Understanding Pace
Speed Editing:
In a film each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it could continue for minutes but the length of each sequence establishes the pace of the film moving the action along. The speed of editing will help to determine the mood of what is taking place on the screen.
Speed of Editing- Creating Pace:
If the audience is to feel anxiety and suspense the editing will be quick - the scenes/shots changing frequently.
This is an example in an action sequence:
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum is an example of a fast pace because it shows lots of different scenes that last either a matter or seconds or continue for a minutes. You can see that this scene goes really quick from scene to another.
Speed of Editing- Creating Pace:
If a relaxed mood is desired, the scenes last longer and change less frequently.
Here is an example in a romantic comedy.
In contrast, The Notebook is different to The Bourne Ultimatum since The Notebook is much slower and last longer since the director of that film would like to have their audience to feel relaxed. And by doing that, they are to make the scene slower and last more than a minute.
Speed of Editing:
Nevertheless a film need not have any editing. The film Russian Ark was filmed in one take using a steadicam and a digital camera. This required split-second timing and organisation.
Steadicam- A lightweight mounting for a film camera which keeps it steady for filming when handheld or moving.
Cross Cutting:
In the Film called "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" we can see how the cross-cut comes in. The film had started really slow until the scene when 3 characters are in their position. It still continue with a slow pace until the scene whey they were showing the gun slowly. As time goes by, the pace speeds up until we can only see their eyes creating eye-on match
The Good, The bad and The Ugly
The Bourne Ultimatum is an example of a fast pace because it shows lots of different scenes that last either a matter or seconds or continue for a minutes. You can see that this scene goes really quick from scene to another.
Speed of Editing- Creating Pace:
If a relaxed mood is desired, the scenes last longer and change less frequently.
Here is an example in a romantic comedy.
In contrast, The Notebook is different to The Bourne Ultimatum since The Notebook is much slower and last longer since the director of that film would like to have their audience to feel relaxed. And by doing that, they are to make the scene slower and last more than a minute.
Speed of Editing:
Nevertheless a film need not have any editing. The film Russian Ark was filmed in one take using a steadicam and a digital camera. This required split-second timing and organisation.
Steadicam- A lightweight mounting for a film camera which keeps it steady for filming when handheld or moving.
The Russian Ark didn't have any editing in use since they film it using the steadicam and a digital camera. This is a continuos movie. Every character(s) are to stay in the exact same place while being film otherwise they will have to start from the very beginning.
Speed of Editing:
A trailer for a film needs to pack in detail from throughout the film. Therefore the editing will be very fast.
The Catching Fire is an example of a film that has a very fast pace because the trailer of Catching Fire contains lots of editing which is why there are lots of different scenes in a few minutes. They have compressed the film to turn it into a trailer.
Speed of Editing:
Try and view the extract from Pyscho where Marion (Janet Leigh) has checked into the Bates Motel and is about to take a shower..
The Pyscho film had lots of editing before and during the attacks. Around 11-12 edits are done before the attack happen and about 17-20+ edits are done during the attacks. However, during the attack it didn't show the face of the killer and we didn't see where the woman was being stabbed.
Speed of Editing:
Scenes at the beginning of a film- as it begins to tell its story- must be long enough for us to be able to understand where we are and what is going on. It also slow to introduce the main character(s). As the film progresses scenes may become shorter as the editing cuts between telling two or more story lines at the same time.
Cross Cutting:
To cross-cut is to edit together two sequences that the audience need to know are connected in some way. Something is happening at the same time in different locations. A character reliving a memory
Developing Drama:
Cross cutting can be used to very effectively develop a sense of drama. In the film called 'Scream' the death of Casey in the opening of scene was made more dramatic by the cross cutting to her parents approaching and almost making it home in time to save her.
The cross cut in this scene is when Casey's parents are inside the house and it jumps to the scene where Casey was continually being stabbed while her parents were looking for her.
Cross Cutting:
In the Film called "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" we can see how the cross-cut comes in. The film had started really slow until the scene when 3 characters are in their position. It still continue with a slow pace until the scene whey they were showing the gun slowly. As time goes by, the pace speeds up until we can only see their eyes creating eye-on match
To complete the task you need to film and edit a short sequence in which two characters are approaching each other from different locations.
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