Copy editing

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…

Two Reviews of The Fugitive When Adapting a beloved tv show into a film, one expects backlash, but when reviews for the 1993 adaptation of The Fugitive released, the reactions couldn’t have been better. The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly both praise the movie, but the reviews have notable differences when read thoroughly. The first clear difference between the two reviews is the duration. The New York Times review is a staggering 12 paragraphs while Entertainment Weekly opts for a much…

There are many film techniques involved in the film Julia. The movie Julia begins with a one camera shot, which adds the appreciation of the entrance. After the opening, the water images use the technique of lap dissolve to transition to the scene of the actor is talking. While the character is typing on the type writer admiring the world, she gets up to leave the room, and the technique of panning is used to follow her into the other room. Panning is used throughout the whole movie, but this is…

The movie and audio play “Sorry Wrong Number” both have very special attributes that added to the overall meaning and plot of the piece. To make their individual genre a successful medium for the piece, both demonstrated different individual qualities. The audio play, who relied solely on sound to communicate the piece, uses tone, sound effects, and mental imagery to deliver the piece. On the other hand is the movie who uses action and flashbacks, to build character and plot. Though both have…

In the movie Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuarón, the director used many film techniques to slow down the barn scene to make it a critical point in the film. This scene comes right after a highspeed chase and the rebel group choosing a new leader. Moreover, this scene needed to be in the movie to give Theo a motive to finish his mission in helping Kee. Before this scene, Theo was doing it to rekindle his romance with Julian and was ready to abandon the group. Cuarón does an excellent job…

Soviet Montage was a bold new theory of editing invented by Sergei Eisenstein. This new theory of montage allowed Eisenstein to make the audience think whatever he wanted them to think by arranging striking juxtapositions of individuals shots to suggest an idea that goes further than using a single shot to portray a message. It is an idea that ‘derives from the collision between two [or more] shots that are independent of one another’. (Taylor, Powell, pg 163) These montage sequences create…

The Graduate vs. Dead Poets Society The Graduate and Dead Poets Society are both coming of age films that convey a story about growing up. The directors of these movies had different approaches to their use of camera work. The Graduate used camera work as an obvious element in the movie, whereas Dead Poets Society had more muted shots. The Graduate used different camera shots frequently to express the emotion of the scene, while Dead Poets Society used the shots sparingly, mostly to enhance the…

approaches; as neorealism focuses on portraying reality by avoiding the glimmer of Hollywood stars and mise-en-scène. This allows neorealism to express the natural occurrences in life and the social issues of its time. CHC is known to use continuity editing to produce a naturalistic flow in its narrative to engage the audience in the film, but neorealism avoids these techniques because they simply illustrate an illusion of reality. The neorealist…

Their car goes up the hill looking down towards the house and then reverses back where the camera cannot see it. The lighting is set very dark and cloudy, set early in the morning. The road is in terrible shape with bumps everywhere looking dirty. This emphasises the theme of corruption. The dirty road and the dark sky in a way represent the big city, where there is a lack of innocence and purity. The long camera shot of the corrupt police men walking towards the house resembles the way bad…

Godfather Film Editing Analysis Paper In the movie The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Coppola uses a variety of brilliant and distinctive editing techniques to cleverly capture the story of the Corleone family. The famous baptism and murder sequence, in particular, includes parallel editing, use of sound, camera angles, subjective point of view, close-ups, and extreme close-ups to elicit dramatic and profound effects on the audience. The use of these various editing techniques…