Editing

Editing - The Strangers

Introduction

Editing is a fundamental part of any type of film genre.It gives production of a film clarity and continuity. Editing is used to combine various shot and make them a finished move. Editing explains a lot of what is going on in the scene. Each type of editing represents a different thing.For example ''Fade'' a type of editing is when the screen goes black. This indicates the audience that it is the end of a scene or a movie.

Slow Editing 

 The scene begins with  a knock on the door. We can see the female character walking slowly towards the door. She takes pauses while walking towards the door.The Protagonist feels scared by the knock on the door at that time in the day. Audience  know its night time because of the type of lighting used. They have used low-key lighting. The Protagonist is definitely scared and feared to walk towards the door as she might expect the unexpected. She takes pause between , this shows that she is afraid to open the door because she has no clue what she might come across.
The audience feels frightened for the character in this shot. As the audience doesn't even know what's  behind the door.The music and strange noises gives us an idea that it is something terrifying but it still leaves us guessing.She speaks very slowly and stutter's in between. Which shows the fear on her face.

This scene is conventional to a thriller film because the Protagonist is shown as weak. This is a common convention of a thriller film. The victim being weak and unable to stand up for themselves. She is scared to open the door this is where we know that she is ''weak''. This a common convention of a thriller film the victim being weak , fragile , feeble. Shown helpless doesn't know where to turn to for help.

Reaction Shot

A reaction shop is when a character reacts to a previous shot.We can see the female character hears a knock on the door. She is scared and that is why she locks the door quickly. This one type of reaction that she has to the knock and the strange noises. She reacts again to the shot when the Audience can see her when she looks out from the curtain making sure there is nothing there. She still has a scared look on her face.
 She seems terrified by the fact what happened in the previous shot. She still is reacting to it. She makes sure the door is locked but she still has the thought about someone being outside .

The audience feels for the character as the different  editing shots makes us feel worried about her. The audience feels what she is feeling in the shot. We get involved in the scene. We have the urge to help her but we are helpless as well which is similar to what the character is feeling.

She has shown as a ''weak'' and ''vulnerable'' character that is scared by a knock on the door. Being weak and vulnerable are common 'conventions'' of a thriller film. This is because in every film here is and innocent , weak , vulnerable character that is the victim.It also makes the audience feel about what is going to happen next in the movie.

Linking Shots 

Linking shots is when there are number of linked together to create an emotional effect. In the clip we can see the Protagonist doing number of things after she has heard someone on the door. We can see her blow out the smoke, turn the fire alarm off , put her phone on charge , call her partner , change her clothes , light a cigarette , have a glass of water , and pull a knife out of the drawer. These are the different shots that take place in the clip. These things create a touching effect. All of the shots link back to the door where everything started from. These shots link with each other to take us back where it all began. 

The audience thinks that maybe everything is fine. The audience thinks that she is carrying out these tasks. The atmosphere whilst she is carrying out these tasks seems much more calmer then before. But still the audience has a feeling that maybe that is not going to stop that there is more to the sounds and the knocking on the door.

There are various conventions of a thriller film in these scenes. The ''creaking of the floor'' the ''banging on the door'' , the happy music played at the back and the people in masks. Sound like creaking and banging are common factor of a thriller film. These sounds add to the atmosphere and makes the scene more exciting. The people in the masks is another common feature of a thriller film. Usually the identities in a thriller film are hidden. This makes the audience guess who is behind the masks. This is very effective as the audience gets involved in the film just so they can find out who it is when the identity is revealed.

Summary 

After analyzing this clip to find out different types of editing techniques i now know how does each type of editing work and what each type portrays. I also know what each type of editing means in a scene of a thriller film and now i will be able to use what i have learned in  my thriller opening.