The document discusses several methods for engaging viewers through film editing techniques. It explains that editors play a key role in crafting the final cut and pace of a film through choices like shot length, camera angles, and sound effects. Tension can be built through a mix of slow, gradual shots and faster cuts, with close-ups used to reveal emotions and establish conflict between characters. Different genres also employ distinct styles - horror uses slow shots to build unease while action favors fast cuts to keep up with non-stop movement. In the end, varying editing techniques help immerse audiences and elicit emotional responses.

1. ENGAGING THE VIEWER
There are a few methods for connecting with the audience, one of the ways is making the audience
inquiry of what’s going on and giving them little clues about what is about to take place, making
them feel unsettled as they get a sense of that somethings going to happen, however the character
doesn't think about it yet.
The procedure of editing starts in the post-production stage, in which a film or a TV piece is editing
to make the final outcome. This is changed into a piece suitable for its targeted audience; the role
of an editor can be seen as a standout amongst the most essential roles while making either a film
or TV piece because of the fact they are the key collaborator with the director.
Another way the editor is able to connect with the audience at all times is by the pace of the shots
they have chosen to utilize. For instance, editing can be utilized to generate tension by utilizing
gradually paced shots that progressively develop speed; and in comparison face paced shots are
usually found in action movies in where there is a scene including a car chase or a battle scene.
This editing procedure is utilized alongside sound effects that praise the scene as music can impact
furthermore impact the way the audience look at a particular
Each genres of a film has a dissimilar technique and style that are utilized to outline the class
(genre) of the film or TV program.
 Production value
 Certain shots will have been filmed in order to maximise the sensory experience for the
viewer.
 This can be achieved through:
- Wide shots which present a panorama of a setting or communicate the scale of an action
spectacle.
- Aerial shots which follow action while taking in an entire geography
- Crane shots which can scale buildings.
- Bullet time camera-setups which allow the viewer to experience a moment of action
frozen in time from 360 degrees.
 Variation of shot distance and camera angle.
 Audiences love and expect variation of shot distance and camera angle.
- At some point during an action scene the audience will want to have the setting
established in order to get a sense of space and proxemics and to get to know the things
about the area.
- There is an expectation, in both mainstream and independent films, that amid key
dramatic beats in a scene, the audience will want a close scope of the action. This may
include a close-up of a character's face, so as to uncover emotional detail. It may include
an extreme close-up of an article, for example, a book, a weapon or a telephone, keeping
in mind the end goal to reveal information detail.

2. - POV shots immerse the audience in a particular character’s experience of the action.
Depending on the genre, such shots can be very useful to an editor where the aim is to
build tension and suspense.
 Varying editorial pace.
 Audiences like to feel changes in the shape of editorial pacing.
- Changing pace- speeding up or slowing down editorial pace can create tension
(depending on the context)
- Long takes can also be used to create a sense of naturalism (real time passing) - which
can engage an audience by giving the sense of being immersed in a real life situation.
Development of Drama
 Conflict
 External conflict
- Encounters between a protagonist who has a dramatic need in the scene and an
antagonist, who opposes that need in the scene.
- When things comes to a head the editor will often rely on the editorial technique of shot-
reverse-shot to move back and forth between the two characters.
- Presenting the audience a character in close-up will inundate the viewer in the
burgeoning feeling in that character; at the same time, the viewer will expect the
response of the off-screen agent in the exchange.
 Withholding information
 Audiences enjoy suspense in all its various forms. They like to be teased and challenged.
- Withholding a character’s identity at a key moment challenges an audience to make
intelligent guesses.
- Cutting away from a scene (for example cross cutting to another scene) invites the
audience to imagine how the action in the first scene might be continuing.
 Internal conflict
 When the protagonist is involved in a battle with himself or herself – feeling two opposing
needs- internal conflict arises.
- The editor may favour close coverage to capture this internal struggle.
- Shots will be chosen which concentrate on eyes and mouth to show sentiments of
distress/unease/pressure or on other bodily parts, for example, hands, feet to hint at
strain and pressure, with the expectation that viewer will vicariously feel the same battle.

3. HORROR GENRE:
The genre horror normally joins both slow and quick cuts to develop and discharge tension. Slow
paced shots are utilized to create the sense of unease within the audience, additionally to persuade
them into carry watching. Low angled shots are utilized to create fear as this shows the audience
the characters fear and strain. This kind of editing that makes tension inside the viewers is firmly
connected by the decision of sound utilized close by the scene. An example of a horror movie that
utilizes a blend of slow and fast paced shots to develop pressure in the scene can be found in the
trailer for the 2009 Warner Brothers film The Orphan.
ROMANTIC COMEDIES
Rom-Coms is a genre that likewise utilizes sound to induce the audience into feeling and
communicating certain feelings. Slow paced shots and cuts are utilized to allow the audience to
completely comprehend the feelings of certain characters as romantic comedies are essentially
based upon two fundamental characters. The editor is in charge of controlling the talents
performance as they can pick the most realistic and acceptable shots taken. A case of this can be
found in the 2009 Trailer Dear John.
ACTION

4. Typically Action is a genre where majority of the time fast paced cuts to keep the audience
occupied with the film or TV programme. This is due to the fact that the story of the film is based
around continuous action meaning that the shots need to coordinate with the performance. The
1999 film Fight Club used fast paced cuts to permit the camera to tail all the action.
REFERENCE:
 Evans, R. (2012). Keeping the audience Engaged. [Blog] Film and Editing Techniques.
Available at: http://expertinediting1.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/keeping-audience-
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