Planning editing styles - Miss Georgiou

Editing styles are important to include in our opening sequence because they create the most shock suspense and surprise. They do this by changing shots in different ways to make the film conventional. They do this by placing it in such a way that the audience can relate and build relationships with the characters. Editing styles are used to make enigma and engage the audience into the film.

Example 1 -
One of the editing styles my group is going to be using is a jump cut, this is when the camera shot switches from on scene or location to another. This is going to be used at first on Cathryn, our victim, and then change on to the antagonist watching her. This is so that the audience can see both characters situations and views.
   Having this editing technique is conventional to the thriller genre because it creates shock. This will be the first shot that the audience realise the victim is being watched. Shock is one of the most important, effective emotions within a thriller film, it scares the audience, showing how the edit is conventional because it is what they want to have when watching a thriller. For this reason we have decided to have the jump here to create tension and build up to the shock.
   As the audience can see both characters positions they can build emotions of what is being foreshadowed. They can build a rapport with the antagonist and his intensions and with the victim and her feelings. They an clearly see that the antagonist is watching her and is preparing to attack her, they can also see the she is starting to panic about the sounds she is hearing. The audience can not only build a relationship with both characters they can also understand the relationship between both characters.
This editing technique creates shock and surprise for the audience because the speed of the change, the shot immediately changes onto the other emphasising the panic. Having shock and surprise within a thriller film makes the audience build a relationship with the characters because they can understand how they are feeling and relate to it.



Example 2 -
Another editing technique that's going to be in our opening sequence is slow editing, this means the shots last for longer and don't change as often. This will be used for the beginning half of our sequence whilst the girls are making their way down the path way approaching the split, and whilst they are saying goodbye the Cathryn. This will continue with her until the first trick figure appears and she starts to panic.
    Using this technique here will make the scene compelling because of how conventional it is. Having the scene slow and sluggish makes the suspense and apprehension more effective, this makes the audience tense and want know the outcome of the characters situation. These emotions are stereotypical of the thriller genre because they build up to the fall of shock and surprise.
    This then makes the audience feel worried for the victim and concerned for their future in the film. They can build a relationship on this because they feel sympathetic for the character as the foreshadowing is not hopeful.



Example 3 -
My group and I are also going to be using timing of shots editing. In the second half of our opening sequence the antagonist strikes the victim, this is when the shot going sped up so that the scene becomes energetic and exciting.
    The conventions of this editing technique are strong, the fast pace of the scene creates shock and suspense. It helps build the scene up so that the audience become intrigued, it creates the stereotypical emotions of panic and threat. These feeling are often needed in  a thriller film to make the narrative effective, they create suspense.
    The audience become worried when watching this scene because the fact that Cathryn is in trouble is emphasised by the fast moving shots. This then makes them tense as they are not aware of the future of the film, they are being tormented about the antagonists actions. Because the audience know Cathryn is in trouble feel panic and worry for her, these emotions allow the audience the relate and build a relationship with the character meaning they are more intrigued into the film.


Planning our editing techniques was useful because it allowed my group and I to discuss how we wanted it to effect the audience and how we wanted them to show the characters. We were given the chance to debate on the ideas and chose the one which would make our film most conventional and to make it effective for the audience. It helped us create the right emotions in order for out film to have shock suspense and surprise elements which make thriller films most successful.