Editing for The Descent

1. By Danni Manley
THE DESCENDENT EDITING

2. EDIT 1
This is a wide shot
of the family car
driving down the
road. It suggest they
are driving away
from the previous
scene. This clip is
on for six seconds
to give the audience
an idea of what is
happening.

3. EDIT 2
This is an over the
shoulder shot of the
woman talking to the
girl to show that they
know love other. This
is on for seconds to
show that the the
woman is talking to the
girl.

4. EDIT 3
This is a close up of the
woman however you can
see the Dad on the right.
This shot is at the woman
because she is the one
who is speaking. This
lasts for four seconds.

5. EDIT 4
Again this is a over the
solder shot. This is a
shot of the girl who is
speaking. This only is
shown for two seconds.

6. EDIT 5
Again this is the same
as the third shot. They
use the shot revers
shot, it shows the
bond between the
mother and daughter.
This is a shot of the
woman talking to the
girl. It lasts for three
seconds.

7. EDIT 6
This is a close up of the
Paul so we can know
by his facial
expressions about what
he is thinking. This shot
is of the man thinking
about something. This
lasts for six seconds to
create tension.

8. EDIT 7
This is a wide shot of inside
the car. This is final edit of the
family which the audience is
going to see them alive it
suggests that the mother has
a strong bond however the
Father doesn't really pay any
attention to his family. lasts
eight seconds before the
crash. Up to this point
everything happens slowly.

9. EDIT 8
This is a mid two close up
of the man and woman but
it is shot like this so the
audience can see what is
happening between them,
this suggests that they are
going to be ripped apart
because something is
coming between them it
looks like. This is a view of
what the girl is seeing. It
shows what is about to
happen.

10. EDIT 9/10/11/12/13/14
The editing has sped up so
these parts are only shown
for a split second to speed
the pace up to make it feel
like you are there.
This pole if you study this clip
suggest it goes into the girl who
is sitting in the middle.

11. EDIT 15
This is a crane shot to
show us the overview of
what has happened. This
is done slowly so the
audience has time to take
it all in.

12. TRANSITION
They only use transition
at the beginning and end
of the scene. The other is
all done by cut’s .This
transition is a fade so it
then can slowly move
into the next scene, this
transition allows the
audience to accept that
the film is moving on in
time.

13. CGI COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES
They use CGI to create
the poles going through
the man. However when
the pole goes through
the glass and seat it’s a
real pole and the death
part they have a blood
bag to create effect.
The blood by the car is
also created by CGI.
However I don’t know
how it got there by the
characters because all of
the windows were up.

14. EDITING PACE
Before the crash the
editing paste is slow so we
don’t suspect anything
and its just a normal family
drive home. The editing is
all slow until the van
crashes into the car.
After this shot the editing
all speeds up to make you
feel like that you are there.
Its like the whole crash
over in a flash. They do
that to show you the crash
but not all of the gory stuff.
After the crash scene where it’s
a crane wide shot the paste is
slow again to show that all of
the fun is over and nothing can
be done to help them.