Editor Job Profile

The Gloaming


Editing a film consists of selecting from different shots and then joining them together to tell a story.

Elliptical editing is a shortcut, for example; in ‘The Gloaming’ There is a shot of the actress going to sleep in the woods, but save having to watch her sleep for the whole night, the director chase to cut straight to the morning, so you see the actress waking up. It lets the story form more quickly and effectively.

Long shots are used for many reasons, it can remind the viewer of the
 surroundings that the character is in or where the scene is happening. Long shots are even used to get the atmosphere of the scene.

A non-diagetic sound is a sound that isn’t being played on set whilst filming. The sound has been edited in after all the filming is done to give more of an effect on the scene that is being played out.

In ‘The Gloaming’ There is a shot of someone picking up a ring, we know this is the actress as she is in the same place as the ring but before you see the ring there is 2 extremely close close-ups of the actress, she is looking distressed then looks to the floor. The next scene you see is someone picking up your ring. The director did this to save time, Us as the viewers put two and two together and understand she is picking up the ring. 


Hustle 

The scene started with a overhead establishing shot this sets out the space where the action will take place and you see the characters positions within the room.

Shot-Reverse-Shot is when the film cuts from two people or however many people. In ‘Hustle’ the camera begins cutting back and forth between two characters, who are talking, you don’t see them both in the same shot talking but we as viewers understand that they are in full conversation.

When using ‘shot-reverse-shot’ its really important to get ‘eye-line matching’ perfect otherwise the whole scene could be ruined.  For example in the Show, the large man standing up is talking and looks off screen and down, whilst the man sitting down looks off-screen and up. We as viewers get the impression they are looking at each other.

Whilst Sean is setting the plan in this scene, the camera cuts to other members in the group sometimes individually sometimes in two shots, this is done so we can see their faces react to both the plan and each other

A wipe is used to change the scene by moving the action to a different location and time.

Using quick cuts creates a fast rhythm which in turn keeps the story moving along and keeps the audience on their toes. It’s a great idea to use quick cuts in a show like ‘Hustle’ as it’s a action drama which needs to be faced paced.