Planning editing styles.

                            Planning editing styles.

Editing is important when making a thriller film as you will have different scenes and different parts of the film in different places for example the film is not going to be done in one cut. It will take many cuts to make the film how you want it, editing helps you put all the cuts together, it creates and finishes the film. Also it allows you to use editing techniques that can bind the cuts together for example a straight cut is used to cut the scenes straight together, it is the most simple and easy way to edit two scenes together.

The first editing technique that my group are going to use is the jump cut which is when the film suddenly focuses on something. we are going to use fast timing for this as it will keep the pace and the suspense of the thriller film. An example of this editing is when the attacker is in a different place to the victim but he is still stalking and looking after her. This is conventional as it shows that something bad is going to happen to the vulnerable victim and it also shocks the audience because it suddenly focuses on something, so the audience does not expect this to happen, and so feels more involved in the film.

The next shot we  have used is the kuleslov effect this is when two shots are put together to create a third meaning. This helps make the audience be on the edge of their seats because they want to know why the attacker is trying to hurt the girl in the first place. This feeling of suspense is what the audience would expect to feel when they watch a thriller film, which makes this effect conventional and helps the audience to be more involved in the thriller. An example of this is the effect is another flash back to show that the attacker is preparing to attack by getting and choosing his weapons, this is conventional to a thriller film as it shows the audience that there is going to be an attack within the thriller film, which creates mystery and suspense, things that are both very conventional to thriller films and things that make the audience feel more engaged in the film.

The third editing effect that we are using for our thriller film is the dissolve effect, as it will blend one image into another image or scene. This helps to make the thriller film flow through and make it seem realistic as it will blend into the next scene. An example of this jump cut is a flash back as it tells you a bit more background about the attacker and it also shows that the attacker and victim have a background together. Having this in a thriller film it relates the audience to how the attacker is acting and what type of person he is. Because the audience now know a bit more about the attacker, they will start to build a relationship with him, which will lead them to becoming more involved in the film, which is something they expect to feel when they watch a thriller film.

The final editing technique that my group is going to use during our thriller film is the fade editing technique. This is when the screen fades to black and means that the scene has finished in the case of our thriller film. An example when we use the fade editing technique is when the attack grabs the victim and it fades out but you can only hear natural sounds of the victim panicking and screaming. This is conventional as the audience do not know what has happened to the victim and they don't know what the attacker has done to her, which creates an enigma, causing the audience to feel suspense and tension, helping them to feel more involved in the film.

These editing techniques will help me to make my thriller film conventional as they have made the audience feel suspense, which is something the audience expects to feel. An example of this is when we use the jump cut and we use fast timing, as the thriller speeds up its makes the audience build suspense. We have also created enigmas, which have made the audience have questions in they're heads after the scene fades out as it makes them think what has happened.