Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Editing in Thriller films

Editing is an important concept in genres of films, different genres use different editing techniques to create the atmosphere necessary in that scene. Thriller films do this in particular, they use a lot of cuts in action scenes to make the scene appear faster paced and to also encourage the audience to feel more involved. Jump cuts are sometimes used to keep continuity in the film but while keeping part of the storyline hidden, that the director doesn’t want the audience to know, from the audience while allowing the film to still make sense, however they can also be used to break continuity and, depending on the scene, it can be used to make the scene or a character appear disorientated.

Cross cutting is also used a lot in thrillers, this is because they are good at creating suspense and tension which is essential in thrillers. This was used well in the film, Jaws, when the shark was attacking them, this made the scene appear more fast paced and helped to build on the suspense and tension in the scene. Parallel editing was also used in Jaws, when the shark was in the water and ate a child and a dog, the man was looking out into the see watching it happen, the shark and the man was never seen together but the audience knew that it was part of the same scene. This also helps build tension and suspense because it clearly shows the audience that the two shots are linked to each other and have an effect on each other. A lot of cutting between these shots makes it appear more fast paced (cross cutting) to create more suspense as it's a gripping scene and action is taking place.


















A fade in and a fade out is used to open and end a film. This allows the audience to establish the opening and end of a film really easily, this is used in all films but it's also used in thriller. Sometimes in thrillers it can be used in the middle of the film to use the element of darkness to create mystery of what's bout to happen. The audience can't see what's happening so it creates tension, suspense and fear. Another type of editing that is common in thrillers is graphic matches, often graphic matches will be used to switch shots without the audience being aware as much to maintain the suspense and tension in the scene.  They can also be used to relate to relate two shots that, without the graphic match, the audience will most likely think they aren't even related.


We are going to combine our research for thriller films and mystery films to ensure we incorporate both genres into our films.

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