Done So Far In Editing

So far in editing we have worked on increasing the pace of the narrative, but also so that it fits in with the beat of the song. We have used a jump cut in the scene of the boy laying the table, to speed up the pace, as well as doing a match on action – this also shows continuity and is something we learned in our AS Level preliminary task.

We have also edited a shot reverse shot of the boy looking at the clock, then a shot of the clock and then back to the boy, this is to show his reaction to him waiting so long for the girl. For this shot we enhanced the contrast to show the shift of anger in the narrative as well as it fitting in with the music.

We also edited a shot of the boy standing by the cake then a point of view shot of the boy destroying the cake, with a cut to black in between the two shots to build climax (which fits in with the song). As the song pace increases and the drums and guitars get more harsh, so does the pace of our shots and the narrative. We sped up a shot of the little girl cutting the clothes of the doll.

During all our editing time our main focus has been the cross cutting between the two narratives, so that the audience know that they connect but it is up to their interpretation as to how they relate.