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
Crosscutting For the change of scene, showing the different characters, as well as the
perspective of the person whose eyes we are seeing from and the time
differences as it shows different time periods
Reverse Shot When they are following a character and throughout most of the conversations
Hand held shot To show the perspective of a character through their eyes.
Cut ins Showing a significant part to the audience in detail
Cut away Showing something which is not actually the subject that is in question
Extreme Long Shot To set the scene
Medium shot To show the décor and setting of the next shot
5.
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 Watching Jack and Nina Shows the change of
through the moniters location and the characters
Shot Reverse-Shot Nina looks at Jack as he Showed within perspective
enters the room of the character
Match on Action Jack pushes Nina up against This is showin the characters
the wall movement within the setting
Eyeline Match Jack gets into Ninas face Shows the emotion and
after throwing the table. relationship between the
two characters - Tension
Pace Pace quickens leaving the Shows the situation change
atmosphere appear to be very quickly
hostile after being calm
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.
