The Baptism Murders: The Godfather

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Editing: The Baptism Murders – The Godfather (8/9) Movie Clip (1972) HD
In the movie scene, “The Baptism Murders” from The Godfather (1972), there were a wide variety of editing methods/techniques that were used to portray the ironic message of good versus evil. The scene was composed of a main scene in a church and direct cuts to a violent contrast of the character. Direct cuts, according to (CITE), are immediate, sometimes jarring cuts between one scene and another. Another method used in this scene was incongruous editing, which is an editing technique that puts sequences together out of order; jumping around in time, (CITE). Lastly, all these techniques and methods combined gave the scene an overall montage effect. Which according to (CITE),

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