Research into Editing - Miss Georgiou

Editing styles are used in all films to create effect to scare the audience in a thriller, to make a reaction from the audience. They create suspense and tension throughout the film, the editing styles are usually shown on the victim as they are the main character in the film.



A reaction shot is used from 0:44 to 0:54 when he sees the body on the table as he listens to the tape it jumps to the body and back to the victim. This is also known as a shot reverse shot. This is shown when he is holding the torch, this is to scare the audience and make them confused as they know that the main villain is dead yet his spirit or his ways are still living and causing all these problems and putting peoples lives on the line. This effects the audience as it creates tension and suspicion as to what will happen next, this is meant to scare the audience leaving them on the edge of their seat. The jump cut used in this part of the film is used to be a sort of element of surprise as you see a dead body laying there covered in blood on the table. In a film you will usually have jump cuts which involves the audience as if they are looking back and forth between the two bodies.

Between 1:29 and 1:40 slow editing is used when clips are put together at a slower paste, this is shown in this small clip when he walks through the small corridor holding the torch and gun. This creates tension and suspense as he slowly walks waiting for something to either jumping out on him or abducting him. This relates to a thriller as it creates suspense and tension with the audience as though they feel that they are in the film following this victim as though as he is the leader in this escape group. This creates suspense, also is makes the audience feel involved and feeling the fear radiating off of him. This slow editing involves the audience as if they are following the victim with the camera so if you are with him.

Between 1:55 to 2:05 they use a dissolve when one image is blended together with another image, also a jump cut is when the film suddenly focuses on something. This is used in this small part of the clip when he is knocked out and then his face is slowly enlarged when he is shown in a glass box, it dissolves when he is knocked out but suddenly focuses on him as he is on the box. This is meant to create suspense as you cannot see everything else around the box, only an empty box and his top half of the body. This relates to the audience as it creates suspense and tension as you slowly build up towards the scene where he is found in the cube, surprise is also in this clip as you can't see exactly what he is in until he starts to move around and start to panic. The dissolve to jump cut involves the audience as if they are walking towards the victim or being pushed towards them in a slow motion which creates tension as you see the picture come into focus. 

I am going to use these ideas when I am thinking of creative ways to make my thriller clip both conventional and create suspense for the audience.