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Film Evaluation. Harry Blair. My job in this film was editing. This means I lead on the editing process. Editing is a major part of films as it is what the audience will see which makes it extremely important to be a good editor as editing can be the difference between an amazing film and a poor film. Before we started thinking of ideas of genre for our film, we watched Enemy of the state, a film about corruption and a lawyer trying to do good, and this inspired us for the idea for my film, which is about three police detectives who are stuck on whether to risk their jobs by attempting to catch a serial killer whilst suspended. I feel the main theme of our film is to do good whenever you can. I feel that the genre we ended up choosing, Crime Detective, influenced my decision in the editing process. For example, we wouldn’t of used split screen if we were doing a comedy, as the spilt screen increases the intensity of the film. Another example of this is the clock ticking. The clock ticking increases the speed of the footage, and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats as they wonder why is the clock ticking to twelve? Why does it stop at twelve? What happens? I have helped develop the narrative through editing by using split screens and clever juxtapositions. Also, using colour correction helped create the narrative structure we wanted. For example, when the presumed serial killer made the phone call, the lighting was way to light, which gave the wrong mood and

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Film  Evaluation.  Harry  Blair.  

My  job  in  this  film  was  editing.  This  means  I  lead  on  the  editing  process.  Editing  is  a  major  part  of  films  as  it  is  what  the  audience  will  see  which  makes  it  extremely  important  to  be  a  good  editor  as  editing  can  be  the  difference  between  an  amazing  film  and  a  poor  film.  

Before  we  started  thinking  of  ideas  of  genre  for  our  film,  we  watched  Enemy  of  the  state,  a  film  about  corruption  and  a  lawyer  trying  to  do  good,  and  this  inspired  us  for  the  idea  for  my  film,  which  is  about  three  police  detectives  who  are  stuck  on  whether  to  risk  their  jobs  by  attempting  to  catch  a  serial  killer  whilst  suspended.  I  feel  the  main  theme  of  our  film  is  to  do  good  whenever  you  can.  

I  feel  that  the  genre  we  ended  up  choosing,  Crime  Detective,  influenced  my  decision  in  the  editing  process.  For  example,  we  wouldn’t  of  used  split  screen  if  we  were  doing  a  comedy,  as  the  spilt  screen  increases  the  intensity  of  the  film.  Another  example  of  this  is  the  clock  ticking.  The  clock  ticking  increases  the  speed  of  the  footage,  and  keeps  the  audience  on  the  edge  of  their  seats  as  they  wonder  why  is  the  clock  ticking  to  twelve?  Why  does  it  stop  at  twelve?  What  happens?    

                 I  have  helped  develop  the  narrative  through  editing  by  using  split  screens  and  clever  juxtapositions.  Also,  using  colour  correction  helped  create  the  narrative  structure  we  wanted.  For  example,  when  the  presumed  serial  killer  made  the  phone  call,  the  lighting  was  way  to  light,  which  gave  the  wrong  mood  and  

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atmosphere  to  me  whilst  watching  it,  so  I  used  colour  correction  to  make  it  much  darker  to  give  it  a  scarier,  more  suspicious  feeling.    I  used  some  cuts  whilst  the  detectives  were  talking  so  I  could  show  the  serial  killer  doing  some  research  on  his  next  victim  but  kept  the  sound  of  the  detective  talking,  to  give  the  idea  that  the  serial  killer  knew  that  the  detectives  were  pondering  on  what  to  do  next.  

 

Whilst  filming,  the  group  found  out  that  there  were  some  holes  in  our  original  idea,  for  example,  we  originally  wanted  to  film  in  a  quiet  café,  but  realised  this  would  be  difficult  as  there  are  no  quiet  cafes  in  the  centre  of  Cambridge,  and  without  this  mise  en  scene  our  idea  had  to  go  to  scrap.  So  we  put  our  heads  together  and  worked  out  a  new  idea,  which  ended  up  being  our  final  idea.  During  the  filming,  we  had  to  change  the  script  as  we  felt  the  script  was  not  intense  enough,  so  throughout  the  film  there  was  many  parts  of  improvisation  from  our  actors.  

I  wanted  the  audience  to  react  to  my  editing  in  a  very  exiting  manor,  I  wanted  the  entire  audience  to  be  on  the  edge  of  their  seats  and  want  to  see  more  and  find  out  how  the  film  ends.  I  feel  with  the  amount  of  split  screens  and  impressive  editing  I  might  achieve  this.  

 

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The  film  starts  with  the  three  detectives  arguing  about  the  case  they  are  currently  inspecting,  but  as  the  conversation  continues,  we  learn  they  have  been  suspended  from  misconduct  through  this  case,  and  the  three  detectives  are  debating  the  pro’s  and  cons  of  further  investigating  the  case,  therefore  risking  their  jobs.  Throughout  this  conversation  the  footage  cuts  to  who  the  audience  assume  to  be  the  criminal  the  detectives  are  investigating.  This  is  used  frequently  in  other  crime-­‐based  films,  For  example,  in  24,  there  are  lots  of  cuts  to  the  person  they  are  talking  about,  whilst  they  are  talking  about  him.  As  the  detectives  agree  to  further  investigate  the  case  and  risk  their  jobs,  they  are  seen  wondering  about  what  to  do  next,  but  seconds  later  they  receive  a  phone  call  from  the  man  they  assume  to  be  the  killer  telling  them  that  someone  else  is  dead  and  they  are  too  late.  

 

This  creates  many  enigmas  for  the  audience.  Who  is  the  man  on  the  other  end  of  the  phone?  What  are  the  detectives  going  to  do  next?  How  did  this  all  start?  This  keeps  the  audience  on  the  edge  of  their  seat  and  forces  them  to  want  to  watch  the  rest  of  the  film  as  they  want  the  answer  to  those  questions.  After  the  phone  call  is  made,  we  see  the  main  detectives  reaction  to  the  current  situation,  and  his  reaction  is  very  cowardly,  normally  in  crime  films,  as  soon  as  the  detectives  hear  about  something  that’s  happened,  they  jump  straight  up  to  go  do  it,  but  our  detectives  reaction  was  different,  he  sat  there  with  his  mouth  open,  looking  shocked.  This  gives  the  audience  a  different  impression  of  the  detective,  maybe  that  phone  call  was  one  too  much  for  the  detectives.  

I  feel  fro  the  feedback  I  have  been  given,  I  have  done  the  job  of  editing  well,  and  played  my  part  in  the  making  of  this  product  to  the  best  of  my  ability.s