives of being both watched and followed. Not only this, but this will show our ability in editing and will create a sense of mystery interlinking the girl to the assassin to woods. This will be a slow shot to build suspense, creating a crisis that will eventually lead up to the climax of our thriller film.

Next, we will use both slow and fast fades, depending upon the scene. In scenes where there is little or no action we will use slow fades. This will create suspense and mystery leaving the audience on tender hooks wondering what will happen next due to the lingering silence. Imposingly in fast paced scenes we will use very quick fades. This will create a sense of urgency within the scene and emphasises the emergency of which it carries. Therefore, these are more likely to be in scenes of crisis or climax. 

Finally, jump cuts will be used in scenes where importance is lacking or in scenes where long and close up shots are used. Using fades or other transitions is unnecessary within these scenes because they are used to focus upon one thing or place and are usually of fast past, intentionally used to create tension by setting the scene or atmosphere for the plot. For example in a conversation, with dialect being important, if a camera was taking an over the shoulder shot of plural characters, this would need to be snappy to show the different perspectives of which the characters are portraying.