Saturday 15 October 2016

Purposes of editing case study: The Good The Bad and the Ugly


Storytelling

Withholding information (7:47) (8:21)
7:47
8:21










The conventions that are used to show storytelling and to creates a development of drama, is withholding information we see two elements of this techniques used one is use the first is used at 7:47, where Clint Eastwood say to Eli wallach that we knew that there was no bullets in the gun, as Eastwood Characters held this information from the audiences. where else we see this techniques used is at 8:21 where Eastwood knew where the money was, as he has known which coffin the money was at. The purpose of this use was to create drama, is was to create mystery to the audience, then was told to the audiences and reviled of where the money was and if there was any bullets in the gun.


Status of the actors shown is cuts and the duration



What else we see the status of the characters presented is at 0:21. we can see that there are three characters presented, which are Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli wallach. WE get to see the level of importance of then within this scenes. what we see first is that the durations of each shot describes the each characters personality. we see fist Clint East wood where we see that the durations of shot are longer as their are a couple of frames longer then the other two characters, what this tell us about Clint East wood character is that he is clam in the situation, then we see that Lee Van Cleef shoots are seen to snap off him quickly what this tell us that his character is seen as aggressive and the Eli wallach character has a normal pace cuts which shows a status of nothingness.The effect that this created to the audience is that they can see the conditions/mood that the characters are in and how there feel to each other, it allows them to understand the characters more.

Combining shots into Sequences

Continuity/seamless 



The Good The Bad and The Ugly uses continuity editing through out this scenes but where it is used with precised accuracy is at 2:10, were we can see the stand off winning shooting the looses into is grave. as he shoots him with a mid shot when there is a seamless cut to the villains being his with the bullet and falls into the grave, why this is used is to create a flow of the scenes and to make scenes to the audience. what continuity does is that it makes invisible cuts between the actions, the purpose and the effect of why seamless cutting is used in this scenes it to allow the audiences to understand what is happening on screen, it was to create fluent flow for the audience to view, this techniques is used to follow the character in a clean order.


180 degree rule & Shot Reverse Shot


180 degree rule
Shot revered shot









What we also see in The Good The Bad and The Ugly scenes is 180 degree rule used and shot revered shot techniques used within the stand off scenes. why the 180 degree is used it to lay out to the audience of where each of the characters are standing. where we see this 180 degree used is at 4:27 of where we can see all three characters looking at each other. as each of the shot are placed in a position that does not mix up the order of where the characters are standing. Where wee see shot reverse shot used is at 0:20 where we can see the enemies and the heroin having a conversation about the money., the first shoot first is placed on the heroin and then is placed on the enemies then is placed back on the heroin.The purpose of why 180 degree is used is to make the audience understand of where each of the characters are standing, it to tell the audience of where the enemies. The purpose shot reverse shot is to mimics the audience reaction to a conventions. the effect of this is to show the relationship between the two characters. this is to create realism in the situation.

Creating Pace

Editing Rhythm 



The Good The Bad and The Ugly has a slow pace at editing rhythm we can see this at 3:44 were we see a long shot/establishing shot of the three character positioning to go into place for their stand-off. The purpose of why a slow editing rhythm is used here is to show an intense situation that is gradually increasing from the characters, the purpose of this shot is to keep the audience engaged and interested. This still shot shows a feel of what speed the characters are moving at, which emphasises the characters movement as there is nothing else moving in the background. The effect this editing rhythm has on the audience is that they feel the emotions the characters are going through and their mental state, the long shot shows they have no way of getting out of the stand-off due to the location of the scene. 

Cutting to the beat and Montage 



The second purpose of creating pace that we see in The Good The Bad and The Ugly, is the editing technique of editing, montage and cutting to the beat. Were we can see this placed is at 6:27, what we can see is that quick cuts made from character and character and weapons, this is linked in with the soundtrack that is placed above where each shot is cutting to the beat on. What this element does is it gathers high intensity, to lead to a climax editing, to the main character shoot the villain. The purpose of why montage and cutting to the beat is used is to show the emotion that the creates are going through, what this also shows is the mental state the the character is going through and how fast there heart is beating at that moment of there life of death situation.

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