Planning Editing Styles - Miss Georgiou

Planning Editing Styles - Miss Georgiou

Editing is important in thriller films as it plays a major part in building up the elements needed to create a thriller, with each editing style having a different effect on viewer, for example creating enigmas, empathy for characters, suspense and action, making the audience engage in the film.

We are going to use the editing effect of jump cuts, a jump cut is when one scene abruptly changes to another, this creates a jumpy effect by suddenly switching scene to scene instantly, with the viewers believing that something has happened whereas its only switching scenes.

Another effect we will use will be timing of shots, timing of shots is when a scene is edited so that it will be played faster or slower, each having slower effects. We will be slowing the scenes down in order for the audience to build a relationship with victim, this is used in the initial scene, so that the audience can begin to build up a relationship with the victim from the very beginning.

We will also use the Kuleshov effect, this is when two shots are put together to give a third meaning, in our thriller we are going to see the victim with the phone trying to turn it off, the scene later we are going to see the phone on the floor, this clearly shows that she has been killed or taken, however does not actually show it on the screen.

Another effect used is the reaction shot, this shows the character's reaction to everything that happens in the sequence, for example when she falls over, and when she begins to realise she is being followed. This again helps build up a relationship with the victim as the are constantly reminded of her emotions as things happen inside the sequence, this allows the audience to emphasise as they constantly know what she's feeling.

Our editing styles are conventional to the thriller genre as they help the audience begin to build a relationship with the victim, as the relationship is built with the character, the audience becomes more and more involved in the sequence, this then lets the audience begin to feel the fear of the character as they emphasise her situation. Making the audience feel the fear of the character is a key part in building the suspense, a key convention in the thriller genre.