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.