Wednesday 15 October 2014

GP: Editing Ideas For The Narrative

Editing Ideas For The Narrative

  • Cutting on the beat
  • Matching action with the music (through editing)
  • Slow-motion
  • I could use a shot like this in the ending (1:48-2:24) of the song & cut to his imagination then back to him in despair multiple times on the beat. Shot-reverse-shot occurs with the boys imagination at the end section of the song to show juxtaposition
  • or intercutting of the family being nice in high-key lighting and then them being angry in harsh dark lighting highlighting the juxtaposition during the imagination sequence; I would need to order the clips as well on the timeline.

Shot Idea

A shot of a fireplace would be effective as we could symbolise the rage of the Dad by getting him to throw something in it. The shot would be a handicam, mid & profile shot of the Dad and then pan, with the object he is throwing, to the fire. The object could be a drawing that the little boy gave him or a gift; this emphasises the brutality & harshness of the Father & link it to the little boy.




1 comment:

  1. Great ideas Georgia! I like the fireplace idea a lot, there's some powerful connotations with the flames and destruction etc. You made a point about cutting on the between between the two scenarios (reality and imagination) but in the ending song there is no beat, it's acapella. Could we use this effect elsewhere perhaps?

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