How Is Editing Used In Now You See Me

Editing is one of the basic foundations of a film. It was, at one point, taking every shot filmed on location, and putting them all together in a way so that the film makes sense. Nowadays, the editor may also add special effects or background music, in addition to selecting and combining the scenes. There are several major techniques of editing, including thematic montages, sequences shots and various types of cutting, such as classic, abstract, and continuity. In Now You See Me, all editing techniques are expressed within the film, but not all are found in each scene. Thematic montages are found when a film starts off in one area or location at one time, then cuts to another location at a different time. Sequence shots are shots where a film …show more content…
Once the focus returns back to the theater, the shots change fairly quickly, all cutting for continuity. For the majority of the remainder of this scene, the film classically cuts and contains a large number of sequence shots. As soon as their performance is over, the magicians flee the theater while being chased by a member of the FBI. As the member of the FBI is pursuing the crew, the film contains what seems to be a combination of sequence shots and thematic montages, switching between the magicians running, and the FBI member himself, who is a little behind. In the New Orleans show and chase scene of Now You See Me, a viewer is expected to see copious amounts of examples of the major editing techniques. The scene itself is full of effective uses of classical cutting, sequence shots, and cutting for continuity. The editing techniques found within this scene do serve the purpose of