The document discusses editing techniques used in TV dramas such as cross cutting between scenes, shot reverse shot in conversations, and match cuts to show character movement. It provides examples of these techniques from a scene in the TV show "24" including cross cutting between people watching an interrogation through monitors, shot reverse shot between the characters, and match on action cuts during a tense moment. The editing constructs meaning about the escalating tension and hostility between the two characters being interrogated.

2. List as many
transitions as
they can
think of that
would be
used in a TV
drama

3.  We are going to watch
the first 15 minutes of
Sex Traffic (2004)
 A powerful two-part
drama about two young
Moldovan sisters
kidnapped and
trafficked through
Europe to the dark side
of London, betrayed by
pimps and police, and
fighting for their lives. Watch now on 4oD

4. Transition Seen in Sex Traffic Why the transition was used in this drama
Cross cut Change of scene, character, perspective and time
Noddy shot When interviewing and some conversations
Reverse shot Following a character, most of the conversations
Handheld shot To make it seem like someone’s perspective
Cut-in Showing something in detail of the subject
Cutaway Showing something other than the subject
Extreme long shot Sets scene

6. List the all of the
editing devices
that you can
think of

7.  Cutting – The simple change from one
shot/scene to another
 Cross Cutting - Editing that alternates shots
of two or more lines of action occurring in
different places, usually simultaneously. The
two actions are therefore linked, associating
the characters from both lines of action.

8.  We have studied this before for your
preliminary task.
 This is used in conversation to move from one
character to another and back again.

9.  Again we have studied this before
 This is where the camera shoots one
continuous piece of action and the edit
switches from one perspective to another.

10. A cut obeying the axis of action principle, in which the first shot shows a person off in one
direction and the second shows a nearby space containing what he or she sees. If the
person looks left, the following shot should imply that the looker is offscreen right. See
the example below -
First we see her looking... then we see what she looks at.
As her interest grows, the eyeline match (that is the connection between looker and
looked) is stressed with matching close-ups of her face and Icarus's falling into the ocean
in the painting. Again, this implies that she is looking directly at Icarus's body.

11. First we see her looking...
then we see what she looks
at.
As her interest grows, the
eyeline match (that is the
connection between looker
and looked) is stressed
with matching close-ups of
her face and the section of
the painting she is
interested in

12.  With pace you are looking for how long or
short the time between each edit is.
 If we are watching a car chase we would expect
the time to be short between each edit.
 A emotional drama may have much longer
between each of its cuts
 You can also think about rhythem. Have the
edits been timed to key moments or the beat
of the piece of music behind the scene?

13.  Watch this clip and analyse how the editing
techniques have been used in the clip.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkBzbdi
qV0
 Record examples for each of the techniques
using the table on the next slide.

14. Example from 24 Function of the editing
Editing Device interrogation scene devise
Cutting /Cross Cutting People watching Jack and Shows a change in location
Nina through monitors and characters
Shot Reverse-Shot Nina looking at Jack entering Shows the perspective of
room character
Match on Action When Jack pushes Nina up Shows characters movement
against the wall in setting
Eyeline Match Jack gets in the face of Nina Shows the tension between
after throwing the table the two characters
Pace Pace goes from calm and Shows how the situation of
quickens to hostility the scene escalates

15. In groups fill in the last
column of the table
evaluating the function
of the editing devices.

16.  Answer the following question:
 Does the use of editing in TV Dramas construct
the meaning about relationships between
characters.
 Post your response on your blog along with
this PowerPoint when it is filled in.