Gentlemen, just a reminder about the homework that is due in tomorrow morning. You need to all write an entry for this blog exploring how editing has been used in a TV drama of your choice.
Camera Editing - Montage and Speed I watched the Eastenders episode first shown on the 13th of September 2011 and during this there is a boxing match towards the end of the episode which is the climax of the episode. Throughout the first 20 minutes the camera changes are slow and regular as normal day to day conversations go on amongst the characters to show it is a relaxed atmosphere. Though in the build up to the fight where we first see the venue for the fight the camera speed starts to increase until during the fight where camera changes are at fastest during the program also changing shots to mimic the time of the punch. We do not actually see a punch landed which knocks one of the fighters to the floor, instead just a punch being thrown before the shot switches to one of the fighters landing on the floor. This shows that the camera speed is used in a narrative way so that we create the the punch landing in our head and believe it has when in fact we do not see this and just put the two shots together to realize that one fighter has been punched to the floor. The faster camera shot changes towards the fight could also represent the heartbeat of the characters with everyone relaxed when in the cafe having conversations though during an exciting boxing match full of emotions their heartbeat would become faster as would that of the fighters as they begin to tire during the boxing match. Also analyzing the montage it is interesting to see that whenever one of the fighters called Tyler is knocked down he looks at Whitney but with a rather blank expression before quickly rising up to fight again once looking at her, as well as giving us an insight into what Tyler is seeing and his current view in the scene this makes us think that he has feelings for this girl and uses her as his inspiration to fight even though he is not looking at Whitney in a seductive or lustful way, this effect is known as the Kuleshov effect and makes the viewer interpret the scene to understand that Tyler has feelings for Whitney without actually seeing a specific look on Tyler's face to suggest this.
Camera Editing - Montage and Speed
ReplyDeleteI watched the Eastenders episode first shown on the 13th of September 2011 and during this there is a boxing match towards the end of the episode which is the climax of the episode. Throughout the first 20 minutes the camera changes are slow and regular as normal day to day conversations go on amongst the characters to show it is a relaxed atmosphere. Though in the build up to the fight where we first see the venue for the fight the camera speed starts to increase until during the fight where camera changes are at fastest during the program also changing shots to mimic the time of the punch. We do not actually see a punch landed which knocks one of the fighters to the floor, instead just a punch being thrown before the shot switches to one of the fighters landing on the floor. This shows that the camera speed is used in a narrative way so that we create the the punch landing in our head and believe it has when in fact we do not see this and just put the two shots together to realize that one fighter has been punched to the floor. The faster camera shot changes towards the fight could also represent the heartbeat of the characters with everyone relaxed when in the cafe having conversations though during an exciting boxing match full of emotions their heartbeat would become faster as would that of the fighters as they begin to tire during the boxing match. Also analyzing the montage it is interesting to see that whenever one of the fighters called Tyler is knocked down he looks at Whitney but with a rather blank expression before quickly rising up to fight again once looking at her, as well as giving us an insight into what Tyler is seeing and his current view in the scene this makes us think that he has feelings for this girl and uses her as his inspiration to fight even though he is not looking at Whitney in a seductive or lustful way, this effect is known as the Kuleshov effect and makes the viewer interpret the scene to understand that Tyler has feelings for Whitney without actually seeing a specific look on Tyler's face to suggest this.