2.  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

3. Transition Seen in Sex Traffic Why the transition was used in this drama
Cut To change the clip quickly e.g if the location is
changing.
Shot reverse shot To show a conversation between two people.
Match on action To follow the dramatic action scene.
Fade to black To put you in the position the girl is when she is
drowning.

5.  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.

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

7.  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.

8. 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.

9. 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

10.  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?

11.  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.

12. Example from 24 Function of the editing
Editing Device interrogation scene devise
Cutting /Cross Cutting There is a cut used at the beginning It changes so that the clip isn't just
of this clip when the camera switches set in one location so the audience do
to another room and what is going not get bored of looking at the same
on in there. thing for too long.
Shot Reverse-Shot This is used when showing the Using this editing devise it allows the
conversation between the man and audience to be placed in the
the women in the clip. actors/actresses position especially
when they’re having a conversation.
Match on Action The match on action shot is used The function of this editing devise is
when you see a man running through that it gives the full effect of an
a building trying to stop the action scene to the audience.
interrogator.
Eyeline Match When the man walks into the room The eyeline match shot shows the
you see what he looks like from a audience what the actor/actress can
distance then you get a zoomed in see so it puts them in their position.
shot of him looking at the camera in
the corner of the room. This has also
been used a number of times with
the women when you see a medium
shot of her face looking at the clock
then it cuts to a zoom onto the clock.
Pace The cuts start off with being a quick Using different pace’s can create
pace but then begin to slow down suspense and make the audience
nearer the end of the clip. have to wait for what to come next
(cliff hanger.)

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

14.  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.