Deconstruction of editing student made film

Creative us of editing techniques in The Report (Film Noir)

I looked at 'The Report' to see what other students have used in order to make an effect film noir, in terms of editing techniques. 

Continuity editing

• I thought that this was effective in the beginning as it moves the narrative on. 
• The hat is pushed forward towards the camera, making the transition into the opening title screen of 'The Report', and once it cuts back to the office scene it appears as though time has moved on. 
• This would be helpful, as it's simple but conveys the time moving forward successfully. 

Graphic match:  

 

• From the rounded clock face into the watch, with the time moving on, this allows them to transition from one location/scene to another cleverly, without any sudden jump cuts or major interruption in the narrative.  

Match-On-Action

 

• Firstly they started off with match on action of the detective going through the door.
• The simplicity of camera angles made it sure that continuity was achieved, however the cuts dragged out this action which made walking through the door longer than it should have been.

 

• In this scene the detective is going through another door, and once again, match on action is used but this time with more variety of camera angles. Allowing them to be more creative with the editing.

Shot-reverse-shot

 

 

• Simple use of editing used in the conversations shows clear continuity in the flow of conversation. 
• The editing varies, going from slow when the content of the conversation is being established and as they get further into the discussion the editing becomes fast paced.   

Graphic match

 

• This example of the graphic match at the end, nicely portrays the young boy,in the coloured footage as a relative of detective.  
• The difference in the colour use of the scenes establishes a gap in generation, and I thought this was very creative as they didn't limit themselves to the conventional black and white.