Editing in Psycho

when learning about editing we also watched a classic film called "Psycho" directed by Alfred Hitchcock. we looked at how he edited the famous shower scene in the film, when the censors of films would not allow any real gore in the film.

Editing-Source code

in a recent lesson we started to learn about how editing is used in films. We learnt about two types of editing used in film, these were speed editing and style editing. We then saw and example of editing in the film the source code. We watched the trailer for the source and then the first two minutes of the film. We compared the differences in the amount of edits used between the trailer and the film. The trailer for the source code came to have 134 edits and the 2 minutes of the film we watched had 56. We realized that the trailer had so many more edits because it had to get a  feeling of the entire film in a small space of time where as the film had time to slowly unravel the story and could use the editing to help set the mood of the film. For example the first 2 minutes of the film used more edits to build up suspense as jake gyllenhaal becomes anxious and confused about where he is and why, and used longer edits to give a calm mood as jake gyllenhaal wakes up on the train. In conclusion more edits are usually used in action/thriller or horrors to give the feeling or urgency or danger and longer edits can build suspense or be used for emotional scenes. You would not see very shot edits in a comedy or romantic movie.

Try counting the number of edits in this trailer.

Mise en scene- the source code

recently we watched the film "the source code" to examine the use of mise en scene. we examined the frst five minutes of the film to see how suspense is built sing msie en scene and then continued to watch the rest of the film. the opening of "the source code" is slow, the colours are vibrant and you see jake gilyanhall waking up on a train. he wakes up confused and anxious about his surroundings, the rest of the train is going on as normal. the mise en scene then changes as attention is brought to the rest of the pasengers on the carrige. the characters body language and facial expressions are shown as beeign adjatated and attention is also brought to little things like a can opening, coffee being spilt on jake gilynhall's shoe. this all keeps building up suspense and shows that something big is going to happen soon to the characters.

Mise en scene -Casino Royale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxYm3OouQA

Mise en scene is about what can be visually seen in the scene. in casino royale a contrasting image is created of James Bond by by showing us two different scenes. It opens in Prague  on a cold night. bond  is in an office that is not well light and he is hiding in the shadows. bonds facial and body expressions are still and calm, where as in the toilet scene it is the complete opposite and is very well light with almost no shadow. bonds facial expressions in the toilet scene is also the complete opposite from the office scene, he is very tense and is moving around frantically as he throws the man around that he is trying to kill. the two scenes are complete contrast and show two completely different sides of bond.  in the office scene Bond is portrayed and being in complete control of the situation, calm and relaxed. where as in the toilet scene bond  
doesn't seem to know what he is doing and seems to be struggling to keep control of the situation. this shows us how Bond has grown and changed in to the cold blooded killer he is.

jack jamie and parvinders storyboard