Planning
Using Techniques
Parallel Editing
Parallel editing will be used through out my film. It will initially begin when the girl is walking down the street alone on her phone and it will cut back to the guy walking in the girl’s direction. I will do this to show to the audience that the guy is heading towards the girl. This will help to build tension due to the audience understanding the guy is after the girl, yet they can’t warn her in anyway and just must sit and watch all the drama unfold. I will do this by filming two different scenes and then putting them together to achieve a parallel edit. Later, in the film, after the girl realises the guy is after her I will use parallel editing showing the girl in the lift whilst the guy walks up the stairs. This will create a big impact as the audience worry for the girls life as they know the guy is catching up to her. To improve this I will make the scenes longer next time to allow more tension to be built through the long shot duration. |
Montage
I will be using a montage when the guy is within the tunnel. The montage will involve a whip pan to help the flow of the scene and bring a bit of movement to it. This involves various clips from different angles and positions of the guy walking through the tunnel. At one point he cracks his knuckles and at another he wipes his trousers leg, the shots vary in what he is doing. This montage is used to build tension on our ‘antagonist’ character as we see him as in an threatening manner. This will help to create suspense overall. |
Quick Cuts
I will use quick cuts through out my film, mostly in elements where there is a lot of action, for example I will use quick cuts in the beginning of the film as the girl is walking through the tunnel. I will have lots of different shots which have a short shot duration, this will inform the audience that this film is very active and lively to watch. This will give a sense of chaos in the editing and really increase the pace, overall this will make the film more enjoyable to watch. I will again use quick cuts as the girl runs away in the carpark from the guy, I will have many shots including tracking, high angle, low angle and POV shots. Together this will make the scene more intense and thus create a bigger impact for the audience watching it. |
L and J cuts
I will use L and J cuts when the girl and the guy meet and they have a conversation with each other, I will do this for continuity reasons and for the flow to work well in the scene. In the scene I will have the guy talking saying his line ‘You dropped these’ yet I won’t be showing him talking I will have a shot of the girl. I will use the audio from the footage of him saying his line and put it with the footage of the girls face, this will show her facial expression to what he is saying. This will make the scene look more professional and won’t look like a ping pong editing, the clips going back and forth from who is talking. This makes the scene flow better and have a nice look to it. |
Cut-ins and Cutaways
I will be using Cut-ins mostly in my film rather then Cutaways. I will show close up shots of previous shots in order to illustrate more detail and allows the audience to understand certain crucial elements in the film. For example, I will have a shot of the girl walking and just as she is about to take her gloves off I will use a cut-in to show closer her taking of her gloves. As this will be a very important thing in the storyline later, I want the audience to remember that the girl took off her gloves. Another time when I will use a cut-in is when the girl is running away from the guy I will do a cut-in of her feet, to make the scene more visually pleasing and flow better. |
Jump Cuts
I will be using jump cuts in the carpark scene where the girl is searching around for the guy and running away in a panic. I want to use jump cuts as they will illustrate my characters chaos and panic in that’s moment, this will make the audience feel emotionally obliged to look after her character and some may align with her. The jump cuts will give a staccato feel to the film and make it appear more dark and edgy. |